Sin, according to the concept of Felix culpa or the fortunate fall, is necessary in human life. Its entire idea is based on the fact that, in order to achieve greatness, man must first "fall". He who rises above his offense evolves both spiritually and morally. In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne presents the character of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale in such a humane way that, instinctively, their suffering and pain becomes a strange object of interest and pity. The manners in which
that the study of Late Antiquity was one of “decline and fall.” This was a time of transformation and continuity. Moreover, he moves beyond the narratives of the “barbarian invasions” that brought about the end of the Roman Empire. There were no barbarian invasions, as they were already gradually becoming Roman. That is, the barbarians had already started to assimilate to Roman culture and, crucially, the Roman Empire did not end with the “fall of Rome” as its capitol moved East. This is a constant
Dante invents a fictitious location in afterlife, liberating souls that have become prisoners of their own disarray. With a collection of paradoxes, vivid imagery, and active examples, Dante establishes a thorough process in which souls can be cleansed of the past and stride to their future. Purgatory is far from a place of punishment; it is rather a place
the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought; which discovery is totally a matter of application, self-analysis, and experience. Only by much searching and mining are gold an diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul. And that he is the maker of his character, the molder of his life, and the builder of his destiny, he may unerringly prove: if he will watch, control,
Q.1. Discuss Dr Faustus as a tragedy. Tragedy – Definition Aristotle defines a tragedy as a ‘representation of an action which is important, complete and limited in length. It is enacted not recited and by arousing pity and fear, it gives an outlet to emotions of this type.’ However, for the Elizabethans, more specifically for Marlowe and Shakespeare, tragedy is not a restrictive view of human excellence or weakness as the Greeks are often inclined to present but an affirmative view of human
side of it is exposed to the person. This situation is comparable to the difference in world views. Depending upon which side one looks at a situation, will determine the actions that a person would take. In the story of Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, the relationship between the family of a sick Hmong child, Lia, and Lia’s doctors, Neil and Peggy Ernst, seems to be harder to remedy than Lia’s illness itself. When looking at Lia’s dad, Nao Koa, and one of the main doctors that Lia is treated
be good, but when the human’s soul is in search for perfection, people make errors that teach them or her to behave righteous. By realizing the subjective consciousness of the reality, humans tend to change their point of view and develop a new one. In Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe introduces the life of a man, Faust, who is a restless striver with the infinite desire of youth and knowledge. Faust makes a pact with Mephistopheles that requires him to sell his soul to the devil in order to be served
desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream. Now, therefore, rise. Control your breath, and call upon the strength of the soul that wins all battles unless it sink in the gross body’s fall.
principles it has followed for years. In the midst of this struggle we also see the next generation of leaders rise up and fall. This is a representation of leadership at its best, and its worst, and sometimes it falls somewhere in-between. However, the main theme of this movie is the stark contrast between two leadership styles. These leadership
mariner’s control, threatening his self. The rising up of self, striving to assert its power, inhibits fellowship. D.W. Harding asserts that “The Mariner’s sin…was that in killing the albatross, he rejected a social offering…The Mariner wantonly obliterated something which loved him and which represented in a supernatural way the possibility of affection in the world”(78). The Mariner’s rejection of the albatross’s extension of hospitality or of fellowship to the Mariner is self-assertion, but it also paves