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    feast,’”(John 2:7-8, King James Version, The Bible). Jesus rose from the dead as prophesied. “He is not here; for He is risen as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay,”(Matthew 28:6, King James Version, The Bible). He also was given the power and authority to heal those with physical or suffering pain or ailments. “ And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus saith unto them ‘Believe ye that I am able to do this?’ They said yea Lord. Then He touched their eyes

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    Crime and Punishment in the Elizabethan Era Crime and Punishment in the Elizabethan era was very unusual and cruel when we look at it from today’s standards. Punishment was very harsh and most things they did back then was completely normal for them but by today it’s insane what they used to do to criminals. Speaking of which whom they counted as “criminals” was insane as well as their definition of a criminal. The crimes committed directly affected the type of punishment someone one would receive

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    from Full Metal Alchemist says, "humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost." In the novel, The Book Thief, Markus Zusak portrays the multiple transactions humanity experiences but in return, they put their self at risk for defying others of higher power through some of those transactions. For example, the older character's transactions with people of lower stature, the young adults' dangerous interactions and the children's

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    allusion of Revelation 16:17, the text can be compared to Matthew 27:51 as typical cosmic foreshadowings, signaling an important event that was to come. The Old Testament passages mentioned earlier that are explicitly cited in this text come from books such as Exodus, Leviticus,

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    Utopia can easily be called Sir Thomas More’s most prominent and prestigious piece of writing. It tackled complex issues of religion, social status, and politics within the made up island of Utopia. To see why Sir Thomas More had such insight into these issues we must first know a bit about his background. Sir Thomas More lived from February 7, 1478 to July 6, 1535. He served as a counselor to Henry VIII and Lord High Chancellor of England during his life. He was notably opposed to reformation, especially

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    the seven stars”, referring to the Holy Spirit (seven spirits of God representing perfection and holiness” and seven stars (referring to Jesus’ divine power over the cosmos). Jesus calls this people to “wake up and strengthen the things that remain”, because Sardis is in deep spiritual turmoil. If they do not repent, Jesus will “come like a thief”, at a time which no one knows. There is an “element of imminence” within this call, warning the people of Sardis to wake up and become alive again, because

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    American novels including The Jungle, was cynical and bitter even. However if one were to dig just a bit deeper they may realize that Sinclair was spot on in his idea that this “American dream” that our country sells is actually a work of fiction. In his book The Jungle, Sinclair, points out the flaws of the American dream. Many immigrants traveled thousands of miles aboard, cramped, disease infested, ships with hope of coming to this great land of the free where new opportunities would arise for them if

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    not forget the gods. Every place they've ruled, for the last three thousand years, you can see them in paintings, in statues, on the most important buildings,” (Riordan, “I Play…”). As Chiron states in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the gods of olden times are still very much alive and are prominent in ways that most do not see at first glance, such as still seeing statues dedicated to the gods at every corner. Chiron was the most important figures in Greek mythology, as he taught

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    country. The effect of extreme poverty, the responsibility of the whites, made this story possible. The solution to the problem is portrayed through Absalom, his crime, and Arthur Jarvis. "'Bexxuse the white man has power, we too want power,' he said. 'But when a black man gets power, when he gets money, he is a great man if he is not corrupted [Paton

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    evident when he employs ethos. Douglass uses ethos to establish his credibility. In fact, establishing his credibility is the very first thing Douglass does. During his lifetime, the word of a black man meant nothing without a white man’s testimony. (Douglass brings that up in chapter ten.) So Douglass begins his book with a preface by William Lloyd Garrison, a white man who was very involved in anti-slavery movements. Even though we don’t need this to comprehend his credibility, Douglass’s audience

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