The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love The “Mystery of Faithful Love” was a very deep and difficult book for me to understand, especially as I am not Catholic. It discusses in detail about conjugal love and how to recognize it within marriage. Subjects of fidelity, faith, and procreation were all mentioned in the context of a successful marriage. After reading it and going over certain sections again, I hope that I can convey the topic in an accurate and unique way. This book starts out with

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet attempts to avenge his father’s death by killing his murderer, his brother King Claudius. However, throughout the play Hamlet appears to have ulterior motives for plotting against his uncle, which he justifies with church doctrine. Although he intends to murder Claudius to free his father from Purgatory, Hamlet’s religious background and relationship with his mother demonstrate that using religion as justifiable means to instill one’s own form of justice is

of good and evil. Hamlet asks the ghost if it is "a spirit of health, or goblin damned," whether it "bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell" and if its "intents [are] wicked or charitable." This repetition of questions emphasises Hamlet's uncertainty about the ghost and highlights his fear that it may be a dishonest and evil spirit trying to damn Hamlet to hell by getting him to commit murder, and so Hamlet struggles to undertake his duty to avenge his father's death. Shakespeare's

moat, the phrase that’s used for knighting someone is “In the name of God, Saint Michael and Saint George…” (Excalibur). God ruled over their lives, they used his name and asked his permission to do things like knighting and announcing kinsmenship, marriage and laws. Another important part of being king was that you had innate connection with God. When Arthur first gets the sword from the stone him and Merlin are wandering around in the woods for a while and Arthur is asking questions about what it

The Amish Culture The Amish are a fascinating people. They live surrounded by cities full of technology. Yet they live without automobiles, electricity, and most modern comforts that are taken for granted by many. Donald Kraybill asks the question “How is it that a tradition-laden people who spurn electricity, computers, automobiles, and higher education are not merely surviving but are, in fact, thriving in the midst of modern life?” Though they do not have all of the technology that we take

Shakespeare shows us in Richard III is a man's world. Women are presented as being on the sidelines to grieve, complain, or bury the dead. Richard views women as instruments, as shown when he announces his plots to the audience. For example, the marriage with Anne and Elizabeth are only moves in his quest of intrigue and power. There are three main females characters that affect the plot with their interactions with the main character. They are Anne, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Margaret.

Renowned for complicated plot twists, Shakespeare is able to hook audiences through his use of dramatic irony. By definition, dramatic irony is “the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect” ("BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Dramatic Irony." BBC News. BBC. Web. 27 Apr. 2017.). The frequent use of dramatic irony in “Othello” is evident through the use of misplaced trust, symbolism, as well as jealousy and love. Shakespeare’s

Love is the key to the world, or that is what is said at least. In the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, there are many love complications. The play is a tragic comedy in which a girl, Hermia, has a choice to marry someone she does-not love or she will be killed. When told her options, she devises a plan to run away and elope with the one she loves, but plans go awry when her best friend tells the man that is madly in love with Hermia that she plans to run away that night. The plan is also changed

Known for the immense amount of unanswered questions and mysteries, Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” has led to many discussions regarding the true feelings of Hamlet and his motivations for revenge. Tormented by the death of his father and the marriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius, Hamlet must struggle through the betrayal while seeking the truth of what occurred. No matter how many times Hamlet’s actions have been analyzed, no one conclusion can be made as to why Hamlet makes the choices he does

can resist the temptation, so they both offer marriage as the solution, but for different reasons: Augustine thinks that the sin of lust becomes forgivable because marriage turns evil into love for one another, and fulfills God’s wish for human to “be fruitful and multiply”, while Paul suggests that marriage is simply a way to avoid immorality such as fornication or adultery by having a stable relationship. Indeed, though both consent that marriage is not sin, they have different reasons. As far