Triumph of the Will

There is a parallel in Ovid’s Metamorphoses to the relationship between humans and the gods, and that parallel is the story of Apollo and Daphne. Daphne is not human but a minor deity (nymph) of nature that would be submissive to the major deities, as would humans. In this way, one can see that humans are haunted, manipulated, and forced to act in ways that the gods want them to, so that the desires of the gods can be met. The only way for a human, or nymph, to escape the pains of the gods is

minutes ago, instantly revoked their devotion and loyalty to Caesar while shouting “This Caesar was a tyrant”, others adding “We are blessed that Rome is rid of [Caesar]!”. The plebeian's values, which anchored towards Caesar's righteous actions and triumphs, were undeniably crushed by unbacked words from a conspirator who participated in killing Caesar, demonstrating the collectiveness of the Roman plebians' mentality and tendency of people to think and agree in ways that conform with others who have

In Europe, the eighteenth century was a time of great social upheaval and change. While England experienced a period of general discontent, particularly over events such as the American Revolution, France experienced a full-blown revolution, which tore down the existing social hierarchy and established a ruthless tyranny in its place. Such general discontent has been reflected throughout literature, which has been used to demonstrate how these changes affected the lives of individuals. In some cases

of his hands up—brings to mind the image of Christ suffering on the cross. Hemingway employs these images in the final pages of the novella in order to link Santiago to Christ, who exemplified transcendence by turning loss into gain, defeat into triumph, and even death into renewed life. Life from Death Death is the unavoidable force in the novella, the one fact that no living creature can escape. But death, Hemingway suggests, is never an end in itself: in death there is always the possibility

Zoroastrianism is considered one of the worlds oldest monotheistic religions. There are many similarities between Zoroastrianism and modern day Christianity. The first being that Christianity is a monotheistic religion as well. Both religions are founded on the basis that there is only one God and that god created the world, and is omnipresent. Both religions teach their followers to believe that God is infinite and omnipotent. While followers of Zoroastrianism exalt Ahura Mazda, the deity

summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country...Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." This triumph would mean more to me and my fellow soldiers of we really had to work for it. If we only fought in the easy times and then let other people hand us the victory because they fought through the whole war, the victory would mean next to nothing

failure and with failure comes obstacles. We all have to chase for happiness, chase for gratitude, chase for improvement. Giving up is never an option. Both Anna and Marita's story orbits around the topic of success and how they fought for their own triumphs. Like Tharindu Dhanusha Fernando once quoted, "Success of life does not have a clear destination, but, it is a non-ending journey." A young girl named Anne John as mentioned in the short piece "A Walk to the Jetty" scarified so much to leave her

CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS The book of Daniel is one about hope and unshakeable faith in God. Daniel is one of the greatest examples of a God-fearing man who did everything in his power to prove his love and loyalty for his Savior. The main theme of the book of Daniel is God’s sovereignty over history and empires, in which He appoints and dethrones rulers as He pleases.1 This is an allusion to the fact that worldly kingdoms will come and go, but the Lord’s Kingdom will never pass away. Several chapters

THESIS STATEMENT Aeneas’ triumph of founding the future country of Rome resulted from the much earlier defeat of his previous home, Troy. PURPOSE STATEMENT Through close analysis and literary inspection, it is found that the defeat of Troy and struggle Aeneas undertook in his journey were justified to the fact that it was under passive action in the face of fate that brought him to his desired goal. INTRODUCTION Virgil’s The Aeneid is a poem of the origins of Rome, as depicted through the eyes of

through her traumatizing experience of being insulted and forced to call a white girl by “Miz,” an honorific normally reserved for mature women. During the encounter, Big Ma responds to Cassie’s objections with a cold, “‘Say it, child,’” proving evil’s triumph is a consequence of inaction (71). Moreover, according to The New York Times article “At Japanese Cliffs, a Campaign to Combat Suicide” by Martin Fackler, during a patrol, Yukio Shige stopped a man named Yutaka Yamaoka from “[committing] suicide…