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    The Seven Deadly Sins of Othello Throughout church history, the Seven Deadly Sins, or Seven Mortal Sins as they are also known, have been seen as those that threaten everlasting life. In early times, a list was help for the people who could not read (Douglas). One cannot help but to see these sins throughout the drama of Othello. Christians in the past used the seven deadly sins to instruct on how to live a holy life and to show how easily we are inclined to a sin nature. Shakespeare incorporates

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    Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices is a great work of art created by Henry Fuseli, in 1786. This painting was created in Fuseli’s homeland, Zurich, Switzerland. This painting has a powerful and dramatic purpose to it, and is very interesting to look at. The media of this painting is oil on canvas, and the paint is used loosely. The loose brushy style of the paint gives off the style of impressionism that brings the painting together. There is great historical and cultural context on this painting

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    among his other sins. There does not appear to be a place for Augustine’s soul in either the third, fifth, sixth, or seventh circles of hell for he did not commit any of the offending sins that would place him within one of these realms. Circle seven is the realm of the thieves. Augustine can be placed here for the petty crimes committed during his adolescent years. This includes the theft of the pears from the pear tree near the vineyard. This crime was committed merely for the pleasure of doing

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    Twilight of Mills Post the strike the land on which the mills stood became prized possessions to acquire, where space was a concern. It only drew the attention of one and all who wanted to show their power and claim the city. The mill lands thus became like the land in the game of Monopoly. Today and the years to come, Mumbai will be seen as the Monopoly City. The elite classes especially, find it prestigious to have property in the city. As of today having an apartment or even land in the city is

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    Despite the fact that the reason for the disciplines in Dante 's Inferno might be misty, their general strategy and structure appears to be direct. There are numerous concentric rings, each with a transgression or set of sins connected with them, and a discipline for every wrongdoing. At the point when miscreants kick the bucket they are relegated to the spot which is assigned to properly rebuff the specific sorts of wrongdoing that they submitted amid their lifetime. As Dante slides to lower circles

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    Battle of Malvern Hill is one such instance. Located in Henrico County VA, Malvern Hill sits South East of Richmond just north of the James River. This battle is part of The Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862) and more specifically the Seven Days Battle. The Seven Days Battle was a series of six battles starting on June 25, 1862 at The Battle of Oak Grove and ending at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. During the battle, artillery in both armies had a drastic effect on the outcome whether good or bad

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    The Book Of The Homilies

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    You may be asking what is the book of the homilies. The books of Homilies are two books that contain thirty-three sermons in all. These sermons reformed doctrines of “the Church of England in greater depth and detail (Wiki2016)”. The Homilies were used to teach Christian theology, as well as to give more practice in local congregations. It was also to improve the prior arrangements of two times a year events that were performed during the communion. Prior to that, the communion was only heard twice

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    Humans consistently have presented themselves as a different creature than who they may be inside. The struggle between mans good and evil interpersonal tendencies are at constant war with each other, and with that, the seven deadly sins present themselves in a variety of ways. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”, this idea of the constant struggle between good and evil is brought to the surface primarily through the characters of Rev. Hooper, Elizabeth, Hooper’s fiancé, Goodman

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    The Great Divorce and The Divine Comedy

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    The cultural impact of Dante’s Divine Comedy is widely seen through a sundry of literary works, television programs, films and even video games. Yet, one of the most prominent works the Divine Comedy has impacted is C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce. Lewis’s book is greatly indebted to Dante’s work, as both try to teach the reader how to achieve salvation. Furthermore, Lewis and Dante’s protagonists discover the path to salvation through choices, and learning what causes one’s refusal of God. Both authors

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    Dante’s divine comedy focuses on the journey of a Pilgrim by the name of Dante from Italy in which he travels through the circles of Hell, the terraces of Purgatory and the spheres of Paradise. Dante the Pilgrim has lived his life the wrong way, in a way that goes against how God would live life and through this journey the pilgrim hopes to find a way to return to the path he was once on: the right path. Throughout his journey he encounters numerous souls who have either been placed in Hell, in Purgatory

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