Comparison Between Plato´s Allegory and Today´s Time Can you imagine the relationship between old works of philosophers and today’s world? Could you imagine how it would be if you discovered that the world you think you live in is not exactly what you think? Or the things you see are not exactly what you see? The Allegory of the Cave by Plato represents an extended metaphor; a figure of speech in which a phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest
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The main theme in The Pilgrim’s progress‚ written by Bunyan is that of the journey. Christian’s journey begins in the city of destruction and ends in the celestial city; the city of Zion. The city of destruction is Christian’s hometown. He has a vision that the city will be destroyed and this leads him to set out on his pilgrimage to the celestial city but he has the burden of sins on his back. To begin his journey‚ Christian must first find the wicket gate shown to him by Evangelist. However‚
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The Pilgrim’s Progress By John Bunyan 20 April 2010 Format: MLA Style The Pilgrims Progress‚ composed in 1678 by John Bunyan‚ is said to have originally graced John in a dream. As a Preacher and English writer‚ Bunyan comprised this during the time in which he was imprisoned for preaching the word of God. This makes good sense because of the timing of it all. If there were ever to be a good time for a person to consider their life as it was and eventual death that would one day come‚ it
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In John Gast’s painting labeled “American Progress”‚ there are many dominant societal forces that could be depicted through his illustration. One well-known depiction that has been made after closely examining the painting is that the woman in the picture resembles an angel of some kind or even the prominent American symbol ‘Lady Liberty’. As she hovers in the air‚ she pulls a cable line that is connected with the posts beneath her which is connected to American society almost as stringing it behind
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Pilgrims (US)‚ or Pilgrim Fathers (UK)‚ is a name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ United States. Their leadership came from the religious congregations of Brownist English Dissenters who had fled the volatile political environment in England for the relative calm and tolerance of 16th–17th century Holland in the Netherlands. Concerned with losing their cultural identity‚ the group later arranged with English investors to establish
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Allegory is a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms‚ figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. In other words allegory is a story in words or prose‚ with double meaning. It has a primary or a surface meaning and it has got a secondary or under the surface meaning. One of the best known allegory in English language‚ is John Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress”. The Pilgrim’s Progress is an allegory of a
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Part 1 Alan Green needs to answer the decision problem of whether charging fees for online banking use is more profitable for Pilgrim Bank than offering incentives to promote wider use of the online channel. To begin solving the problem‚ Mr. Green first must address the following research issues: how much more/less profit do online users generate; is this difference significant‚ what are the measures of customer profitability‚ what are the characteristic of the bank’s online users and profitable
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Mel Lazo ISDS 7540 – Marketing Analytics Module Dr. Black 7 December 2012 Pilgrim Bank Case Analysis Introduction and Defining the Relationships The business analyst at Pilgrim Bank‚ Alan Green‚ was tasked with guiding the marketing team to a better understanding of customer profitability. With the help of his supervisor and the IT department‚ he has access to an extensive data set of over 30‚000 customers‚ both old and new. Included are continuous variables for Profit‚ Tenure‚ and Satisfaction
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can be sometimes positive or negative. There is a mythical hero and lumberjack named Paul Bunyan. One drag of Paul’s axe created the Grand Canyon. He had a blue ox named Babe‚ Babe was the size of 42 axe handles. Babe was as playful as a tornado and he created Minnesota’s 10‚000 lakes. Paul Bunyan was a national legend and symbolized many positive things. This caused him to be told in many stories. Paul Bunyan was a gigantic lumberjack at lumber camps across the Northwest. “He was a lumberman in Pennsylvania
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The Terraces/Pilgrim Haven/Villages Retirement Home Performance When: Friday‚ Nov. 16‚ 2012 Performance Time: The show will be from 3:30 to 4:30 PM. Rehearse if you can 12:30-2:30 PM in Foothill classroom‚ then proceed to show location 373 Pine Ln‚ Los Altos‚ CA 94022-1681‚ to arrive by 3 PM. A practice room to congregate‚ warm up‚ change‚ etc. and hold your personal items will be provided. Where: The Terraces/Pilgrim Haven/Villages
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