Mid-way through his life and faced with an ignominious end‚ Dante Alighieri wrote his greatest work‚ The Divine Comedy. We can understand Dante’s motive in writing this epic by reading Cantos I through III of Dante’s Inferno. The Divine Comedy was a self-analysis by a man who found himself spiritually lost. Immediately in Canto I we see that Dante "the character" is lost on a spiritual level. He awakens mid-way through his life in a dark woods severed from both light and human connections. Dante
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CS in PC 1 Communication Strategy; Use in Pastoral Counseling Rosa Menchen COMM 200 Instructor B. Matts May 24‚ 2010 CT in PC 2 I not only plan on furthering my career‚ but attending post graduate school‚ and obtain a MDiv. My ultimate goal is to become a health care chaplain‚ and/or an emergency chaplain. Having previous experience in the health care field‚ as well as a chaplaincy in the American Legion for several years‚ I have found that pursuit of this goal would not only
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A lesson that can be found in this novel is that relationships are never perfect‚ and there will always be some sort of problem along the way. You’ll never to be alone because you will have friends to help you go through that problem. In the novel‚ Someone Like You‚ by Sarah Dessen there are two best friends who had relationships that goes down hill. Scarlett dates a boy named Michael‚ and she ends up pregnant. Then Michael dies in a motorcycle accident. Scarlett’s best friend‚ Halley‚ somehow follows
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love‚ one has the ability to feel invincible‚ like one can do or achieve anything‚ as long as they have love by their side. Love also can give one a sense of comfort and belonging in the world. When one completely gives themselves to another‚ and when they love their significant other no matter how many flaws they possess‚ that too is love indeed. Love has to do with tolerance‚ sincerity‚ respect and loyalty towards one another. In Shakespeare’s As You Like It‚ love is a major occurring theme. There
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Early Romantics William Blake’s writings were vivid and imaginative. He used strong themes‚ and he had a grasp on language that many people don’t have. Blake’s writings open the reader to his beliefs‚ outlook‚ and ideas through his dramatic use of words. By simply dissecting “The Tyger” and the “The Sick Rose”‚ Blake’s use of colored vocabulary and comparisons tell a story amongst another story. William Blake’s poem “The Tyger” is a poem that alludes to the darker side of creation. He suggests
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Subject: Pastoral Care and Counseling First Session – January 7 (Wed)‚ 2015 … Meditation: Psalm 23:1-6 Pastoral Care - refers to the ministries and services usually performed by a pastor such as counseling and visitation. It relates to the psychological and theological needs of persons and faith communities Counseling - the provision of assistance and guidance in resolving personal‚ social‚ spiritual or psychological problems and difficulties‚ especially by a professional Core idea of pastoral
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courage‚ and open-mindedness. First‚ like jugglers in the circus all of us require balance. Though‚ also like jugglers some of us are better at balancing the different aspects of our lives than others. We can all improve on this skill‚ though. One way we can improve is combining activities. For example‚ when you’re watching T.V. with your family you can also be doing math homework or writing a paper and getting help from the people around you. Another way you can become more balanced is creating
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OUTSIDER The story I am going to tell you is about my experience when I felt like an outsider. Being isolated from others can be difficult and frustrated. Sometimes people would treat you different because you are not the same as them. In life‚ there is a point where someone would feel like an outsider. Getting used to the isolation feeling can take a while‚ but you can overcome it by getting involves. You may feel like an outsider at the beginning but then later on things will eventually change
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Neoclassical and Romantic movements cover the period of 1750 to 1850. Neoclassicism showed life to be more rational than it really was. The Romantics favored an interest in nature‚ picturesque‚ violent‚ and the sublime. Unlike Neoclassicism‚ which stood for the order‚ reason‚ tradition‚ society‚ intellect‚ and formal diction‚ Romanticism allowed people to get away from the rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. In this movement the emphasis was on
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Keyly Ragains Period 2 Mrs. Allen Someone like You Book Report Sarah Dessen is a remarkable young adult author who has written many outstanding books such as This Lullaby and Keeping the Moon. A movie called How to Deal was also made based on her books That Summer and Someone like You. She is thirty-eight years old‚ however somehow‚ she seems to have unique gift where she reads and comes into teenager’s minds. Sarah can understand and feel what teenagers are going through most of the time‚ giving
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