The Temptations of Christ and the Journey to Revelation Based on the Nikos Kazantkis novel‚ The Last Temptation of Chirst‚ Martin Scorsese’s 1988 film adaptation shows a nontraditional story of Jesus and his journey to Jerusalem. The film opens with a brief excert from the novel and a disclaimer saying that the film “is not based on the Gospels but upon the fictional exploration of the eternal spiritual conflict.” Straying from the traditional biblical storyline‚ Scorsese shows Jesus’ struggle
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The Last Outlaw: Ned Kelly as Australian Icon By: Rynatha Vietadiella P. 121012096 English Department‚ Faculty of Humanities ------------------------------------------------- Airlangga University ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Every nation must have a historical figure of the hero which is attached as their identity. Usually they are figures which opponents of the law arbitrary‚ defender of the oppressed‚ close by the poor. The most memorable of them‚ of course
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evident mistrust of religion‚ not necessarily towards religion itself but particularly towards those individuals who use religion as a cloak to conceal their true duplicitous and oppressive nature. In arguably he’s most controversial poem‚ Goodbye Christ; Langston Hughes takes on the role of a disillusioned Christian and repudiates the doctrines set forth in America‚ which was supposedly a Christian country. After his visit to the Soviet Union in 1932‚ Langston Hughes experienced the mechanisms of
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The film‚ ‘Soul Surfer’‚ directed by Sean McNamara is based on a true story about a teenage girl Bethany Hamilton who is a champion surfer. A day surfing in the water with her best friend Alana‚ Alana’s father Holt and brother Byron‚ she is attacked by a shark leaving her with just a right arm. She then has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm. She is told she will never surf ever again but she doesn’t let this happen. It takes her family‚ friends‚ her Christian faith and determination
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FEAST UPON THE WORDS OF CHRIST 1. SCRIPTURES THAT EMPHASIZE THE NECESSITY OF MEDITATIVE SCRIPTURE STUDY. Joshua 1:8 “Thou shalt meditate therein” 2 Nephi 32:3 “Feast upon the words of Christ” Helaman 3:29 “Search these things diligently” 3 Nephi 17:3 “Ponder upon these things” D&C 11:22 “Study my word” D&C 21:6 “Behold‚ let your time be devoted to the studying of the scriptures . .
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Melville uses many biblical allusions throughout the novella to relate Billy Budd to Jesus. Billy is symbolic of a Christ-like figure because of his destruction by evil and betrayal‚ fate and. Similar to Jesus‚ Billy was a fatalist who believed that life was planned out and all events were destined to occur. Lieutenant Ratcliffe was able to impress Billy without any struggle because Billy felt that his fate was to be in the Navy. After his execution‚ the Purser calls Billy’s death as “a species
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Casey represents a latter-day Christ figure who longs to bring religious stability to the burgeon of migrant families facing West. Steinbeck manages to give Jim Casey the exact initials as the historical savior (J.C.)‚ which allows the reader to latch onto this connection from the beginning. Yet‚ Casey’s relation to Christ goes beyond such mere coincidences‚ and plays out rather in their similar plans of action. One of the many similarities between Casey and Christ is that Casey had also drifted
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others had their backs turned to us‚ and one lady roamed aimlessly around the room. This was the memory room‚ full of dementia and Alzheimer residents inside a local retirement home. I nodded towards my sister as I began the introduction to In Christ Alone‚ my favorite hymn. Even when my sister joined in with her clarinet as verse one began‚ the mood remained
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Electric Cars: Savior‚ Satan‚ or Step in the Right Direction Introduction: While it may seem that electric cars are a new fad of the twenty-first century‚ this is not the case. Electric cars have been around since roughly the 1890s‚ and in fact they were the dominant motorized vehicle in the market until about 1929 [1‚ p. 17]. This was due mostly to high gas prices during war and the fact that back then having a range of 18 miles was more than enough to meet the needs of most people. But then
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lines‚ frequently in the arrangement of celestial beams and geography‚ to draw attention to the dominant focus of his work and to provide a sense of involvement to his viewers. This technique is clearly displayed in his painting of the Lamentation of Christ‚ found in the
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