Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy” is a poem written in first person that tells of Dante’s altered-ego pilgrimage through the three realms of death‚ Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Paradise while trying to reach spiritual maturity and an understanding of God’s love while attaining salvation. Dante creates an imaginative correspondence between a soul’s sin on Earth and the punishment one receives in Hell. "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself in a dark wood where the straightway
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What Is A Secret Cult The question has often been asked by various groups and people: what is a secret cult? A cult can be said to emanate from great and excessive admiration or belief in a person or idea. This could be manifested in rituals‚ praise songs‚ chants and worship. It is an unquestionable practice that may be difficult to dislodge even with superior argument. Secret cult could therefore be defined as a set of practices‚ belief system or idea whose essence is known only to the inner
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The American Flag is the most widespread symbol Americans have. It took a disaster to make me realize how important it is. I would always wave the flag in a parade or on the Fourth of July‚ but I never really stopped to think about what I was doing. The terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001 are what changed my view. They caused me to reflect about our country and the value of saying‚ “I am an American.” After September 11th‚ there was an explosion of patriotism. Flags were bought and hung everywhere
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The major conventions of Shakespearean Romantic Comedy are: The main action is about love. The would-be lovers must overcome obstacles and misunderstandings before being united in harmonious union. The ending frequently involves a parade of couples to the altar and a festive mood or actual celebration (expressed in dance‚ song‚ feast‚ etc.) A Midsummer Night’s Dream has four such couples (not counting Pyramus and Thisbe!); As You Like It has four; Twelfth Night has three; etc. Frequently (but not
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“You Are More Beautiful Than You Think” ~Dove Melanie Reilly Southern New Hampshire University We see ads and commercials every day‚ whether they are in print‚ online‚ or on the television screen. They are something that people see every single day consciously or unconsciously. Advertising exists because there ’s a product a company wants to sell and they want people to know about it so they can buy it. There are so many factors that contribute to successful marketing‚ and this paper will explain
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Did you know that wild elephants live longer than captive elephants? This is one of the reasons that I believe that zoos are bad for elephants. Zoos often shorten elephants’ life span. Zoos are also bad because they take elephants away from their natural habitat. Finally‚ the floors of zoo enclosures can cause foot infections that can injure and kill elephants. To start things off‚ elephants in the wild live longer than elephants in zoos. In the article‚ “Do Elephants Belong in Zoos‚” Jeffrey Cohn
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American Television Comedies It has been a long day. You are exhausted and arrive home after spending several hours at work or school. You decide to watch television and you try to find a funny show‚ anything that can make you laugh and make your day better. Choosing between several types of comedy shows is hard because there are innumerable reasons to watch one type or another. A television comedy can sometimes be your friend‚ your psychologist‚ your teacher‚ your passion and/or your hobby. There
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fast a processor is. Life and our daily tasks have become simpler‚ quicker‚ and more convenient with devices that aid us in transportation‚ communication‚ and access to information such as cell phones‚ computers‚ and televisions. However‚ these conveniences are causing laziness‚ loneliness‚ addiction‚ and mental deterioration. Technology is at the tipping point towards detriment‚ as it is causing mankind more harm than good. The current use of technology has significantly eroded the level of privacy
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books are based on imagination or fiction‚ other books contain true stories. For some people reading fiction is more exciting than true stories and for others it is non-fiction. Again it depends upon the age of the reader to select either one of them. Reading fiction is exciting as it is imaginary..It allows the reader to go along with the dream and be the main character to get carried away with the story. As for the imagination there are no limits or boundaries of time and space.
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It is better to live in a small town than in a big city. It is a well-known fact that the world is becoming increasingly urbanized. In almost every country in the world the trend has been for more and more people to move from small towns to larger cities. Although there are certain aspects of living in small town that I would appreciate such as clean air and less noise‚ however the urbanizing trend pretty much reflects my own preference for living in a big city rather than in a small town‚ because
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