I used three Bible commentaries to better understand this passage. Those commentaries were Ellicott Commentary (online)‚ Barnes Commentary (online)‚ and the Benson Commentary (online). Ellicott Bible Commentary Ellicott’s Bible commentary tries to pinpoint in what village Jesus visited. Ellicott points out that one of the lepers was a Samaritan. Since one was a Samaritan it is probable that the village this story took place in was on the border-land of the two provinces. Ellicott finds it significant
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THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF LIVING MATTER Relevant IB topic: T3 Time: 2 hours BACKGROUND The principal chemical constituents of living matter are: water‚ mineral salts‚ organic compounds such as carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ lipids‚ nucleic acids. In this exercise we shall concentrate on carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ and we shall estimate the concentration of Vitamin C‚ an organic compound‚ in a solution‚ by the
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they use. This can be seen by observing the social issues the episode “Lisa the Tree Hugger” is exposing‚ clarifying the type of humour used to uncover the social comment and analysing if using humour is an effective technique. Exposing social commentary through humour is an effective method used by sitcoms. The comment the Simpsons’ creators are trying to depict is that extremists make many people feel insecure because they don’t express their beliefs as boldly as them. The Simpsons doesn’t convey
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Ode To a Nightingale In Keats’ 19th century poem‚ Ode To a Nightingale‚ he comments upon the short-lived nature of human life and the concept of mortality through using a contrasting image of a nightingale. In the poem‚ the narrator speaks of this bird yearningly‚ envious of its ability to remain immortal through it’s song‚ and of its detachment from the human world. It is clear that the narrator is experiencing feelings of melancholy‚ and he discusses a personal escape from an existence tainted
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Ellie Wiesel portrays the full effect of indifference during his speech “The Perils of Indifference” by using firm language choices‚ to emphasize indifference. With the use of diction‚ alongside the use of efficacious allusions‚ he reveals the suffering “behind the black gates of Auschwitz” and presents how Jews “felt abandoned by humanity”. He impudently questions the reader “Have we really learned from our mistakes?”. He aches to get his point across‚ to allow people to look at themselves and see
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This passage is taken from the book Songs of Ourselves. This poem written by Sujata Bhatt is written post the British colonisation of India and importance of religions and culture in India. It is a poem written about the social and political concern of the lost of cultural identical renunciation of Indian identity. The poem is based on Religion and a bit of Greek Mythology. All the lines are not of the same length. This shows us that the poem is meant to be read slowly with understanding. The effect
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Margaret Atwood’s poem The Landlady presents a depressing and frightening experience of one living in a rented room. The landlady is very much the dangerous gaoler of this prison‚ and one who specializes in oppression. The poem is striking in its use of language‚ including imagery‚ sounds‚ and rhythms‚ that vividly portray the feared landlady and the shrinking tenant. The comparison of the speaker’s living situation to that of a prison‚ a place of oppression‚ is the dominant thematic
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"Of Mice and Men" is a novel written by the 1962 Nobel Prize winner‚ John Steinbeck. It is an emotional tale of the extraordinary friendship between George and Lennie‚ who are traveling workers in the harsh depression years of the 1930s. George is a caring person whose love to Lennie is just like a father-son relationship‚ where Lennie‚ a mentally challenged man whose strength lies in body rather than brain‚ appears to be very dependent on George. "Of Mice and Men" teaches a universal theme about
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Alexander Charles‚ what a nice name. I wonder if Mr.Charles was an English teacher? In his poem star-crossed‚ Charles talks about two skeletons discovered in Mantua Italy. These skeletons "linked in a lovers embrace" are the underlying theme throughout the poem. At the the beginning of the poem Charles links love to these 5000 year old lovers while at the end he links them to his age. However he incorporates a sense of bias in the poem. "I shall grow old" age is a something that some
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The Bluest Eye depicts the social conditions and psychology of black citizens in post-World War II United States. This excerpt‚ situated in the Autumn part of the book‚ introduces the reader to a family‚ the Breedloves‚ part of whom is the protagonist‚ Pecola. The point of view is omniscient‚ enabling the author to describe the family‚ their house and state of mind. This extract has several layers of meaning : it depicts the physical‚ then moral conditions of the Breedloves‚ but also sheds light
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