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    Abstract: This paper intends to analyze the image of egg in Sherwood Anderson’s famous short story The Egg. Contextual details having been carefully dealt with‚ various symbolic meanings of the egg are finally revealed.  Key Words: the egg‚ Sherwood‚ image‚ symbol Sherwood Anderson‚ an American writer‚ is less famous compared with other great writers. However‚ he wins readers’ love by his graceful‚ smooth writing‚ and the most important of all‚ by his careful description of common people’s

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    Religious Tolerance

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    Religious tolerance in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was very rare. However‚ there were many people and movements that led to an increase in tolerance and protection for all different religions. Among the many influential people of this time‚ John Winthrop‚ Roger Williams‚ and the Puritans stand out. Another major reason for the increase of toleration is the Maryland Toleration Act. People came to the colonies in search of religious freedom and the right to express themselves freely. Eventually

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    Did you know that the play Tartuffe was written to mock the hypocrisy of the church during the mid-1600? Tartuffe was scandalous back in the day‚ and there’s a reason why. It exposes the idea of religious hypocrisy. This issue was hard to tackle back then. For this‚ the play was censored by King Louis XIV‚ probably due to the influence of the archbishop of Paris‚ Paul Philippe Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe‚ who was the King’s confessor and had been his tutor. Tartuffe‚ written by the French play

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    Religious Day

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    capital city of the country‚ for it was there that arahant Mahinda converted the then ruler‚ King Devanampiya Tissa‚ and his court to Buddhism‚ thereby setting in motion a series of events that finally made Sri Lanka the home of Theravada Buddhism. Even today‚ on Poson Poya‚ Anuradhapura becomes the center of Buddhist activity. Mihintale‚ the spot where the momentous encounter between the Elder and the King took place‚ accordingly receives the reverential attention of the devotees. The two rituals

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    Beowulf Themes and Symbols

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    Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Importance of Establishing Identity As Beowulf is essentially a record of heroic deeds‚ the concept of identity—of which the two principal components are ancestral heritage and individual reputation—is clearly central to the poem. The opening passages introduce the reader to a world in which every male figure is known as his father’s son. Characters in the poem are unable

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    Religious Wars

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    Religious Wars The division between the Catholics and Protestants all came down to years upon years of war. The religious wars came in four waves of battle – The French Wars of Religion‚ Imperial Spain and Phillip II‚ England and Spain‚ and finally the longest and bloodiest of all‚ The Thirty Years War. All countries involved did not get out without a scratch‚ but some did come out of the religious wars better than others. The countries most devastated in this peril had to be Germany and France

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    religious commodification

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    faith. Traveling to religious sites has been accounted for in the bible and can been considered as one of the oldest reasons for travel and is a vast growing sector even today. Tourist visit cultural or religious site for that matter for a variety of reasons (Ho & McKercher‚ 2006). According to Levi and Kocher‚ the purpose of visiting sacred sites may from the purposeful tourist who is seeking authentic cultural experiences to the casual tourist who may be visiting a religious site because it is part

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    Religious Exemption

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    In this way‚ it seems clear that the debate over religious exemptions is a really difficult one. It is true that in theory‚ one’s individual‚ extensive practice of religion is not harmful‚ nor does it burden others too much. However‚ one could argue that a major issue in granting exemptions is that it undermines the law‚ before which we should all be treated as equal‚ and this without exception . Barry highlights that the “the law serves a public purpose”‚ as “its essence is the protection of some

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    Religious Traditions

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    Elements of Religious Traditions University of Phoenix REL/134 Elements of Religious Traditions Religion is a big part of today’s society; it has always been a big part of society. What is religion? The dictionary definition of religion is a system of beliefs that involves worship of a god‚ prayer‚ ritual and a moral code. Not all religions follow those guidelines‚ so it is not an accurate definition. Instead we look at a number of characteristics such as a belief system‚ community‚ ritual

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    Scarlet Letter-Symbols

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    One might say that symbols are the most important things in a story‚ and that they unlock the secrets of a novel. Hawthorne‚ in The Scarlet Letter‚ uses many symbols to represent different things. Some symbols represent the same thing. The letter "A" has many meanings‚ each character has their own meanings‚ and even the different parts of nature are symbols. Also‚ apart from providing structure for the novel‚ each scaffold scene conveys something different. One could say‚ arguably‚ that nearly everything

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