Jeremiah Mutie‚ Ph.D. Adjunct Professor‚ Liberty University Online‚ School of Religion The identity of the Διψυχος in The Shepherd of Hermas1 Introduction One of the most frequent phrases in The Shepherd of Hermas is the Greek adjective δἰψυχος (“doublemindedness”). While the adjective occurs nineteen times‚ its cognate verb διψυχεῑν (“to be doublemindend”) occurs twenty times and the substantive διψυχἰα (“doubleminded”) occurs in as many as sixteen times.2 Indeed‚ the number of the occurrences
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Uptown Funk 23 May 2014 Outline Reader‚ Culture‚ and Text: How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers? Thesis: No two people are exactly the same therefore the body and mind pose as an example of how two readers could interpret The Metamorphosis differently. Religion‚ values‚ morals‚ culture‚ and experiences shape our minds and this transfers over to our understanding or take on many topics but especially The Metamorphosis. I. Finding the most accurate interpretation
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Many ideas and interpretations are represented through out the entirety of literature. One of the many aspects that come with that are reinterpretations of those books or ideas in a multitude of forms‚ along with a multitude of ways. An excellent example of reinterpretations would be the bible‚ considering all the different readings that may be found saying almost exactly the same information. The only difference between the separate versions is the wording and sometimes the image that
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Often times when we read a story we don’t realize all the different approaches a writer may use to make his or her story more interesting or complex. These approaches are considered critical approaches and they allow us to dig deeper into a story and discover a whole new meaning. Author‚ Salman Rushdie‚ uses several critical approaches in his novel “Haroun and The Sea of Stories.” Upon reading this story we can find there are several of these approaches to consider. However‚ what really stands out
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It is clear from an analysis of Macbeth that it embodies aspects of the dominant ideology at the time that it was written. The play acts as propaganda for a monarchial leadership and therefore a marxist criticism of the play should be looked at. As the essential meaning of any text is ultimately dependent on the responder‚ a look at a second reading of a Christian perspective‚ with its views on natural order‚ gives a more holistic view and deeper understanding to the play. At the time that Shakespeare
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Art and Literature: A Comparison Art and writing are two very different ways of expressing oneself‚ but there are elements of artistic expression that remain common in both. Tone‚ theme‚ and structure are just a few of these elements. The works of Jasper Johns‚ "False Start‚" and‚ "Painting with Two Balls‚" as well as Annie Dillard’s‚ "Heaven and Earth in Jest‚" are comparable in that all three works of art use the aforementioned elements in order to reach the audience with a direct point‚ which
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“The Turn of the Screw” offers two very different readings; the text could be interpreted as an exploration of the paranormal or the paranoidal. Those who view the novel as being an exploration of the paranormal take events throughout the novel on face value‚ trusting the narrator to give the whole truth and nothing but. However those who read the novel with more cynical perspective begin to doubt their narrators version of events believing her paranoid or dishonest. In light of this knowledge I
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My paper was on Understanding Post-Colonial Hybridization and Syncretization in Literature and that not only do we need to understand the meanings of these words but we also need to understand the authors background and how these terms give feeling and emotion on the subject matter they are writing about. Did the author grow up on the colonizers side or the colonized? This impacts the way he/she views both sides and their surroundings. I also talk about the meaning of diaspora and orientalism
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Two different readers can interpret any text completely differently. This may be due to their age‚ background‚ quality of education and social status. On the other hand even a males and a females understanding may differ. Similarly with art‚ the author of any piece creates it with the intention of evoking a rare and unusual emotion in every person to create an effect. In this case‚ it is more about what the audience receives from this play and how they construe the act themselves. All of this applies
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Annotation’s made from David Abram Animism and the Alphabet In Animism and the Alphabet‚ David Abram‚ founder and creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics‚ goes in depth about how writing and the alphabet developed over the years by various groups of people. After annotating the text‚ I was able to consider the arguments presented by David Abram and found myself questioning many of his viewpoints. As I was reading my annotations‚ one that jumped out at me was when I wrote “may not be “true”
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