NEW TESTAMENT Matthew 26:24: "...but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born." This verse states that it would have been better for any person who betrayed Jesus if he had never been born. The verse might be interpreted as meaning that a terminated pregnancy might be better than a completed pregnancy‚ if the child’s life would be miserable. Luke 1:35: "...The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee‚ and the power of the Highest shall
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Márquez’s short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” the main character‚ Pelayo‚ encounters a supernatural being which he abuses to gain monetary value. When the strange man with wings came‚ the whole town was baffled and mesmerized because they were all curious of where the man is from. In the character of the old man with wings‚ García Márquez’s “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” exemplifies the relationship between tolerance and suffering. In the beginning of the story‚ “Pelayo had to
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by Robert Frost‚ describes a night in the life of a lonely man. The line "Summer was past and day was passed." (6) designates that it is the end of the day and that summer has gone‚ giving way to autumn. However‚ this line also encourages the reader to think that the speaker is of a certain age‚ as the end of day can be interpreted as the end of a person’s life. The title‚ "Bereft" indicates that he has lost someone‚ leaving him " alone" (15) in his life. There is no evidence to suggest that the
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the twenty first century. Companies use clever tactics‚ such as weasel words and psychological tactics to differentiate them from other companies. Words like better‚ improved‚ new‚ fast and so forth play a deciding factor when buying a product‚ and it is up to the consumer to analyze the truth behind these words. In the article “With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” by William Luts‚ he states that “Advertisers use weasel words to appear to be making a claim for a product when in fact they are making
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that‚ "It is better to have loved and lost‚ than never to have loved at all." Truly‚ the experience of love is unlike any other and every human should experience it. However‚ whether or not humans should experience love is not the topic at hand; rather‚ it is whether it is better to have loved and lost or to never have loved at all. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ it is evident that the star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ would have been better not to have loved at all. Particularly‚ love
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these women seemed to assume I should side with them‚ apparently simply because I am also female. (Some women seem to assume that all women are part of the Man Haters for Life Club. Sorry‚ I failed to sign up for that one.) If I listened to them long enough‚ I eventually learned that these women were routinely refusing to have sex with their man and then vilifying him when he decided to get his needs met elsewhere. When I worked for a Fortune 500 company‚ I couldn’t help but think of those women every
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The magical word “Happiness” There are plenty of movies‚ songs‚ and books about happiness. Human beings try to figure out what happiness means. For some‚ life is really about about being rich so being happy or who has the most respect and the highest rank is the happiest. Maybe happiness is hidden in a smile‚ or in love‚ or in a flower. Happiness means different things to every person. There is no universal rule to be happy. Whatever it means‚ everyone agrees that it may be the most important feeling
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Dual nature of Mr. Scratch in “The Devil and Daniel Webster” In the guise of Mr. Scratch‚ the Devil appears as one of the title characters in Benet’s short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster”. Traditionally‚ the Devil has been depicted as a fearsome figure. However‚ different from the frightening devils in other stories‚ Mr. Scratch seems to have a dual nature‚ which combines frightening and comical characteristics. With respect to his frightening characteristic‚ firstly‚ even if he is
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“Imperfection is beauty‚ madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe‚ Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words tags: be-yourself ‚ inspirational 12987 people liked it like “I like nonsense‚ it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss tags: fantasy 12936 people liked it like “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed
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Flannery O ’Connor ’s short story collection A Good Man is Hard to Find has many elements of a southern gothic work. Images of ancient castles with sliding panels create suspicious themes and settings that lead the readers into the dark and gloomy world of the southern United States. With all of the violence‚ horror‚ and dismal surroundings presented in O ’Connor ’s stories there is too a moral message given. Later gothic work did not always explain horror like this‚ holding little moral value
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