to be one hundred years old‚ I will never understand why the quote "It is what it is" is so prevalent‚ frequent and so widely used! Any situation that we can’t handle or change‚ when brought to God is in His Hands to do what only He can do!! Our life in Jesus Christ makes what is impossible to us‚ not only doable with Christ‚ but incredibly‚ extraordinarily and mind-boggling to see!! All of our doubts and fears are just evil tricks from the devil himself‚ meant to leave us not only empty but discouraged
Premium Jesus Christianity New Testament
Chapter I QUOTE; It was‚ of course‚ a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood‚ and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. As Angela’s Ashes opens‚ Frank describes how his parents meet and marry in New York‚ then eventually move back to Ireland with their four sons. He characterizes his upbringing as a typical “miserable Irish Catholic childhood‚” complete with a drunken father
Premium English-language films Family Fiction
the downfall of a tragic hero within a piece of literature. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus is a tragic hero with a hamartia that leads to his inevitable downfall. He possesses three traits that have been debated on to be his hamartia: his hubris (excessive pride)‚ his heinous temperament‚ and his consummate determination. Of these three traits Oedipus possesses‚ I’ve believe that his hamartia is his profligate pride. Oedipus was a proud man. After all‚ who wouldn’t be proud of defeating a Sphinx
Premium Oedipus Oedipus the King Tiresias
Andy Stoops Honors Language Arts Landow 3/4th hour 27 February‚ 2012 Discovering and Suffering: Why Oedipus is The Most Tragic Fate is the develpment of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as determined by a supernatural power. In Oedipus’s fight against fate‚ he expierenced all aspects an Aristostlian Tragic Hero‚ but above all suffering and discovery. Therefore‚ Oedipus is far more tragic than Antigone and Creon; for his suffering exceeds greatly beyond theirs‚ as does his discovery
Premium Suffering Oedipus Pain
Connor Meeds 11/2/12 Oedipus Essay In the play Oedipus‚ written by Sophocles‚ Laius the ruler of Thebes was terribly murdered. Suddenly‚ Oedipus decided to take throne and curse the killer of Laius without any consent and realization on who the killer was. Until he realized‚ that he is the one with the blood on his hands. The irony expressed in Oedipus involves a contradiction between appearance and reality. Sophocles does a great job by using dramatic and cosmic irony to communicate the message-
Premium Irony Murder
Othello – important quotes 1.1 * Roderigo to Iago‚ saying you had my purse / As if the strings were thine * Iago: I know my price‚ I am worth no worse a place * Othello‚ described by Iago as loving his own pride and purposes * Iago describing Cassio’s skills: mere prattle‚ without practise‚ / Is all his soldiership. * Iago tells Roderigo that Othello has seen Iago fight At Rhodes‚ at Cyprus and on other grounds / Christian and heathen * Iago on serving Othello: I follow
Premium Othello Iago
The Quotes Humans are measured not through their words but their deeds. The abstraction of deeds is dance itself. ~ Chinvat – the Ninth Bridge Winner − Special Jury Award‚ Hungarian Pan Art Festival (from the promotional flyer) In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet. ~ Alice Abrams Beside the fire‚ as the wood burns black‚ a laughing dancer in veils of light‚ whose dance transforms the darkness to gold. ~ Adu Abd Allan ben Abi-l-Khisal ben Abi-l-Khisal
Premium Literature Religion English-language films
Greetings from Chicago! We miss you so much and we cannot wait for your family to move here! Oh my‚ I have so much to tell! This week has been amazing and I truly wish you could be here with us. As you know‚ when we moved here‚ we moved by an amazing place called Hull House. At this place‚ there are sports teams and there are classes for children! It is so exciting! I have joined the basketball team (despite my mother’s disliking for the sport) and I am taking a sewing class and a drawing class
Premium Basketball High school National Basketball Association
4) Chapter 9: "I drew a bead on him (p. 81)." (To draw a bead on someone is to aim at or focus on that person.) 5) Chapter 9: ‘I merely bowed to the inevitable (p. 84).’ (An event or occurrence that is inevitable is one that cannot be stopped from occurring. To bow to the inevitable is to realize this fact and resist fighting it. Atticus realizes that‚ sooner or later‚ Scout and Jem would be given guns and be taught how to shoot‚ so he doesn’t try to fight it.)
Premium English-language films Poetry Line
One in the Same The ability to put oneself in someone else’s shoes is fundamental to human characteristics. Through friendship‚ this can be taken to the next level. The University of Virginia put out of study of brain activity. The group scanned twenty-two different people who were warned of receiving a small electrical shock to one of three options: themselves‚ their best friend‚ or a stranger. Through this study‚ scientists have learned that the brain activity of the person in danger‚ versus
Premium Psychology Cognition Brain