Gentile Christians” (Lk: Introduction). Luke states whom he is addressing his gospel to and its’ purpose in Luke 1:1-4. He addressed his gospel to a Gentile named Theophilus‚ which means “lover of God.” He writes so that Theophilus may “realize the certainty of the teachings” (Lk. 1:4). This opening can be interpreted as Luke speaking to an audience who already has faith and believes in Christ (Cory 180). “And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline
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Identity can be defined as the condition or character a person or thing. Behaviour can be manipulated to mask identity so that people appear to have characteristics and conditions which in reality they do not possess. In this essay‚ I will present a comparative analysis of two extracts in which the characters have modified their behaviour so that they portray a false identity of themselves. The two characters that I will compare are Sir Percival Glyde from The Woman in White‚ and Murial from The
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Bibliography: Allen‚ Louis. Burma‚ The Longest War‚ 1941-45. London: Dent‚ 1984. Bidwell‚ Shelford. The Chindit War: Stilwell‚ Wingate‚ and the Campaign in Burma. New York: Macmillan Publishing‚ 1980. Elliott‚ J. G. A Roll of Honour: The Story of the Indian Army 1939-1945. London: Cassell‚ 1965. Lunt‚ James. A Hell of a Licking: The Retreat from Burma. London: William Collins‚ 1986. Palmer‚ R.R. and Colton‚ Joel. A History of the Modern World. 8th ed. p. 921 New York: McGraw-Hill
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the rifle to defend myself if necessary- and it is always unnerving to have a crowd following you.” Also when he saw the elephant his first reaction was that it should not be shot. Orwell states‚ “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him.” (Orwell‚ 186) He states that the elephant is a very expensive animal and that its work is very important to the Burmese population and the family that owns it. Orwell watches the elephant and wants yet another reason
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George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant: a Summary George Orwell‚ from a first person narrative perspective of a British officer in Moulmein‚ Burma‚ writes an autobiographical essay titled Shooting an Elephant‚ confessing the inner conflict of a British police officer. From his experience in British-ruled India in the early Twentieth Century‚ his essay shows feelings in the area and the East against Europe‚ and faults of the imperialism. While he was there he is having to do something that caused ethical
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Gray‚ JW Gwynne‚ Paul. World religions in practice: a comparative introduction. Malden‚ MA: Blackwell Pub.‚ 2009. Print. Mojab‚ Shahrzad‚ and Amir Hassanpour. "In Memory of Fadime Sahindal: Thoughts on the Struggle Against “Honour Killing” ." Kurdish Women Action Against Honour Killing . Kurdish Media‚ n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. .
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Race Shakespeare • A fear of foreigners during Elizabethan times fostered misogynistic and racist values‚ which is evident in the way Othello’s blackness becomes a symbol of alienation to which all characters in the play must respond. • Using grotesque animal imagery‚ Iago voices an explicitly stereotypical view of Othello‚ as a “Barbary horse‚” depicting him as an animalistic outsider. Through the image of conflict in black and white‚ Iago emphasises on the racial demarcation between
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The King James bible tells us “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on earth‚ and it grieved him at his heart” (Genesis 6:6). But also as Nietzche’s comment suggests‚ perhaps God was created by us humans and an atheist might contend that we have done so mainly as a means to cope with thoughts about our own mortality. This report analyses and compares the Catholic religious tradition‚ in which God and the afterlife are key beliefs‚ with the secular world view of atheism‚ which in this
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people often feel more at ease knowing they only pay if their case is won‚ therefore not creating a huge risk. This is beneficial to those who can not afford legal‚ creating more certainty as they will only be paying if their case is won. However‚ ethical complications arise‚ where some service providers have failed to honour the agreements made between themselves and the party or have then exploited loopholes in the contracts‚ causing serious consequences for their clients. This defeats the purpose
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Ramses II- Dedicated Dictator? A Short Biographical Essay Before I progress in this essay‚ I would like to divert your attention to the long history of scholars‚ preachers and authors that have devoted their lives in order to learn about the influential‚ despot that is Ramses the second. Many have been unable to progress in research and many have had epiphanies to choose another subject to research. Khalil Ahmad Hamidi-a Pakistani scholar‚ writer and also a translator for many books including
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