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    Teresa and Rubi are based on a novel called “tears‚ laughter and love”‚written by Yolanda Vargas Dulche in the 1960s.The first film released was “Rubi”‚ in 2004 by televisa and in 2010 was published a remake of the novel called “Teresa”. Both films are based on a beautiful women that was raised in poverty‚ which is ashamed of and desires a luxuries lifestyle. She is determined to seek revenge to those who have humiliated her for being poor. Her ambition for money was so big that it was never enough

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    Saint Margaret of Cortona Margaret of Cortona was born in Loviana in 1247. When she was 7 years old‚ her mother passed away. Her father remarried. Her stepmother had little care & love for her. Growing up‚ she became more willful and reckless‚ & she had a reputation one wouldn’t envy. At the age of 17‚ she met a young man from Montepulciano‚ and she eloped with him. They had a child out of wedlock. Nine years after‚ her lover was murdered & his body was found in the forest. This crime shocked Margaret

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    destruction left behind from the war and that it was time to rely on the subconscious as a way to analyze the world. These people became known as Surrealists. One of the most famous surrealist artists was Salvador Dalí. Dalí ’s piece The Temptation of Saint Anthony is a prime example of Surrealism. Surrealist paintings are described as dreamlike and fantastical. Much of Dalí ’s paintings were images he had dreamed up. He said that he would paint what almost seem like photographs from his dreams

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    Bernard Shaw’s famous play Saint Joan recalls the legend of a young girl who leads her nation to an improbable victory against the English. Joan of Arc has since become a role model for girls and women everywhere as a woman who conquered seemingly indomitable odds in a world of men. But one must wonder: Would the legend of Saint Joan have the magnificence that it does had Joan not been burned when she was? Is the grandeur of the story of Joan of Arc found in her life or in her death?<br><br>The first

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    What does one simply call October 31? Many call the day All Hallows Eve‚ Halloween‚ or The Devil’s Holiday. No matter what the day is called‚ it is a day in the year everyone loves to celebrate. Halloween‚ as most call the day‚ has been going on for a long time. If it wasn’t for the history of Halloween‚ today’s society would not know of this great celebration. Halloween has come a great distance in history. Halloween originated from in the Paganistic times and dates back hundreds of years ago.

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    Moral Saint By Susan Wolf

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    perfect person. By moral saint Wolf described a person whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be and whose life is dominated by commitment to improving welfare of others and society (Wolf‚ 419-420). Susan Wolf argues that being a moral saint is neither desirable nor reasonable. Wolf claims‚ that not because becoming one is out of reach for many of us but because of what would be involved in being a moral saint. In the end‚

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    Saint Paul and His Illness

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    Saint Paul is one of the most influential early Christian missionaries and leaders of the first generation of Christians. He was a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin and was born a Roman citizen‚ in Tarsus of Cilicia‚ with the Hebrew name Saul. Among the many other apostles and missionaries involved in the spread of the Christian faith‚ Paul is often considered to be one of the two most important people in the history of Christianity‚ and one of the greatest religious leaders of all time. In the New

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    ascēsis exercises. The exercises served as tools that allowed the monks to survive the desert‚ live disciplined lives and mature spiritually‚ which helped them move closer to God and detach them from all earthly interference. Moreover‚ the desert saints were like athletes‚ holding themselves to a strict regimen for spiritual growth in preparation for spiritual attacks and physical temptations. The ascetic practices also helped the monks to maintain right standing in the presence of God‚ thereby

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    Symbolic Interactionism in the Boondock Saints Dylan Sadick Western New England University The Boondock Saints was a film released in 1999 about the MacManus twins. The MacManus brothers began as two regular Irish men working in a meat factory‚ but after encountering several traumatic events they begin a new career‚ which involved the killing of men that they deemed corrupt and evil. With the help of their friend Rocco‚ a member of the Italian mob‚ they begin clearing the city of Boston

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    Who Is Saint Philip Neri?

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    Everyone is born differently‚ a good different‚ and God made Saint Philip Neri a special holy fool who had an important mystic gift. Humor is the best medicine anyone could possibly have‚ and that’s what Saint Philip Neri brought everyone in Rome. Saint Philip Neri is the patron saint of humor and joy. He was born in Florence on July 21‚ 1515 and was a child of Francesco Neri. At eighteen Saint Philip Neri went to live with a wealthy family member in San Germano. He didn’t live there for long‚ soon

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