deep connection to the land and how Waakal the Rainbow Serpent and the Dreaming has brought about this notion. To Indigenous Australians‚ the land is not inanimate; it is a complete environment that supports and is maintained by people and culture. Land is central‚ spirituality and culturally and in this story the Indigenous respect‚ adapt and care for their living environments. In the Dreamtime‚ ancestral spirits such as Waakal the Rainbow Serpent created the land‚ animals‚ rocks and plants. They also
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For over many years‚ woman has been the down fall to all humanity‚ the reason why‚ sin‚ hurt‚ pain‚ shamefulness‚ deceit and suffering are in the world. Temptation‚ lust‚ and vanity are the detriments supposedly beset by the first woman. Whether Eve or Pandora came first is irrelevant. They will be remembered as the ones responsible for ruining man and mankind forever so to speak. However‚ both stories should be explored to determine‚ in ways they can hold some similarity to each other‚ but in some
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by a series of metaphors based on serpent-behaviour. These are only a few of the examples. Actually Daruwalla’s poetry contains an abundance of similes and metaphors. Daruwalla finds that there is violence in the very air‚ and that this violence is an indication of the mass hatreds drifting across the moon and hovering‚ poised like a cobra. He looks for a fang that darts‚ a hood that sways‚ and eyes that throw out a reptile hate. Here we have horrifying serpent-imagery to indicate the kind of hatred
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other parallel of the story of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament is the role of the serpent. In Gilgamesh the serpent steals the plant that will restore his youth. Gilgamesh wanted to give the plant to the elders of Uruk‚ but after this happens all he brings back from his journey is himself. He now is not obsessed with eternal life anymore and focuses his attention on the betterment of his kingdom. In the Bible the serpent is evil and convinces Adam and Eve to eat something that belongs to god. As a consequence
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An Afternoon with Colonialism An Essay on “White Fantasy-Black Fact” ! Europe ’s necessity to expand its reign of influence and create more room for its growing population marks the start of settler colonialism. In Jack Davisʼs “White-Fantasy-Black Fact” we follow an Australian aboriginal family who faces the harsh realities of persecution created by colonialism. From racial discrimination‚ economic discrimination and ethnocide we see the depth of this issue unfold in one afternoon on the highway
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Tayo Akinboboye World to Literature Laurie Sherman Rough draft In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth‚ which was formless‚ and very dark‚ till god found a precious stone. God transformed the stone into something feminine and petite and breathed through it and turned into a female‚ god made the female in his own kind and image‚ naming her eve. Eve was so dear to god that they were always together and did everything together; god had so much trust in eve. He decided to give
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In the short horror story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Poe attempts to convey why both pride and revenge can become dangerous when a person is overwhelmed by either. Poe‚ through the use of various literary techniques‚ introduces an horrific drama of two men‚ one who will stop at nothing to get the revenge that he believes himself and his family worthy of‚ and another whose pride will ultimately become the instrument of his own death. Fortunato falls prey to Montresor’s plans because
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Genesis chapter 3 is all about the fall of humans. It is the first sin that man ever committed. It all starts with the serpent tempting Eve to eat the fruit. The serpent twists God words to deceive Eve into thinking it is alright for her to eat the fruit. Once she does she gives it to her husband Adam and he also eats. When they ate the fruit‚ that is when they disobeyed God. God punishes them by banning them from the garden. Even though God banishes them from the garden‚ He still provides clothes
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Characteristics of evil In the Anglo Saxon poem‚ Beowulf‚ Hrothgar’s Kingdom is attacked by a monster who is killing many villagers. King Hrothgar‚ desperate for a solution‚ seeks help in another kingdom and Beowulf comes. In the story‚ the conflicts between good and evil are the main aspect. It shows how good and evil are opposite forces‚ or traits‚ that live inside of humans. Evil is defined as being profoundly immoral and malevolent. It is shown through the battles and is represented by Grendel
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initiates the seduction‚ and Geraldine‚ the supposedly evil one‚ temporarily becomes Christabel’s guardian spirit. During the dream sequence the lines between good and evil become further grayed because both Christabel and Geraldine are equally the serpent and dove. Thus the poem becomes a commentary on the inability to categorize people into such narrow constraints as good and evil. At the beginning of the poem‚ Christabel is described as innocent and pious. There are clues‚ however subtle‚ that
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