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    10 May 10‚ 2012 A Symbol of Hopes & Dreams A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play about an African American family in 1950s America. The Younger family struggle through racism and family turmoil that threatens to split the family apart. But throughout it all they persevere and the result is a new fresh beginning. Mama’s plant is a shining symbol of the Younger’s for the following reasons. Mama’s plant has been a steady reminder of a dream for a better life and

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    Blood Symbol In Macbeth

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    frequently literary device used in the play. Blood‚ Sleep‚ and Weather are recurring symbols that are seen as Macbeth goes through different stages of power and control. The witch’s prophecies spark both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s interest in fulfilling their deep desires. Macbeth with the help of his wife began to take fate into his own hands which ultimately leads to demise of the couple. Blood symbolizes the guilt that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth feel throughout the play. As their guilt grows the more

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    The Myth of Sisyphus

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    Blanca Seynos The Myth of Sisyphus In the essay of “The Myth of Sisyphus” Albert Camus suggests that there is a possibility that there is no real meaning to life and that as humans‚ it is a pointless gesture to go looking for this religious or universal meaning. Camus uses Sisyphus as his prime example of this. Sisyphus‚ a punished human for “certain levity in regard to the gods” has to do a pointless task of pushing a rock up a hill repeatedly. This punishment itself reflects the

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    Myth and Legends In the Popol Vuh their is a story that explains the creation of man. In the myth it describes the four stages that god went through before humans came to be. The first stage explains that earth was completely empty their was no life on earth. There was only land‚ sea‚ and sky. Then the great molder set out to marks on the earth‚ these marks then became the four corners of the world. The second stage is about the great molder starting to shape the landscape‚ by creating mountains

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    Religion as a Weapon

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    RELIGION AS A WEAPON Religion and myth are two powerful subjects that Caribbean writers have used to their advantage in many of the works we have read this semester. Many religious qualities that are expressed today in the Caribbean were at one time influenced by early African beliefs. The Christian faith‚ for example‚ has been an influence on various Caribbean religions‚ while at the same it has been the target of rejection. The rejection of European culture is a pervasive theme

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    The Myth of Perfection

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    The Myth of Perfection Adam Benzan Block H Perfection is a much sought-after quality‚ yet is completely impossible to obtain. Because we do not have a clear definition of what perfection truly is‚ when a person attempts to become "perfect"‚ they are usually transforming into what seems to be perfect to . In both "A Doll’s House" and "The Metamorphosis"‚ we see that human beings cannot achieve a state of total perfection. When Gregor Samsa‚ from "the Metamorphosis"‚ attempts

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    Describe each religions creation myth‚ including the formation of the world‚ people‚ animals and plants. Maori Religion According to the Maori religion the beginning was emptiness and nothing existed. The Maori origin of the world and the creation of all life are called ‘te kore’. In the state of Te kore two gods appeared the male sky god Ranginui and the female earth god Papatuanuku who spawned six children. The birth of weather (Tawhiri)‚ crops (Rongo)‚ war (Tu)‚ sea (Tangaroa)

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    In the play‚ The Glass Menagerie‚ by Tennessee Williams‚ Williams uses many symbols which represent many different things.?Many of the symbols used in the play try to symbolize some form of escape or difference between reality and illusion.?The first symbol‚ presented in the first scene‚ is the fire escape.?This represents the "bridge" between the illusory world of the Wingfields and the world of reality.?This "bridge" seems to be a one way excursion.?But the direction varies for each character.

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    Definition of Some Symbols

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    to think that the red cross which is used as a symbol by the American Red Cross and International Red Cross is a Christian symbol - and therefore that these organizations are Christian in character. I don’t know why‚ but these people don’t seem to realize that cross are and have been used as symbols outside of Christianity. Media Matters reports: [A]ccording to the American Red Cross website‚ it was “[i]n honor of the Swiss ... [that] the symbol of a red cross on a white background (the reverse

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    Perseus Myth Analysis

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    The story of Perseus‚ Medusa‚ Cetus and Andromeda is one of the first of the founding myths who established the pantheon of the twelve Olympians and the origin of the Danaans. Founding myths usually involve the slaying of some kind of archaic monster‚ perhaps the idol of a previous religion or some symbol. In this case‚ it was Medusa‚ who was brought to Greece from Libya‚ where she was worshipped by the Amazons as Metis‚ a serpent goddess. Cetus was a constellation first seen years before the

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