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    The cult of domesticity was the idea of a perfect women in the early 1840’s that was based around 4 characteristics: Piety‚ Purity‚ submission and domesticity. Piety was a woman’s devotion to her religion‚ purity was that a woman remained a virgin; submission

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    Rocky Horror Picture Show has been a cult classic since it’s birth‚ but as the years pass the musical has proved itself to be an acceptance of anything and everything offensive. The movie connected and expanded the LGBT community changing society as we know it. It is Rocky’s underlying condemnation of America’s sexual hypocrisy that makes the show still relevant today. The musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show portrays sexual liberation through existing cult cultures‚ audience interaction‚ and a

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    Stalin had several methods of social control that gave him such a powerful rule in Russia that even today he still has supporters. Socialist Realism was an essential method to create this‚ although it was not the most important method of social control. Socialist Realism was the second most important method of social control as it was very effective‚ but not as effective as the Terror. Social Realism allowed Stalin to be portrayed in a positive light but it was also an attempt to use art forms to

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    Seventy days‚ that’s how long it took me to figure out that I belonged to a cult. I mean‚ not like a super “culty” cult. Like‚ we met in a shed and played video games. But enough to call it you know‚ that. When I came into the cult‚ Max told me‚ “Pass the Pringles‚ they’re beside the PS4.” I didn’t know that was my first test or my first and only rule. I passed him the Pringles. He smiled‚ his eyes lit up like tiny fires. He sat back down on his bean bag chair and made some jokes. Easily‚ he transitioned

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    system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith." To determine the true reasoning ¬¬¬behind the study of Scientology one must examine the basis of this religion. This ever growing religion has been accused by many to be a possible scam or dangerous cult however; through various analyses of its beliefs and practices one can determine its real nature. Scientology was founded on the theory of dianetics. This theory states that the human mind consists of the analytical mind and the reactive mind. This

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    great leaders in history cannot do without. Stalin led his country as a terribly paranoid man whose decisions ended up killing millions of people and costing him the war. The only reason his people did not revolt was because Stalin cleverly devised a cult of personality with his propaganda department which allowed the poorly illiterate and misinformed Russians to trust in his false image of perfection. Without any honest means of earning it‚ Stalin became a totalitarian dictator by the 1930s. Stalin

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    could not exist without the toro bravo‚ a species of bull of an ancient race that is only conserved in Spain. Formerly this bull’s forebears‚ the primitive urus‚ were spread out over wide areas of the world. Many civilizations revered them; the bull cults on the Greek island of Crete are very well known. The Bible tells of sacrifices of bulls in honour of divine justice. Bulls also played an important role in the religious ceremonies of the Iberian tribes living in Spain in prehistoric times. The

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    attributes this ‘corruption’ to the influence of Etruscan events honoring similar deities. Despite the raunchiness‚ it was still a cult and secrecy was kept about the rites and events going on. Aside from Levy‚ a significant source of information about this culish festival was provided by an ex-member and prostitute Hispala Faecenia who was fearful for the effects of the cult on her protege and spilled the beans to consul Postimus. The information she provided was presented before the senate and efforts

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    In the 1960’s many things were going on. Although Charles Manson and his cult were committing crimes before the 60’s‚ this is when the most infamous murder occurred. Manson’s cult‚ The Family‚ murdered actress Sharon Tate‚ who was nearly nine months pregnant‚ and her four friends. Though‚ Manson wasn’t personally there when the crime happened‚ he sent them to do it. He even told them to make it as gruesome as possible. They stabbed each victim multiple times and wrote sayings on the wall in their

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    or ‘vaporized’ into largely soulless bodies‚ as the case of Amy Fremont. Bixby’s allows Anthony to gain a heightened power and authority over the small Ohio town because the townspeople regard him in with a toxic mix of tremendous terror through his cult of personality and adoration through appeasement. Indeed‚ one can interpret that Jerome Bixby imbues Anthony to be totalitarian tyrant‚ having the set of characteristics of totalitarianism: omniscient‚ omnipotent‚ oppressive and often narcissistic

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