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    Pain and suffering

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    what in the world is going with this world. I cry for it in pain and suffering. asdf asdf asdf asf asdkjfaksdjfoiwaef iwjeiji3jifjkjf asdfjsadf asd f asdfasdfsdafas f daf asdfasdf asdf asdf asdfCreon decides to spare Ismene and to bury Antigone alive in a cave. She is brought out of the house‚ and she bewails her fate and defends her actions one last time. She is taken away to her living tomb‚ with the Chorus expressing great sorrow for what is going to happen to her. Tiresias‚ the blind prophet

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    Pearls of Wisdom

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    Pearls of Wisdom: the Unusual Pearl of Hester Prynne Pearl is described as a perfect specimen of a child: her liveliness‚ coordination‚ and ideal shape make her “worthy to have been brought forth in Eden” (59). Pearl captivates the eyes of spectators with her pale radiance‚ and embodies the innocence of a “peasant-baby” along with the regality of a princess. She has a tempestuous and unpredictable temper‚ and seems to be imbued with gloom. Even as an infant‚ Pearl possesses a “peculiar look

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    Pearls of Wisdom

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    Habit Discipline Self-evaluation Critical faculties Precision Challenges Maintenance Order and neatness Strategy Timing Grace Humility Appreciation Raising the bar Respect for self Respect for others Redefinition of success Learning through failure Self-awareness Motor awareness Cognitive awareness Emotion management Maturity In not less than 10 sentences‚ describe (not define) the following activities: Chess Badminton

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    Labyrinth of Suffering

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    labyrinth of suffering?” I believe suffering is something ones self is born with. When we give our first steps in this world we soon realize there is struggle and the struggle is ever lasting in ones life. Alaska Young was brought down with the suffering in her life. The labyrinth of her life dragged her down and the question of escaping the labryitnh would not leave her mind. She broke. Alaska got out of her labyrinth “straight and fast.” Maybe getting out of the labyrinth of suffering is forgiveness

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    Morrie Suffering

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    “Although the world is full of suffering‚ it is also full of the overcoming of it”. (Helen Keller). Helen Keller is like Morrie schwartz because morrie suffers through his pain but he overcomes it by enjoying what he has left of life. Morrie teaches people to live life by the world‚ suffering and death and forgiveness. Morrie teaches that we can just talk than fight. He asks about the newspaper strike‚ and true to form he doesn’t understand why both sides did not simply communicate with each other

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    Suffering In Hercules

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    Hercules‚ key themes of Redemption and suffering go hand in hand and are present throughout. When Hera (Zeus’s wife) drives Hercules to madness she sends him to brutally murder his own wife and sons. Hercules is overwhelmed with a sense of ‘blood guilt’ and suffering and condemns himself to exile. He then seeks the Delphic Oracle’s help‚ she tells him that he is to complete 10 labours for King Eurystheus in order to redeem and rid himself of the blood guilt and suffering and become an immortal (APOLLODORUS

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    Santiago's Suffering

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    and suffering on the human spirit‚ and how some of the suffering is necessary. Santiago suffers the most throughout the book. First‚ he suffers physically when trying to bring the fish to his boat. Secondly‚ his mental endurance allows him to continue on‚ his mind never let his body give in‚ even though his body told him to. Third‚ his spirit is hurt by all of the younger fishermen and the words they say and also by Manolin’s father sending him with another fisherman. Santiago goes through a lot

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    Pain and Suffering

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    Romeo and Juliet Emotional pain and suffering is unavoidable‚ especially when connected to love. Many examples can be noted through Romeo and Juliet’s relationship and experiences in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is deprived of relationships‚ loses his closest friend‚ and is grief-stricken by the news of Juliet’s death. Meanwhile‚ Juliet has no support or freedom from her family and is responsible for her true love’s real death. She seems to be in more distress throughout

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    Theology of Suffering

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    Theology of Suffering: A Contrast To suffer means to submit or be forced to endure (something unpleasant); to endure death‚ pain‚ or distress. It is known to happen to everyone‚ that it is a part of this world that we live in and essentially‚ there is no escaping it. Looking at it through a scientific lens‚ the second law of thermodynamics helps with the definition. That the whole world is in a slow downward spiral into death and that is inescapable. Just the thought of this for some people

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    Words of Wisdom

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    Do you are now living the latest house or older house? We eventually have a family house which was built in 1913‚ it’s pretty old. If we purchased the master showed us newspapers that they had found if they redid the living area floors‚ original papers to 1913 if the house was built. It had been really interesting to find out the advertising that they had. A vehicle was super cheap‚ men’s suits were $10‚ times were sure different back then. Our house’s wiring is older too because of this. It’s

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