... , even though it is arguable that John the Baptist must go on a journey as well his journey is greatly overshadowed and his goal is not the focus of the passage. Jesus was brought to Earth by God and they call him a Messiah because he acts the will of God and brings salvation. The gap that exists is that God sees great evils ... an important symbolic role in explaining Saladin's transformation. Saladin loves England but, always returns to India. Saladin feels connected with India in two ways: it is his birthplace and he is culturally tied to it. The cutting down of the tree leaves the ro...

• Word Count: 1990
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• Grade Level: High School

... agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and palace and reverberation Of thunder of spring over distant mountains. 322-27 The passage starts out with an allusion to John 18:3, which describes the soldiers who came to arrest Jesus. The soldiers who were, of course, led by Judas Iscariot were carrying "torches" (John 18:3). This allusion is significant because it ... people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."" Eliot purposely alludes to this passage in which Go...

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... slaves of the Matrix see the programmed images of their false reality, with no doubt in its validity. As a result they cling blindly to their misguided beliefs in what they really are. They form a dependence upon the certainty and stability that their skewed perception brings into their lives ... paganism. Although not widespread in America, paganism persists in many remote regions of earth such as India and Nepal. The worship of numerous gods like "Vishnu" and "Siva" rests in direct opposition to God's first commandment: "You shall have no other gods before me". The false belief in ... ...

• Word Count: 1590
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• Grade Level: High School