... 's report can we believe? In the search for an answer to the question of is hell forever? This paper will discuss the three views of Universalism, Annihilationism and Conscious Punishment and weigh them against the available Biblical evidence. Within the context of the earlier discussions, the paper will also consider questions like "Is hell the place where a loving God would ... mercy extend beyond the grave? In short, do humans continue to exist beyond the grave and will they be afforded any further opportunity to determine where they will spend forever? Will Hell be Forever? Behind s...

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... Shakespeare draws our support for his villains as well as his heroes, asking us to explore what drives someone to action. We are invited to determine culpability for characters' deeds and to decide how fitting are their punishments. Shakespeare tests our sensibilities in letting us meet his villains intimately through their soliloquies. In Act One, Scene Two, we meet Edmund who ... Edmund has turned against him. Similarly, we wonder at whether Edmund's past is a mitigating factor in our judgment of him. For justice to be served, however, Gloucester's punishment would have to fit whateve...

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... , a prisoner that Dantes met in jail, has just revealed to him the possibility that he must have been framed for his crime by the people that he assumed were good friends. Faria then teaches him all the knowledge he knows and before he dies leaves Edmond with the promise that he must go find a hidden treasure on the Isle of Monte Cristo ... his window over looking an execution. " I will deprive you of seeing a man guillotined, but there is still the mazzolata, which is an extraordinary and interesting form of punishment when you see it for the first time, and even for the second time.- (...

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... , Ruth also showed signs of having an authoritarian parenting style as well. Authoritarian parenting usually involves strict rules for punishment, having the parent in total control, and the children have no say in the house. Authoritarian parenting also involves physical punishment such as hitting and spankings (Cherry). I believe Ruth showed all of these characteristics. As being the only parent in a house of twelve kids ... , you have to show who the boss is, and that's exactly what she did. "She issued orders and her rule was law"" (McBride21). This is a direct correlation to authorit...

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... mounts with the Colonel when Olaf screams to his platoon "I will not kiss your fucking flag," 5 and later refuses to eat, and clean the floor with a toothbrush for his punishment. Shocked by his obstinacy, the Colonel throws him into jail, where Olaf later dies. After the story ... pray to see;and Olaf,too Preponderatingly because Unless statistics lie he was More brave than me:more blond than you." 5 The words "i sing of Olaf," suggest Cummings" attempt to make this poem an anthem, or tribute to honor a rebellious soldier whose only crime was following his personal ... poetry moves mor...

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... was being tricked by his illegitimated son Edmond through the fake letter, that his legitimated son, Edgar plotting to kill him Gloucester undoubtedly believe in the letter and traces his loyal Edgar. "O villain, villain! His very opinion in the letter! Abhorred villain! Unnatural, detested, brutish villain! Worse than brutish! ... they both deceived by their evil children. The mental blindness of both fathers made them banishing the loyal children and honor the wicked ones. This will lead two sinners to their punishment in the middle of the play. As a tragedy play, King Lear was not per...

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In life we all might have a love; high situation with a love one or a friend. In the stories Trifles and To His Coy Mistress; there are things that can be taken as a love story or just as a hate crime. In "To His Coy Mistress; a man is sending a love/lust letter to this lady who is in his eyes the ... most beautiful thing he has ever seen and is trying to do whatever he can do to get her to give up her virginity ... In Trifles Mrs. Foster makes it a hate crime into killing her husband while he is asleep because he killed her bird. In "To his Coy Mistress"; there is a man who is either writin...

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... Macbeth may be the man of the house but Lady Macbeth decides all the actions and has power. Macbeth is a feeble man who is held in the yolk of his controlling wife. She is determined to push Macbeth into committing crime. She constantly doubts his masculinity. She thinks he is "too full of the milk ... of human kindness. " Lady Macbeth wants him to commit murder and when he is hesitant towards her idea, she says to him " When you ... he has to do to get on that throne. When she doubts his manhood, he is encouraged to prove her wrong and gives in to committing the murder. They become par...

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... soul knows where to guide him. Even if fate helped the two lovers to be together, it also helped bring them to punishment. Romeo and Juliet's path of love is fated for disaster. For example, when Juliet learns that Romeo is a Montague, she realizes[her] only love springs from [her] only ... will only make the family feud even worse. Juliet also knows that the two can be killed for loving across their group. In addition, Juliet believes all men fickle and that Romeobe fickle, for [she] hopes thou wilt not keep him long, but send him back? (III, v, 60-64). Juliet hopes that Romeo will pla...

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... the increased taxation of the courts subjects. Essentially, the only people benefiting from a prince's free-spending on monuments were the architects, engineers, and the artists whereas the common people carried the increasing financial burden of the ruler's frivolous spending. "Therefore it is better to have a name ... for miserliness, which breeds disgrace without hatred, than, in pursuing a name for liberality, to resort to rapacity, which breeds both disgrace and hatred." Cruel or Kind The next attribute to be discussed is that of which is better to have a reputation for, kindness o...

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"Crime", by George Lippard is full of many intriguing characters. Lippard introduces many of these characters under negative circumstances, but then, throughout the story, he reveals different sides of each character and the reader is given the chance to see a more sensitive ... or affectionate side to them. By showing that these characters are not all inherently bad, Lippard is asserting that these characters' social surroundings influence who they will become, concluding that a lot of the "evil" " they may contain is because of past hurts they've experienced. There are numerous characters i...

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... be without the other. Just as faith can not be without some doubt. The community strives on its faith and loves that which it has faith in and those which surround them sharing that faith. To take part in social activities, group functions, schools, and communal activities is a way of life in the ideal religious setting. With all of these there is the faith that ... drives the followers. Faith must be the underlying meaning to all activities for the ultimate. This is what separates religious communities from communities. Groups that have similar interests ... , ideas, and who favor unit...

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... would means marrying for money therefore it would be better for poorer families to have more childrens. It is the inhumane act of giving their child away like an object and benefiting them in the process. Another benefits that a family could get by arranging their child into a marriage is by upgrading the class of their family. If a lower class family happens ... is quite certain that love marriage would be a much better way of marrying however there are also some consiquences of love marriage, where some couples might find the wrong partner and ended up divorcing after the marriage. It...

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... love, what drugs, what charms what conjuration and what mighty magic -for such proceeding I am charged withal -I won his daughter."(p.2124 line 91) The duke promises that whoever is responsible will be punished, and that Brabanzio himself will decide the punishment, but when Branbanzio points out Othello as the ... predator, there are shocked murmurs from everyone. This is not something they expected from Othello, and it looks as if they might loose his ... of evil. Magic is peppered through the story like ingredients in a cauldron. During the times of Shakespeare people believed in s...

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... which we extract our examples. These two books show many cases where love is expressed, like Lysander and Hermia, from A Midsummer Night's Dream. They also show how fancy can take over a relationship like The Wife of Bath and her three "rich, old husbands," from The Canterbury Tales. One of the truest loves we encounter ... Theseus. "I am, my lord, as well derived as he, As well possessed; my love is more than his; (If not with vantage) as Demetrius; And which is more than all these boasts can be, I am beloved of beauteous Hermia." (Pg. 7) Egeus wanted his daughter to marry Demetrius, e...

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... the pompous Mr Collins, Charlotte is prepared to lose the respect of her closest friend, Elizabeth Bennet. Charlotte "accepted him solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment, cared not how soon that establishment were gained". Whereas Charlotte's marriage receives a lot of disapproval, Lydia's relationship ... heavy condemnation. After running away with Lydia, a 16 year old girl, it soon becomes clear that George Wickham does not intend to marry her and that Lydia had no idea of his real intentions. The marriage only takes place as a result of Darcy persuading Wick...

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... a triumph. In order to stay with a fish for three days, a person has to have a cretin kind of love for no just the fishing, the ocean and the prize of the catch but a love for the fish its self. In order to understand how the man was victorious, it must first be understood how he was ... delayed the inevitable. But it was better this way, the fish went back to the only place where it could rightly be accepted with grace and elegance after it had been defeated, it went back into the ocean form which it came. Hemingway is trying to tell us about the persistence of man ... and the love ha...

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... was a part of the Earnshaw's, the relationship between herself and Heathcliff didn't begin with fireworks, but as time passed, their relationship improved to the point where Cathy ˜was much too fond of Heathcliff' and that the ˜greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate ... from him'. This was the beginning of their friendship and soon to be love affair, but Heathcliff's arrival and close friendship with Cathy was destructive, as Hindley grew jealous and protective. He ... believed that Heathcliff was taking his place as a brother and ... Cathy, which he beli...

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... of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another."(p12) Just because of this, Hester worries about the girl's growth of nature and cherishes the baby bought with all of her life. In order to give the girl best wishes, Hester names her daughter after the Pearl ... scarlet letter itself. Pearl is Hester's misery, punishment but she is also her only happiness, as she is sent as a blessing and as retribution to remind Hester of her fall from grace and to teach her way to heaven. That's Pearl's mission and why she is so important to her mother. ... exclamations that made her mother trembl...

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... love. In "The Metamorphosis", the frame narrative allows Ovid to include many different stories to make his point. Apollo is lusting for Daphne's love, and Apollo beset Daphne for marriage, but in return she turns into a tree to sacrifice her virginity. She becomes a Laurel tree as this was her ... tries to keep this news from Shahrayer. Shahrayer insists on knowing, so Sherazrad tells him the story about his wife. Shahrayer kills his wife and the slaves. After that night Shahrayer continues killing his wives. King Shahrayer says it is only good to marry for one night until he meets .....

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... tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding families. The forbidding of Romeo and Juliet's love proceeds through a chronological process that eventually coerces them into the waiting arms of death in hope that they would be together ... peacefully in the afterlife. In the streets of Verona, a brawl breaks out between the servants of the two feuding noble families, The Montagues and the Capulets. Benvolio, a Capulet, tries to stop the fighting, but he ends up also getting into a predicament with another Capulet, Tybalt, who ... a t...

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... way. They both have committed adultery. Dimmesdale has committed adultery with Hester Prynne, a woman in the town who has a husband back in England, and Proctor has engaged in adultery congress with Abigail Williams, who had previously been Proctor's servant. Both men, due to their high stature in their respective ... them to confess their sins. If people knew that he had committed adultery, not only would his image and name have been destroyed, the judicial punishment would have been death. Proctor, who is very religious but does not attend Church regularly, will lose ... his status in ...

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... It is Brontes remarkable imagination, emotional power, figures of speech, handling of dialect that make the characteristics of the heroes and heroines so distinctive and their love and hatred so profound and striking. It is one of the most famous examples in literature of pure enmeshment, a total loss of boundaries that seems ... (Bronte, 44). Heathcliffs violent nature was not prepared to endure. It was love that made Heathcliff stay. If only he could be with Catherine, the punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at to them both. But to Hindley, he once swore, Im trying to settle how I sh...

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... this it ends the ancient fighting between the two families. Affection also destroyed Juliet's relationship with her parents, she says that '' she will not marry yet'' and when she does '' it shall be Romeo... rather than Paris'', this causes Lady Capulet to call Juliet a "disobedient wretch". Romeo risks his life to be ... let me die" showing that her love for Romeo is too great that she needs to kill herself to be with him. Love is mostly a terrible and destructive force in the play although it can have its good features. Whilst love is a key theme in the play we still need to consider...

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... by the bond of love (Aquinas Kingship extract 11). On the contrary, Aquinas mentions that rulers that cannot show friendship and love for their subjects and just control everything through fear, they should neither expect being supported nor loved for their subjects (Aquinas Kingship extract 11). Aquinas ... an Italian political philosopher, who lived in a controversial period where Italy was divided in many small states that constantly fight with each other and where the social life was characterized by egotism. The main goal for Machiavelli was to create a stable state; thus, he wrote...

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