Art is a medium that allows people to express their thoughts and feelings on various world issues affecting citizens today through the use of descriptive paintings and drawings. Currently, more and more teenagers are being exposed to and experiencing the negative aspects of the modern world such as the concept of stereotypes and emotional instability. They are beginning to lose their true identity and are falling captive into what is accepted as "normal" in the modern society. The intriguing theme of human frailty has made an appearance in many works of historical and contemporary ar...

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But the poet seems also to have another way of making the moment of the crucifixion or the meaning of the Cross dream and a way which is much more immediate than personification. The poet connects the crucifixion with the second coming of Christ and eternal life. By examining several passages in the Bible dealing with eschatology particularly the new Jerusalem and the bride of Christ passages we can see that the poet is able to underscore the significance of the crucifixion by looking forward to the Day of Judgment and the mystical marriage of Christ and the Church. ... The Rood not only remin...

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His painting Crucifixion was published in Herbert Read's book Art Now, and was purchased by Michael Sadler. ... After the war, he took up painting with a recovered passion, the Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944) as the true beginning of his work. ... During its exhibition at Lefevre Gallery critics were shocked by the imagery, but the countless reviews made Francis well known. ...

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It is obvious in the imagery and the diction of the text that in the forest with Simon, it is peaceful and seemingly happy; making Simon's relation to Christ evident. ... This largely relates to the crucifixion and death of Christ; when, "a buffet of wind made [Simon] stagger and finding his legs weak, and his tongue gave him pain" (146). ... Similar to the crucifixion of Christ, Simon is weak soon before he is killed by the ignorance of man; both Simon and Jesus came to tell news; Simon about the beastie, and Christ about reconciling for sins and following the way of God. ... ...

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Through its biblical imagery, the poem manages to conjure up, at various points, images of the creation, the fall, Christ's agony and crucifixion, man's continuing sinfulness and rebellion, and the continuing presence and quiet work of the holy spirit. ... The language used creates dark and vividly unpleasant imagery with words such as "Crushed, trod, smeared and smudge." ... This creates brighter and more optimistic imagery with words like "freshness, nature, broods, warm and bright." ...

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The vivid imagery is then intensified as the soul continues, "A soul hung up, as 'twere, in chains of nerves and arteries and veins.' ... "Which, stretcht upright, impales me so" Through the use of religious allusion the composer refers to the image of the crucifixion of Jesus. ... This imagery is followed by the idea that the "soul has made me live to let me dye. ...

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In an interesting twist on Paine's argument utilizing Aristotle's ideal on poetics, Paine claims that the imagery in the books supposedly written by Prophets is actually poetry. ... He cites the example that the form of the crucifixion itself is "within the limits of probability." ...

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Life, Death, Honor and Defeat Nature and death belong to a special category of forces which man has been unable to tame. Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea" and Jack London's short story "To build a Fire" put both powers on display. Man tragically struggling against the elemen...

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Yancey decides to reexamine these traditional views after he encountered some confusing experiences of the imagery that was portrayed as Jesus throughout his life. ... Yancey quotes several modern authors on Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper and first communion with his disciples, and Judas's betrayal of Jesus; Jesus' personal struggle in the garden of Gethsemane and the disciples' failure to support him; his questioning before Herod and Pontius Pilate; his crucifixion at Calvary; and finally his resurrection from the dead. ...

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The most vital line in the storm scene through this "nothing" imagery is spoken by the Fool in order to awaken Lear's thoughts, "I am a fool, thou art nothing." ... Those who see it as Christian see Lear redeemed by the "crucifixion" of his suffering. ...

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The night of Duncan's assassination is further compared to Christ's crucifixion and the great darkness that enveloped the land by Rosse when discussing it with the old man: Thou seest, the heavens, as troubled with man's act,/ Threatens his bloody stage: by the clock "t is day,/ And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. [...] ... Furthermore, beyond the witches" imagery and characteristic syntax, their evil nature is exposed through their physical looks and wrong influence on Macbeth. ...

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At face value, the mariner's story seems like utter nonsense, but upon close reading, it becomes apparent that through the mariner's lengthy exposition, Coleridge intends to communicate a certain moral outlook on life in general, as well as his show his concern for slavery, through the use of imagery, descriptions of the supernatural, and references to God. ... It's especially apparent that he'd done wrong by God when the albatross is used as a metaphor for the crucifixion of Jesus: "Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung" (II-34). ...

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I argue that Scorsese uses Raging Bull to criticize a ritualistic view of redemption by portraying the beginning of Jake's search as a futile attempt to submit himself to a public spectacle of ritual violence in the boxing ring and visually relating it to the sacraments and the crucifixion. ...

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Before the Civil War, America was plagued with a complicated social quandary that incorporated individual, societal, political, economic, and religious principles. This taboo of a topic found itself well-versed throughout the country in many publications. Its authorship included Frederick Douglass...

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Churches commissioned Caravaggio to paint works such as "The Crucifixion of St. ... Artists began to follow Caravaggio's example by depicting realistic imagery and exaggerated plays of light. ...

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Theories Found in The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeIn the magical land of Narnia, four siblings take on the White Witch with the help of a powerful lion named Aslan, who also serves as a Christ figure. One of the siblings, Edmund, feels underappreciated by the rest of his family and is fooled into thinking that the wicked witch would make him the next King of Narnia. He quickly learns that he betrayed Aslan and his family and escapes back to them in hopes of forgiveness. The only problem is that the Witch is entitled to all traitors by law and is allowed to kill them. Aslan then sacrific...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...

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