Eventually, Sula's actions caused her to be labeled as evil. ... After Sula's death, the town soon fell apart because they lacked the evil that pushed them to be good. ... "But while Sula and Nel are represented as two parts of a self, those parts are distinct; they are complementary, not identical. ... When Sula returned to the Bottom she was accompanied by a plague of robins which to the community represented evil. ... When Sula sleeps with Jude, a direct conflict between their different conceptions of evil surfaces. ...

• Word Count: 2894
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Wadley explains, [The god] Rama's wife Sita exemplifies the behaviour of the proper Hindu wife, devotedly following her husband into forest exile for twelve years, and eventually, after being kidnapped for a time by the evil Ravana whom Rama finally destroys, proving her wifely virtue by placing herself on a lighted pyre. . . . ... "That she is evil and powerful I know myself. ...

• Word Count: 3535
• Approx Pages: 14

It is in nature that Romantic characters find the peace and clarity to realize the evils of society that have led them to a false self. ... One of the reasons for this lies in the chronology of the story, for the evils of society are not revealed until the Romantic Journey has already been taken. ... Although she does not realize it yet, these feelings of freedom will drive her to break away from the evils of society. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Two altars, one smaller than the other, have been found at archaeological sites in the Near East, and some scholars believe these represent Yahweh and his consort, Asherah. ... Then Deborah and Barak composed a song about the battle that was sung around Jewish circles for a millennia.Jezebel, one of the evil women of the Bible, and today her name is synonymous with evil, was actually a Phoenician princess from Sidon. ... Jezebel represented a woman with political and religious power not a seductress. ...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

If a sick person publicly confesses his or her evil doings, the ancestors are satisfied and the patient will recover. ... They come and sit by his body throughout the night, blowing trumpets, the squeaky notes of which are intended to represent the cri...

• Word Count: 3177
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Naylor's description of Nedeed with his "short squat body" and protruding eyes,""(3) conjures up an evil and almost satanic picture in the reader's mind. ... While discussing a possible housing project near Linden Hills, the unfavorable comments coming from everyone seem to represent a great deal of discrimination towards their own race. ...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Women were considered not only intellectually and physically inferior to men but also a source of temptation and evil (Epstein 21:317). ... Although strong voices were raised against this view of women, they did not represent the views by which most men and women were guided in their daily lives. ...

• Word Count: 3206
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the era known as the Middle Ages, an era resembling kings, castles, and knights. Behind the famous kings, magnificence castles, and shining armor were the women. In the shadows, a step behind, and not as enchanting, one can find the tale of the medieval woman. C...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography