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Dialectics of Prodigal Son Parable Luke 15, lines 11 to 24

his inheritance with dissolute living (Luke 11:13). After spending all his money, a famine takes hold of this land and the only wo...

Comparing Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet

in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...

Prodigal Son Interpretation

In five pages this paper interprets the Prodigal Son parable. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Prodigal Son in Augustine's Confessions

tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...

Modern Parable

in a box or in the homeless shelter, and begged for loose change. Starving, with no hope, he reasoned that the lowest paid worker ...

Parable Of The Sower - Matthew 13:1-23

into the boat but He also sat down in the boat, thus, carrying on the tradition (Kulikovsky, 1999). The audience stood at the shor...

Luke 5:36-39

the old" (Luke 5:36). Jesus continues the lesson by discussing wineskins. If you put new wine in old skins, "the new wine will b...

Poussin and Rembrandt Compared

In four pages this essay considers the differences between Arcadian Shepherds by Poussin and Prodigal Son by Rembrandt that should...

Contemporary Woman's Return Home in 'The Prodigal Daughter'

In one page this original feminist counterpart to 'The Prodigal Son' is presented. There are no sources cited....

Supplication in "The Iliad"

its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...

Crash, A Cinematic Parable

his motivation for stealing Jean and Ricks car. However, in committing grand theft auto, Anthony objectifies Jean and Rick just as...

Repackaging Henry IV for Life in the 1960's

In this eight page paper the writer attempts the intriguing task of creating the The Prodigal Hal, Henry IV in the 1960s. There a...

Fathers and Sons in Poems by Robert Hayden and Theodore Roethke

the dance, of course, is that Theodore loves it, despite the fact it is somewhat rough-and-tumble; Roethke observes that "at every...

Hamlet and Oedipus as Avengers

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

Carroll O'Connor and Bill Cosby

In five pages these American television figures are contrasted and compared in terms of the premature deaths of their sons which l...

Holocaust Children Writings

Holocaust. Her best known work is the 1988 "Children of the Holocaust." Her book offers a truly unique perspective on this night...

Comparisons and Contrasts Between Herve and Alexis de Tocqueville

et la revolution (The Old Regime and the French Revolution) in 1856 (Tocqueville interleaf). Alexis Tocqueville died in 1859, wit...

William Shakespeare's Henry the Fourth and Sophocles' Oedipus

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...

Richard Wright and Lorraine Hansberry's Styles of Writing

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts the styles of writing featured in Native Son, a novel by Richard Wright, and A Rais...

Gertrude in Hamlet and Jocasta from Oedipus Compared

all. However, Hamlet does not see it this way and becomes very angry with his mother for marrying Claudius. Because of this, Ham...

Heartless Women in the Works of Henrik Ibsen and Charles Dickens

quite clear that Edith has just cause to feel alienated from her husband and her marriage from its inception. In the first half of...

Character Comparison of James and Ruth in The Color of Water by James McBride

the South and its prejudices behind to escape the sexual abuse of her father, a one-time rabbi turned shopkeeper, whose racism fou...

Gertrude in Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Jocasta in Oedipus the King by Sophocles Compared

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

Responsibility in Motley and Wright

Knock on Any Door by Willard Motley and Native Son by Richard Wright present different perspectives on sociology and race relation...

Comparative Analysis of the Film Versions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet adaptation with Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 interpret...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Jewish and Christian Holiday Traditions

celebrate the holidays. It argues that each celebration is meaningful to those of that faith, but when "adopted" by the other, bec...

King Oedipus, Prince Hamlet, and Their Tragic Flaws

In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....

Comparing Achilles and Odysseus

Odysseus was renowned for both his brain and his brawn. He was also had bravery, and competence at his skills. Odysseus was an a...

House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

In five pages the characters of Uncle Marcos and Nicolas are contrasted and compared in terms of similarities in relationships, in...