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The Seven Deadly Sins Jewish, Christian, and Classical Reflections on Human Psychology by Solomon Schimmel

In five pages this paper examines the unethical representation of sin in Schimmel's text. There are no other sources listed....

Comparing Characters Lutie Johnson in Ann Petry's The Street and Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let the magistrates, who have made it of no effect, thank themselves if their own wives ...

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

Sins of Macbeth

of fairness, arguing that because Macbeth suffers the most he is paying for his sins, it does not make sense because Lady Macbeth ...

Jonathan Kozol and Gregory Baum on Blindness and Sin

reality, and in other ways a very powerful reality. For example, we could ourselves commit such a sin, even those of us who are so...

'Inferno' by Dante and Contrapasso

crime. Several rings down, Dante and Virgil arrive at a somewhat darker cluster, that of Violent Crimes. This ring is epitomized ...

Standards to Live Up to Based Upon Philosophies and Theories

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...

Silence and Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

In five pages this paper presents the argument that silence in this text is employed as a means of hiding sins and preserving peac...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the 7 Deadly Sins

In ten pages this paper discusses how in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare the 7 deadly sins of pride, jealousy or envy, ...

Early Modern England and Perceived Correlation Between Crime and Sin

In seven pages English crime and punishment between the years 1550 and 1750 are examined in order to determine to what extent the ...

Dante's 'Inferno' Explanationa and Detailed Structural Analysis

In five pages a poetic explication of Dante's poem is presented in terms of explanation of betrayal as a more punishable sin than ...

20th Century Hell in Dante's 'Inferno'

In five pages this paper speculates on how the Divine Comedy of Dante could be updated to reflect the various levels of hell such ...

Women's Role in Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno'

own father; she, who in life was so calculated in her incestuous sin, is condemned to run naked and "berserk in just the way a hog...

Paternal Influence in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper examines how the characters of these plays are influenced by their fathers and paternal sins. There are ...

Hinduism, Jainism, Divine Response, and Human Sin

In ten pages this paper examines Jainism and Hinduism in a conceptual consideration of karma, redemption, and sin. There are many...

Erasmus and Luther on Salvation and Sin

In five pages this research paper examines these Reformation thinkers' perspectives upon salvation, sin, and faith. There are two...

Women's Roles in Works by William Faulkner and Nathaniel Hawthorne

In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...

Religious Thematic Analysis of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In seven pages this research paper discusses The Grapes of Wrath in a thematic analysis of the portrayal of religion and sin in a ...

Role of Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton

In five pages this paper examines the human intrigue regarding sin in a consideration of Satan's role in Paradise Lost by John Mil...

Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch

In thirteen pages this paper examines the definitive characteristics of Bosch's medieval paiintings in terms of the artist's use o...

Cape Fear Films, Sin According to Saint Augustine, and Manicheism

In five pages this paper considers the original Cape Fear film and its remake in an examination of changing times, Augustine's and...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Biblical Adam and the Creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In 7 pages these two creations are compared in terms of the intentions of their creators and the reactions they inspired with God ...

Free Will, Creation, and God

In five pages questions regarding free will, evil, sin, and creation in Catholic theology, and God in the Christian perspective ar...

Sin, Redemption, and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

sewn, per the magistrates instructions, is "fantastically embroidered" (54). While on the scaffolding, Hester sees her husband sta...

Salvation and Sin According to Erasmus and Luther

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares these Reformation theorists' perspectives regarding sin, sacraments, salv...

Guilt and Sin in The Scarlet Letter and House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In 8 pages this paper discusses how guilt and sin are represented in these novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are 5 sources cit...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet as a Religious Play

In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...

The Greatest King of Israel

This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...

Misreading Scripture by Richards, O'Brien

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...