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    foreshadowing of plot line of Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement. The poem and the novel are both elegiac- it is the contribution of the poem to Atonement at the crucial point before the deaths of the characters Robbie and Cecilia that begins to set the tone of elegy within the novel. This acknowledgement of death and mourning brings a sense of impending doom; the love expressed from Cecilia to Robbie by the inclusion of lines from ‘In Memory of W. B. Yeats’ is matched by the element of tragic loss it also insinuates

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    The 3rd Article of faith is on the atonement of Christ Ø "We believe that through the Atonement of Christ‚ all mankind may be saved‚ by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel." In preparing this read and re-read that A of F about a bah-jillion times One of these times‚ sleeping over at a friends house . . . . couldn’t sleep. Scriptures and re-read to see if I could get any ideas for this opportunity. This time‚ noticed that the "Atonement of Christ" is capitalized. I don’t

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    r. In the  subsequent 26 years‚ Amir displays guilt‚ repentance‚ and finally‚ atonement. He does this by  experiencing feelings of guilt‚ first as a child and again later in life‚ for what he has done to  Hassan. He then further progresses the process of atonement by showing repentance while  living in Kabul‚ and by wishing for forgiveness in both America and Kabul. Finally‚ he fully

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    Comparing and Contrasting the Novel “Atonement” to its Film In class‚ we have been reading the novel “Atonement”‚ by Ian McEwan. This novel was made into a film in 2007 and won many awards for its acting‚ music‚ and many other categories. In general‚ the film was extremely loyal to the plot and character development in the novel. The director made sure that many of the little details that were present in the novel were in the film. I think this is what made the film so notable; the filmmakers

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    committed. It relies on the redeemer themselves; redemption is achieved once the wrongdoer is satisfied that they have done what they can to repent for their deeds. Ransom by David Malouf is set during the time of the Trojan War‚ in contrast to Atonement‚ directed by Joe Wright‚ which is primarily set out in England during World War II. Both these texts comprise of characters who want to change the “story” of their lives as well as those around them in an attempt to redeem

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    Overview There is no disguise about the primary theme of Atonement - it’s there for us to see in bold in the title. This is a novel about guilt and forgiveness. But it’s a tricky thing this process of atonement (“But what was guilt these days‚” Robbie asks at one point. “It was cheap. Everyone was guilty‚ and no one”) - and this novel looks at what creates the context for guilt in the first place‚ how do we share this guilt and how do we atone for it? The novel might best be described as meta-textual:

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    OBOTE IAN. JKC/B04/0158/2013. HIV/AIDS ASSIGNMENT 1. Why age group 15-25 is more affected by HIV/AIDS Young are increasingly becoming popular with same sex relationships i.e being lesbian or gay. This can result to anal sex and this unlike normal sex exposes the sexual partners to higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS as compared to the normal sex. Most young people could already know about HIV/AIDS‚ how it is spread and ways through which people should protect themselves. Still after all this

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    GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY NAME : RANGWANI IAN REG NUMBER : M121301 PROGRAMME : B.A 2.1 YEAR : 2013 COURSE COD : RS 219 COURSE TITLE : CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY LECTURER : MR MUZAMBI QUESTION : Discuss the complexities associated with The Filioque. DUE DATE : 30/04/13 Filioque is a combination of Latin words meaning "and from the Son ‚" added to the

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    Atonement Analyze how verbal AND visual features of a text (or texts) you have studied are used to give audiences a strong idea. Theme: Power of imagination Joe Wright’s film Atonement is the story told through the eyes of main protagonist Briony Tallis. The story centers on her attempts to wash away her guilt and find atonement for her actions that began with a lie that ruined the lives and happiness of her beloved sister‚ Cecilia‚ and her sister’s lover‚ Robbie. Her actions forever changed

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    ‘Child hood innocence is never live – by the child – as innocent‚ but constructed as such afterwards’. Innocence is given a curious examination in both J.G Ballard’s Running Wild and Ian McEwan’s The Child in Time‚ with each text set against the backdrop of a dystopian English society‚ close enough to reality to be considered allegorical in reference to the state of the nation. It is within the discussion of society that the idea of innocence is represented as a constructed and therefore unattainable

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