Hildegard von Bingen was a headstrong woman. The convent in Disbodenberg. was both restrictive and liberating for those living in it. There were many rules in which the nuns had to follow and they did not have the power to do anything they wanted. This can be seen in the film when Richardis‚ a young nun in training‚ is seen running through the garden and proclaims that the rules of St. Benedict are “guidelines not commandments. (film)” This thought process is not taken fondly by Hildegard as she
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In the except from "An American Childhood" by Annie Dillard‚ a young Protestant girl apparently living near a Catholic school‚ St.Bede’s‚ describes here view of the school children and the nuns. As the narrator goes on you can tell she has prejudged these people based on things she has heard‚ not from her own experience. She states‚ "From the other Protestants children‚ I gathered St.Bede’s was a cave where Catholic children had to go to fill there brow- and tan workbooks in the dark‚ possible
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As humans‚ we are prone to classify anything and everything: this goes here‚ that goes there. We learn it from an early age‚ I presume‚ when we are asked to decide which item does not belong. It is not long before this philosophy becomes a way of assessing people. However‚ it is not until later that we learn that those being underestimated or misclassified are the ones that make life better‚ that change society‚ that innovate and progress our society. Mark Bowden acknowledges that people are put
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In The Decameron‚ Boccaccio uses tales of deception to capture the merchant culture of quick wit and cleverness‚ which defies Christian morality and transcends the traditional social classes of the medieval era. In fact‚ one’s success at deception is often depicted as a form of intelligence. Tricksters are either rewarded or face no significant consequence for their actions‚ whereas their victims are portrayed as gullible and weak. In the opening story of San Ciappelletto‚ Boccaccio presents
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for a religious audience there will be more to it. To start‚ one thing that can be looked at is the structure and content of the ad. There is a nun holding a pack of Antonio Federici ice cream and she is wearing quite a lot of make up. Also‚ there is a priest who seems to be taking his clothes off and has a very muscular body. The priest and the nun are looking at each other in a seductive manner‚ and the background is dark. It seems like they are in a church. Right next to the nun’s hand (holding
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Mother Teresa is known across the globe as the brave and selfless servant of the poor and sick of Calcutta’s slums. She was also much more: a bold social advocagte‚ and even a thoughtful theologian. In 1994‚ just three years before she would pass away‚ Mother Teresa spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington‚ D.C. The focus of her presentation was a condemnation of abortion‚ given in the presence of the pro-choice administration of President Bill Clinton (First Lady Hilary Clinton was also
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and escaping misery and warfare. At this time‚ religion was a central part of people’s lives‚ whether they be rich or poor. For Christian’s in this Era‚ it was commonly believed that only those who had devoted their lives to God‚ namely monks and nuns‚ were guaranteed salvation. The threat of an eternity burning in hell acted as a strong incentive to seek out an ascetic life. Also‚ those of the Christian community found themselves living lives that were full of excess and sin.
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wing of the building. There were sixty-eight occupants in the building at the time. Thirty-six nuns‚ including four elderly nuns who had been invalids for some years‚ thirty students aged between seven and seventeen‚ and two lady mistresses were sleeping in their beds. Everyone escaped however a lot of damaged was done to the interior of the building. It took a couple of days for the fire to die down. The nuns went through the west wing of the building to see if they could salvage anything from the wreckage
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and depressing contributions to the character of Coketown itself. M’Choakumchild School was originally called St. Mary’s School‚ but after nuns were found guilty of choking and abusing students‚ the town decided to change the name. The residents of Coketown had very mixed reactions to this name change. Some were delighted to see some form of punishment on the nuns‚ and some were horrified at the impression it left on the town. Coketown‚ England is one of the most bleak and forlorn towns in the country
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In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden uses the word "phony" to define people who are insincere and to label people who grow up only to conform to society’s standards‚ even though they’re capable of much more in their life. Besides the nuns at the sandwich bar and Holden’s little sister and brother‚ almost everyone in society embodies Holden’s depiction of phony‚ except for most children. Children are exempt from Holden’s definition of phony because children do not care about society’s standards
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