EXERCISE FOR READING‚ COMPREHENSION AND INTERPRETATION Prologue (1-150) - Oedipus‚ Priest and Creon What is the dramatic purpose of the prologue? How does Oedipus characterize himself (8)? What is his attitude toward the suppliants (13-14)? What conditions in Thebes does the Priest describe (25-30)? How do the suppliants view Oedipus (31-34;40;46)? The Priest refers to Oedipus’s saving of Thebes from the Sphinx (35-38)‚ a monster with human female head and breasts and a lion’s body with wings
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an introduction to themes and characters’ The short story ‘Absolution’ begins by focusing on the Priest character‚ and Fitzgerald explains a few unusual factors about him which helps to characterize the Priest‚ “he was unable to attain a complete mystical union with the Lord” This launches the religious theme which is throughout the text as well as tells an important anecdote about the Priest. However ‘The Great Gatsby’ opens with a long introduction in view of the narrator Nick‚ depicting his
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not understand why the catholic priest was there. They crucified him because he tried converting them to be Catholics. The Indians did not understand the intentions of the first Catholic priest; they did not know that he was there to help them. He most likely tried to force his ideas upon the Indians and they rejected them in a violent way. They also could have viewed the priest as another Indian slave trade. One could speculate that the Indians thought the first priest was going to capture them and
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back of the church in the middle was the altar‚ the priest was speaking to the audience from there. Everything was decorated nicely and the whole architecture was designed to look very antique. When the mass began there were about 70 people in the audience‚ and most of them were USC students. It was a very divers group‚ there were people from all different races‚ and there were about as many men as there were women. At the beginning the priest told us to introduce ourselves to the people who sat
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Candlesticks (lighted only for High Mass and Benediction) 10...11. Small Candlesticks (lighted only for Low Mass) 12...14. Altar Cards (the larger is in the center‚ containing prayers which the priest reads at the Offertory and Canon. The smaller one on the Epistle side has the prayers read by the priest when washing his hands after the Offertory. The other smaller one on the Gospel side has the Gospel of St. John‚ which is most frequently read at the end of Mass) 15. First Gradine or Candlebench
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Priests of Taoism perform two major rituals: the Golden Gate ritual and Sacrifice of Writings. In the Golden Gate ritual‚ the priest walks the pattern of the Ursa Minor constellation and meditates (Merkur). He then is escorted up a twelve story tower and descends as an elderly man (Merkur). The ritual presents the priest as an important figure in Taoism. The Sacrifice of Writings is where the chief cantor chants formulas while the priest‚ or Great Master‚ makes hidden
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by Nietzsche’s description‚ money could be seen as a symbol of power‚ inequality and alienation. Nietzsche’s warrior would therefore want money if it helps attain his respective higher status. Nietzsche sees Christianity as the propaganda of the priests to manipulate the slaves and conscience as a self-inflicted pain. People become religious to stop others from attaining their highest
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the effect that Balian is a humanist and not a religious person. This also starts to give a little insight to the movies argument on religion. Another scene involving Balian and his humanist perspective on life‚ is a one in which he kills a priest. The priest tries to persuade Balian to go with his father (Godfrey) to Jerusalem and the crusades‚ telling him that‚” If you take the crusade‚ you just may relieve your
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Bilas‚ Angelica Marie M. September 19‚ 2013 Mejica‚ Elaine P. Theo. 3 9:30-10:30 TThS S-406 Andres‚ Kimver Joe A. Campoy‚ John Jefferson T. Casaña‚ Kier Jonas M. Lingaling‚ Michael D. Talban‚ Tito Jr. C. The Eucharist I. Definition The word comes from the Greek "eukaristos‚" which means "grateful" and is now usually translated as "thanksgiving." It now refers to the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper‚ in which bread and wine becomes the body and blood of Christ. Eucharist
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POPULAR CATHOLICISM Christopher Columbus was the catalyst that would forever change the lives of the indigenous population of Central and South America. Catholicism would become the standard for religion as it would take the lead to provide the one true God. Catholicism had the true representative of God on earth in the form of the Pope. The Catholic church for the first time would tolerate the co-mingling of other religions as long as they followed along with Catholic tradition. When the explorers
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