Essays on Devil's

The idea of moral panic is one of the many socialist ideologies that have been subject of discussions and critical research by social scholars and scientists over the years. Moral panic has had its fair share of all-inclusive definitions, but perhaps the most revered one by social researchers is Stanley Cohen’s (1972). He indulges us with the idea that moral panic is sort of like an idealized scar in society, an unsettling social occurrence that offsets the socio-cultural balance, often triggered by what he labels as folk devils. In simplistic terms, it is the feat of social unrest ...

Primary source analysis Chapter 7, which is entitled “Demons and spirits”, centers on two postmortem halves of the person – demons and spirits or yin and yang – and unites three selections of extracts from some written works by the representatives of the Han dynasty proving that these two phenomena can be regarded both as the concepts of different kinds and as the concepts that can be integrated on some basis. The author of the first selection exhibits functions of some social customs based on demons and spirits taking into consideration their social utility. The second selection, written by ...

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Introduction The work of history and historians isn’t a simple one. Historians must find sources, analyze them, think about them and decide which stories are worth telling and which ones should be left in the background or completely ignored. This function which can easily be summed up as representation is the hardest part of the historian’s job and something which has changed a lot in the past few decades. History writing in recent years has changed its focus from a top-down perspective where the decisions of the privileged, powerful connected few are explored and analyzed to the ...

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Love is the most common and the most uncommon thing ever. The first epithet is characteristic for love, as this thing happens (or at least is supposed to happen) in everyone’s life regardless of life, whereas the word “uncommon” is natural for love as well, as it is as unique in every life as possible. Therefore, stories of Kalidasa and Chretien de Troyes are read with lightness; however the times of their creation have been covered with dust for many long years. Such lightness can be explained with the mere fact that authors touch such eternal topics, which ...

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The World Bewitched (1965) was written by Bekker to outline theological and philosophical viewpoints that challenged the notion that ghosts, devils, and angels had an influence on historical events, as well as nature.The story was written at a time when Christianity was being perfected in England and the rest of Europe. During this time, The World Bewitched (1965) was written, Bekker served as a minister in Amsterdam. Protestants needed a philosophical and theological approach to accentuate the assumption that God was the ruler of the world. The need to project God as the authority while discrediting the influence of ...

The book offers diverse tools to identify loopholes in an argument which will be utilized to address the arguments in the howling man. In the Howling Man episode, the imprisoned devil claims that he has been imprisoned against his will by the members of the hermitage, while the conclusion drawn is that the members of the hermitage are mad and insane. Alternatively, the same arguments can also be presented as the claim that the members of the hermitage are made and insane leading to the conclusion that they have imprisoned an innocent person (devil) through an irrational act. Brother ...

Conservatism based on Russell Kirk and Phyllis Schlafly’s Works

Conservatism can be defined as a social and or political philosophy that favors the retention of traditional social orders and institutions. This means that in a typical argument between liberals and traditionalists, conservatives would vote for the retention of established dogmas, principles, and institutions, emphasizing the importance of continuity and stability. Following the Second World War, countries, not just the United States, have made great progress in making reforms, either to their existing social, economic, and or political orders. While this may be something that would immediately alarm the conservatives, both Russell Kirk and Phyllis Schlafly presented good points of explanations ...

DILEMMA AT DEVIL’S DEN

Devils Den faces a dilemma. Susan is a finance major who works part-time at Devil’s Den, a snack bar, managed under a contract with the College Food Services (CFS). The snack bar runs two shifts; the morning shift is managed and controlled by full-time employees, while the night shift is run by students, who work under the supervision of another student, who holds the position of manager. There are approx. 30 student employees and 6 student mangers employed by CFS to supervise Devil’s Den. Student managers are previous employees chosen by other student managers, have no formal training, or have any ...

- Explain in your own words what you understand Sternheimer to mean by the term “folk devils”. She suggests, “video games, those who play them, and those who create them have become contemporary folk devils” (paragraph 4). Can you give examples of such “folk devils?” Sternheimer uses the term “folk devils” to represent the people who involve themselves in the act of introducing bad effects to the society. In this case, the folk devils are the people who create, the video games and those who play them are the “folk devils”. Examples of folk devils include the youth ...

Malcolm X, also known as Malcolm Little and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, is a prominent figure in American history of the 20th century and, in particular, in the fight with white racism against black people. The attitude of general public and the American government to his persona drastically changed decades after his death. The culmination of the changed and now positive opinion about his actions, speeches and overall influence on the American society was reflected in the 1992 Spike Lee movie Malcolm X, where the infamous Denzel Washington was invited to play Malcolm, as well as in Malcolm X being honored ...

The work that has come to be known as Sassetta’s painting of St. Anthony Beaten by Demons was once a part of the predella of the Arte della Lana Altarpiece, made at some point from about 1423 to 1426. This is a presentation of the holy figures that held them in important regard. This regard is how the painting can be seen as an expression of the artist’s belief. When focusing upon one technical issues of the painting, that is, the use of gold in the Anthony panel, it becomes apparent that gold, which is much more visible ...

The book “Cities of Salt,” written by a Jordanian-born Saudi writer, Abd al-Rahman Munif is one of the ancient literary works, which narrates the transition of human history from one era of civilization to another . The book is a translation from the Arabic by Peter Theroux. It gives a detailed account of the conflicts between the traditions and modernity. The author describes how an unnamed Arab emirate transforms from a traditional nomadic life-style to a modern, oil producing state. The arrival of foreigners with their machines, cars and deserts into the emirate marks the beginning of the confrontations between the traditions of the indigenous ...

The Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is a presentation of a moral conflict between evil and good. The beginning of the story sets the environment of conflicting moral will. Goodman bade farewell to his lovely wife Faith, even though she spent a considerable time persuading him to sleep in his bed that night. ‘"Dearest heart," whispered she, softly and rather sadly, when her lips were close to his ear, "prithee put off your journey until sunrise and sleep in your own bed to-night’ (Hawthorn 81). Goodman’s journey into the woods marked the genesis of his quest for trust in God or ...

Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy”

Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” is a brilliant poem about the relationship of a daughter and a father. It is also a poem of female yieldings and revolt in the world of men who are responsible for sufferings of women and all the disasters in the world. According to Sylvia Plath, masculine priorities subdued and oppressed women in society as she clearly depicted in this poem. The speaker’s father, her husband, teacher, Gestapo officer, vampire, and the statue are the male characters that she considers as they are created as oppressive and leading. Her father seems as a powerful, restrictive, and strong, god-like figure. ...

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Canada/U.S Cross-Border Water Issues: An Introduction The cordial relationship between Canada and the USA has long been considered as a source of pleasure and satisfaction for both these countries. The USA is Canada’s leading business partner, comprising about 90% of two-way trade. Over US $400 billion in goods now move across the border per annum. In the last couple of decades, Canada has become the top supplier of energy requirements of the USA, and thus has surpassed the Middle Eastern countries. The exports from Canada consist of uranium ...

Demons co-exist among men on earth to tempt them to do evil. This is the central theme of the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, particularly Alone and The Last Demon. Singer is an immigrant from Poland and he lived in New York City. He writes in Yiddish and his stories are translated into English. According to Singer himself, during an interview in 1968, he absolutely believes in the supernatural because he feels that “we are surrounded by powers, by mysterious powers, which play a great part in everything we are doing” (Flender n.p.). The succeeding sections discuss Alone and ...

According to the Bible, Jesus Christ is the son of God who came down to this earth in the form of flesh. During his days on the earth, Christ performed miracles like healing the sick; casting out devils, raising the dead and performed wonders that cannot be numbered. He went about preaching the gospel to all kinds of people. He preached in the temple, mountain, and wherever he went. Christ’s sermons were in the form of parables. He used parables to make people understand his message more effectively and clearly. Jesus Christ came into this world to ...

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It seems ridiculous to think we’re suffering a global economic crisis when bankers are receiving six figure salaries. Blame is hard to pin and the news media is reluctant to pin it but it’s because of corporate greed and institutionalized corruption at the highest levels of banking, health care and insurance companies but that is not something we want to read in the papers because people want to believe that bad people do bad things and not the people we rely on like bankers. The recession was caused by unregulated capitalism; Karl Marx once stated that capitalism sowed ...

Christian Faith in God is Reconcilable with the Reality of Evil in the World

Participants will provide the instructor with a two-page persuasive paper that sets forth the basic evidence and arguments for their side of the debate. The paper should be not double-spaced, 11-point font, one-inch margins, and contain a list of scholarly works used in preparation for the debate. How did you do in the debate itself; how did your partner do; which team had the better evidence and argumentation. Give both yourself and your partner an overall letter grade for research and the debate itself. It is hard for people not to believe want they do not want to believe. If ...

The wonderful and imaginative world of popular stories is not complete without magic. Whether it is the conventional western fairy tale Cinderella or the Arabian nights classic Alâ’ al-Dîn, magic lends an elusive touch that transforms the situation and makes dreams come true .In most popular fairytales magical creatures either cast spells on characters or run around transforming their lives. This is true in both western and Arabian mythical tales. Magic often construed as the ability to understand and manipulate the hidden forces of nature, runs rife in the thousand and one stories that form a part of the ...

The Black Muslim religion was founded by Wallace Fard in 1930 and joined by Elijah Mohammed. After four years, Fard disappeared mysteriously and Elijah took up the leadership of the movement. The movement continued to grow but at a slower rate until when Malcolm X joined. He spearheaded its growth through his influential teachings that attracted more black Muslims to join. Many who have looked at it as a cult that is against the white people have criticized the movement. The teachings have also been considered to be wrong and mainly directed towards a particular race and demonization. Many Muslim orthodox have ...

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Vigil and Dante are main characters in the Divine Comedy poem of the 14th century. Its first part is the inferno followed by Purqatorio and Paradiso in that order. The poem is the author’s allegory of the journey through hell. In the poem, Virgil acts as a guide to Dante’s vigil journey. The poem portrays hell as having nine circles where suffering and torment goes on earth. Symbolically, the divine comedy is a representation of the soul’s journey to heaven. Describing rejection and recognition within the Inferno is the theme of the entire poem. Virgil’s presence in ...

The issue of illegal immigration is one that has plagued this country for decades - in the last twenty years or so, the topic has stirred up a great deal of controversy, particularly given the phenomenon of Mexican immigrants smuggling themselves illegally into the country. However, the issue from the perspective of the illegal immigrant is often not discussed or considered. Far too many people believe that it is far too easy for them to sneak into our country and take jobs or otherwise "leech" off the American Dream; very few people consider the enormous dangers and costs that they ...

"The Gentlemen from Cracow" - Analysis

The allegorical short story "The Gentlemen from Cracow" is a very well-known and important piece of Yiddish folklore; a short story in which the poor villagers of the Polish town of Frampol attempt to deal with their own poverty in very interesting ways. When a drought is followed by a hailstorm, then locusts and other supernatural happenstances, the titular gentlemen arrives to offer these villagers a solution. The story itself is a treatise on conspicuous consumption, especially as it befalls a society that is unused to it. Attempting to transform this simple village into a haven for consumerism has disastrous consequences ...

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A hoodie is a form of clothing that resembles t-shirts but is hooded and made of thick cotton. It may or may not have a zip. It can be understood as a sweatshirt with an attached hood. Teenagers wearing a hoodie are commonly known as hoodies. A hoodie is quite prevalent in teenage for two reasons. First, it is apparently considered as a style statement and a display of ‘macho-ism’. Second, it is used as a windbreaker and to keep oneself warm from the cold breeze. There is also a third, and not so social, reason for using hoodies. Criminals may use it for hiding their face ...

Malcolm X whose real name was Malcolm Little was mainly as a black American minister mostly remembered for his unending fight for equal treatment in the United States in the 1960s. As a Muslim minister, he would charge the white supremacists very harshly for any conduct suggesting racial discrimination. Malcolm Little was born in the year 1925 in Omaha to Earl Little and Louise Norton as the fourth child in a family of seven children. His father was a black and his mother of Swedish origin thus could be easily confused for a white. Malcolm inherited his light skin color from his mother. ...

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It is undeniable that the football industry in the United Kingdom has thrived and has been a phenomenal success in the last couple of years (http://www.manutd.com ). The study of Manchester United football club is a case in point. Manchester United FC is one of the most famous football clubs not only in the UK but across the world. Most of the information presented in this case is sourced from the club’s official website for our analysis of the company’s capacity and performance. The club’s mission is to be the best football club in the globe. The vision is ...