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Convert
verb (used with object)
to change (something) into a different form or properties; transmute; transform.
to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.:
to convert the heathen.
to turn to another or a particular use or purpose; divert from the original or intended use.
to modify (something) so as to serve a different function:
to convert an automobile factory to the manufacture of tanks.
Conversion
the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
change in character, form, or function.
spiritual change from sinfulness to righteousness.
change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, etc., to another.
The Enlightenment, known in French as the Siècle des Lumières (Century of Enlightenment), and in German as the Aufklärung, was a philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century. The principal goals of Enlightenment thinkers were liberty, progress, reason, tolerance, and ending the abuses of the church and state In France, the central doctrines of the Lumières were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in opposition to the principle of absolute monarchy and the fixed dogmas of the Roman Catholic ChurchThe Enlightenment was marked by increasing empiricism, scientific rigor, and reductionism, along with increased questioning of religious orthodoxy.
Crucifixion is a form of slow and painful execution in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang for several days until exhaustion and final death from asphyxiation. It is principally known from antiquity, but remains in occasional use in some countries.
The crucifixion of Jesus is a central narrative in Christianity, and the cross (sometimes depicting Jesus nailed onto it) is the main religious symbol for many Christian churches.
Resurrection is an American fantasy drama television series about dead people who return to life. The series is based on the book The Returned by Jason Mott. The series was co-produced by ABC Studios and Plan B Entertainment, led by Brad Pitt, Aaron Zelman, JoAnn Alfano, Jon Liebman, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Michele Fazekas, and Tara Butters. The series aired from March 9, 2014, through January 25, 2015. On May 7, 2015, ABC cancelled Resurrection after two seasons.
Tragedy: Origins and Definition
A tragedy is a type of drama where the characters go through some form of suffering. Most definitions of tragedy that we use today come from some parts of the work The Poetics written by the philosopher Aristotle. In the simplest terms, Aristotle defined tragedy as a form of drama whose plot is centered on human suffering for the purpose of evoking feelings of pity and fear in the audience. This feeling, which Aristotle called catharsis, helps the audience move beyond the feelings of pity and fear to find peace by the end of the play.
Characteristics of Tragedy
But a tragedy is more than just a play about suffering. In The Poetics, Aristotle explains that the plotin a tragedy is more than just the story itself; it is the arrangement of the incidents, or chain reaction of cause-and-effect events, that happen in the story. The plot is the most important piece of the tragedy and, according to Aristotle, should be whole, with a beginning, middle and end. But, he also believed that the plot must have unity of action, where all of the events are dependent on the previous and lead to the next. Because they are all tied together, and usually to the same person, this creates unity.
Comedy, literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter. Unlike tragedy, which seeks to engage profound emotions and sympathies, comedy strives to entertain chiefly through criticism and ridicule of man's customs and institutions.
Although usually used in reference to the drama (see drama, Western; Asian drama), in the Middle Ages comedy was associated with vernacular language and a happy ending. Thus, the term was also applied to such non-dramatic works as Dante's religious poem, The Divine Comedy.
Confession, in literature, an autobiography, either real or fictitious, in which intimate and hidden details of the subject’s life are revealed. The first outstanding example of the genre was theConfessions of St. Augustine (c. ad 400), a painstaking examination of Augustine’s progress from juvenile sinfulness and youthful debauchery to conversion to Christianity and the triumph of the spirit over the flesh. Others include the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822), by Thomas De Quincey, focusing on the writer’s early life and his gradual addiction to drug taking, and Confessions(1782–89), the intimate autobiography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Reviewed Works: Drinking in America: A History by Mark Edward Lender, James Kirby Martin;Equivocal Spirits: Alcoholism and Drinking in Twentieth-Century Literature by Thomas B. Gilmore;Alcohol and the Writer by Donald W. Goodwin; The Thirsty Muse: Alcohol and the American Writer by Tom Dardis.
Delphi
Emphasis is on reading competence and exposure to a wide range of literary works, broadening the students’ framework for understanding the culture and civilization.
Students will develop a comprehensive vocabulary and will be comfortable reading a variety of literary works. They will read books selected from a list which includes biographies, autobiographies, fiction, historical fiction and nonfiction. In addition, there is a core of required books, including Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth, as well as To Kill A Mockingbird.
Literature Seminars ensure students delve more deeply into selected works and help them to integrate the materials with their studies of history, government and philosophy.
In religion, a prophet is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and to speak for them, serving as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people.The message that the prophet conveys is called a prophecy.
Claims of prophethood have existed in many cultures through history, including Judaism, Christianity,Islam, in Ancient Greece, Zoroastrianism, and many others. Traditionally, prophets are regarded as having a role in society that promotes change due to their messages and actions.
among the ancient Greeks and Romans
the place where, or medium by which, deities were consulted
the revelation or response of a medium or priest
any person or agency believed to be in communication with a deity
any person of great knowledge or wisdom
opinion or statements of any such oracle
The Pythia, commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the name of any priestess throughout the history of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes ofMount Parnassus, beneath the Castalian Spring (the new priestess was selected after the death of the current priestess). The Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo. The Delphicoracle was established in the 8th century BC,although it may have been present in some form in Late Mycenaean times,from 1400 BC and was abandoned, and there is evidence that Apollo took over the shrine from an earlier dedication to Gaia. The last recorded response was given about 395 A.D. to Emperor Theodosius I, after he had ordered pagan temples to cease operation.
The dithyramb an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility; the term was also used as an epithet of the god:Plato, in The Laws, while discussing various kinds of music mentions "the birth of Dionysos, called, I think, the dithyramb."Plato also remarks in the Republic that dithyrambs are the clearest example of poetry in which the poet is the only speaker.
A major for those who think of drama as the union of complementary disciplines, this program should appeal to the student interested in playwriting, dramaturgy, and performance, as well as to those who intend to write literary criticism with an emphasis on dramatic literature.
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus. TheAegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including Crete andRhodes.
The sea was traditionally known as Archipelago (in Greek, Αρχιπέλαγος, meaning "chief sea"), but in English this word's meaning has changed to refer to the Aegean Islands and, generally, to any island group.
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