Day: December 17, 2018
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The Colour Purple
Alice Walker’s book, The Color Purple, brings an often forgotten or ignored subject, that of slavery, gender hierarchy and racism, to the forefront of readers’ minds. The discrimination against individuals because of their colour, background or gender was, and continues to be, present in modern society and Walker draws attention to this with her writing.…
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Tartaros – A Place of Ultimate Punishment
Tartarus (ταρταροω) Tartarus, also seen written as Tartaros, was not just believed (in Greek mythology) to have been a place of ultimate punishment, but also as one of the first Gods from which everything in the universe descended from. In ancient orphic sources Tartaros is also the unbounded first-existing “thing” from which the Light and…
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Love & Divorce
What is love? Love is a very special and meaningful word to anyone and everyone who has loved before. For me, love is a priceless diamond, like a diamond, it has thousands of mirror images, and each represents a meaning of love. Having a key to open my heart to look at this world without…
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The Damnable Life of Faust
Faustus the Speculator, the Doctor of Divinity; who was not content with himself or his life, and wanted more. He was an intelligent worldly man who had students that admired him. But Faustus was not content with his knowledge and focused on studying Necromancy, day and night. After studying charms, enchantment, soothsaying, and witchcraft he…