.... message warns the audience of the horror of hell and persuades them to acquire salvation. Both authors deliver their sermons to foment the emotions of the audience to take advantage of the situation and express the urgency of repentance. Edwards and Andrews both preach of the darkness and terror in hell and want to spread the word of Jesus Christ to ensure that those unsaved can escape this trepidation of hell. Trying to inform the audience of the same message, these two authors use different means of persuasion. While Andrews expresses God's love and want for those to .....

.... to the girls. Van Gennep divides Rites of Passage into three parts: separation, transition and incorporation. In the Mescalero puberty ceremony, separation is achieved when the girls move in to their camp homes. During this stage, the Godmothers and Singers take the role of the parents. This may be described as a "cessation of interaction between the individual and the group in which he or she has been interacting" (Chapple and Coons, p. 485). However, there is not a complete separation from the girls and the community. There are instances (such as the tim .....

.... and the dewdrops symbolize tears falling on her in her final resting-place. She then says, “Storm, blow me from here with your fiercest wind. Let me float across the sky, ‘till I can rest again.” The storm represents death and the taking away of her soul to her heavenly inheritance. “Fall gentle snowflake, cover me with white cold icy kisses and let me rest tonight,” is the image of snow falling on her grave. The last stanza is, “Sun, rain, curving sky, mountain, oceans, leaf and stone, star shine, moon glow, you’re all that I ca .....

.... is no different; the number of times that police had been called to a domestic dispute between Nicole and O.J. is amazing. There are also countless reports of other problems between the two. It is said that in everything written by Shakespeare, there is a line or scenario for every event after it was written. In William Shakespeare’s Othello, Othello is obsessed with Desdemona. This obsession finally causes Othello’s demise. The jealousy and obsession shown by O.J. almost mirror the actions of Othello. O.J.’s motive was simple; he was jealous that Ron Goldman was with N .....

.... can accept about themselves. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson is the woman with whom Tom Buchanan is having an affair. Myrtle want to be a part of Tom's life because he has a lot of money. She lets Tom push her around and treat her however he wants. She always thought she should have done better than her current husband and having an affair with Tom reinforces this belief of hers. Her current husband, George Wilson, is just a poor gas station owner. Myrtle would rather be treated like a dog by someone who has money instead of being cared for by someone who has no mo .....

.... up for adoption, hassel-free. However, the price for board and the birth cost a fortune. The service fee was $300 (a years wage). Despite the price, many women turned to the Home when in need. The women who entered the home signed a contract drafted by the Youngs' lawyer, Charles Longley, stating that they would pay the $300. Mothers who had difficulty paying their bills were hounded by the Youngs and threatened with "police action . . .". The Youngs were aware that if a mother had taken the case to court, then no money would be awarded for their illegal service .....

.... Instead of accepting the advice from his best friend, Le Bret, he has a rousing “No Thank You” tirade in front of the Cadets where he openly refuses to be under De Guiche’s patronage, proclaiming that living under another man's honor is beneath him. “Seek for the patronage of some great man, And like a creeping vine on a tall tree Crawl upward, where I cannot stand alone? No thank you!” (Cyrano, p.75) However, Cyrano should have realized that with De Guiche’s support he would have a higher status and a more stable economic source. The .....

.... the poem describes a Christian soul rising from a state of sin to a state of blessedness. Other allegories include the parables of Jesus, and The Faerie Queene, written by the English poet Edmund Spenser in the late 1500's. Allegories lost popularity in Europe after about 1600, but some, such as Pilgrim's Progress (1678, 1684) gained recognition in later times. Allegory also exists in other ways. Many novels include allegorical suggestions of an additional level of meaning. Examples include Moby-Dick (1851), a whaling adventure that raises issues of human stru .....