Essays on Belief Page 9

What is the definition of “ category ” ? Burney expresses how category is viewed in the 18th century society through the fresh Evelina. In the novel, Burney exposes to the reader different categories of characters from the blue bloods to the merchandisers to the common mans and to the cocottes. Burney besides reveals how…

Which he shed for me in obedience to your holy will. This is the basis on which I stand before you. In this faith I will live and die, fight, and do everything else. Dear Lord God the Father, preserve and strengthen this faith in me by your Spirit. Amen” (Luther and Schultz 135- 136)….

Apuleius’ Golden Ass, the only surviving novel of the Roman Empire, is a tale of aGreek nobleman devoting his life to the goddess Isis following his transformation to an ass and back. Although a work of fiction, the novel reveals a great deal about religion in Apuleius’ society. This information, however, must be viewed with…