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Introduction The Maesta (1308-11), showing the image of the Virgin and Child surrounded by saints and angels, is a masterpiece created by Italian artist Duccio di Buoninsegna for the Siena Cathedral.  This work of art was created at the culmination of the Italo-Byzantine era in Siena, which is believed to be of the Sienese Gothic…

SUMMARY: The Devil Wears Prada, directed by David Frankel is a comedy/drama film which follows the central character Andrea Sachs’ personal transition, a plain and unstylish young women, to a trendy and classy fashion victim. Played by Anne Hathaway, Andrea lands a job at ‘Runway Magazine’ and assist the editor in chief, an intimidating and…

Summary In this journal article the authors, Hall & Fincham (2005), give great insights of what self-forgiveness actually means. Self-Forgiveness have various definitions that are given in the social sciences literature and the philosophy literature. In the social science literature self-forgiveness is define as self–love and respect in the face of one’s own wrong doing,…

Pandora In Greek mythology, there are many Greek gods and goddesses but one individual is blamed for all the bad in the world. Pandora was created in Mount Olympus out of earth and water; she is defined as endowed with everything and is the name of the first woman on the earth. She was described…

Introduction             It is axiomatic for people to take human suffering as a case against the faith which they profess. Arno Schmidt’s novel Leviathan for instance captures with remarkable succinctness – as well as with exceptional graphicness – this classic conundrum. A telling example is what this quote provides:     And one of the children…

Multiculturalism was a function of different variety of culture together with languages, principles, customs and other practices inside the structure of social equity, harmony and diplomacy and sustainability. In the midst of change, prejudice and narrow-mindedness which frequently build a multicultural society. Mrs. Markandaya’s The Golden Honeycomb explored the various cultural diversity that applied to…

According to www.worldvision.org, roughly 12.3 percent of the population, or 39.7 million people, in the United States live off of low income of less then $33.26 per day and about 4.7 million of those people are children living in an negative environment that come from below the federal poverty threshold. In our findings, we have…

The World of Islam Today we do hear lots of happenings and news in the World of Islam, however, not many of us know much about what this complex religion is all about. The regions where Islam is practiced are filled with hot spots of sectarian tensions that lead to constant violence and even radicalism….

Internal, price Standards together own 42 per cent of its stock. Prior to hiring Dunlap they had tried unsuccessfully, to sell Sunbeam. They believe that he was the one person who could turn the company around and increase stock prices and profits. The increase in stock prices did occur, almost instantly. The turnaround took just…

What are two things you’ve learned about suffering through this text? The first thing that I learned is the necessity of lament and its correlation to the good. Through embodied hope I gained insight as to how I have dealt with pain and how culture looks at pain. I have dealt with pain by pushing…