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    COURSE INTEGRATION PAPER JEREMIAH 29:11 ____________________ A Paper Presented to Dr. Ken Hanna Dallas Theological Seminary _____________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course BE101 Bible Study Methods and Hermeneutics ______________________ By Pamela Frazier December 2013 Course Integration Assignment: Jeremiah 29:11 I. Five Timeless Universal Principles II. Theme III

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    Okonkwo Tragic Hero

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    his fear of becoming like his father eventually took over him‚ ending in a suppressing death‚ in which he hangs himself. Okonkwo didn’t seem to be a tragic hero at the beginning‚ but once he kills Ikemefuna his fate changes and later he ends up in exile for seven years. When Okonkwo was younger he wasn’t born of noble birth‚ he was born from a lazy‚ improvident‚ poor man‚ “In his days he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow” (Achebe 4). Although‚ tragic heroes

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    novel because the missionaries became more powerful than Okonkwo would ever be. Okonkwo has been challenged by the collision of the missionaries by being downgraded and becoming depressed over time. Okonkwo was a strong and powerful figure. After his exile he came back to Umuofia feeling like a lower class Ibo. For instance‚ “Seven years was a long time to be away from one’s clan. A man’s place was not always there‚ waiting for him.

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    had a variety of things that happened to him. Oedipus goes to the blind prophet and begs them to tell him who was the murder of king Laius. Oedipus doesn’t stop begging and then accuses Tiresias is the murder of king Laius and tries to get Tiresias exile. Tiresias had enough and told him that he was the murder “Blind who now has eyes‚ beggar who now is rich‚ he will grope his way toward a foreign soil‚ a tapping before him step by step”. Oedipus does not believe Tiresias‚ and tells him to show prove

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    Oedipus Justice Analysis

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    actually is‚ Oedipus stabs his eyes‚ blinding himself and leaves Thebes in self- exile. His mental stability is deteriorated once he finds out that he unknowingly committed incest‚ and killed his father. The issue here is the issue of justice. There is little that can be done to restore justice to what has happened to Oedipus. Oedipus feels that through his own actions of blinding himself and then going into self- exile‚ he feels that some justice has been restored. The person who is responsible has

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    The Spanish American War On April 25‚ 1898‚ the United States became concerned in a war with Spain and began an eight-month war amid the United States and Spain called the Spanish-American War. This action was motivated by Spain’s attack on the Battleship Maine in Havana port on February 15‚ 1898. The United States acted based on the Monroe Doctrine and consideration for the Cuban’s fight for liberty. The Monroe Doctrine was written in 1823‚ and declared that: The Americas were not destined

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    Chapter 3 1) What levels of meaning can be found in Genesis 1.1-2.4a? This section of the bible explains about Genesis is the book of ‘beginnings’ because the the lines of the opening words are literally translated to “In the beginning of God’s creating.” The first chapter of Genesis therefore rightly contains an account of the creation of the world in ‘six’ stages or days and on the seventh day he rested‚ which is called “Sabbath”. 2) What are the similarities and differences between the biblical

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    as it is‚ Marquez’ cholera metaphor for love reads completely true right up to the novel’s end when Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza commit themselves fully to their infection of this metaphorical plague requiring their permanent quarantine and exile forever. The relationship between Dr. Juvenal Urbino and his wife‚ Fermina Daza represent the behavior of two people facing a cholera epidemic. Urbino‚ who diagnoses‚ treats‚ and eventually eradicates cholera does so by living a calculated life

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    that Okonkwo’s suicide was not the sole result of external factors such as the introduction of white settlement. Okonkwo’s inability to control his over-exaggerated masculine persona and blatant disregard for his personal ‘chi’ causes his eventual exile and loss of respect from his fellow tribesman. Okonkwo’s stoic demeanour in the face of social change turns the once mighty warrior into a defeated outsider‚ who in the end takes his own life rather than learning how to adapt. It is thus Okonkwo’s

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    Moors(Sidi means My Lord in Arabic)‚ is accused by Count García Ordóñez of holding back for himself tributes he was sent to collect from the Moors for his king Alfonso VI of León. Alfonso exiles Rodrigo from Leon and Castilla. He gave him 9 days to exile. El Cid needed money to live and support his troops in exile‚ so he faked a chest full of sand and adorned with gold nailds and leather red skins. He pawned it with Raquel and Vidas‚ rich Jew moneylenders from Burgos. They gave him 600 marcos as

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