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    The Magicians Nephew – Temptation – Reflection Statement My visual representation is of the temptation genre. It is a scene out of the book ‘The Magicians Nephew’ showing the decision that the character Digory has to make‚ regarding whether to eat the apple and be youthful forever or take it to Aslan and save his mother’s live. To illustrate to the reader the choice Digory has to make I have used multiple visual techniques. I have used symbolism mainly on‚ the character in question‚ Digory

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    Reaching one’s temptation is thought to be achieved through placing all cards on the table. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”‚ the author conveys the humanistic theme that temptation hinders the practicality of decision making. While hiking in the Yukon‚ a man faces mother nature at its worst as he strives towards reaching his temptation of wealth and fortune. Despite the warnings of those who have had firsthand experience hiking in the Yukon‚ the newcomers oversight of consequence‚ as a result

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    Of course this 1970s setting was not popular for all critics. In a New York Times article by Vincent Canby in 1973‚ titled “The Gospel According to ‘Godspell’ Comes to Screen: The Cast‚” Canby criticized the over emphasis of a hippie Jesus. He states‚ “‘Godspell’ pretty much reduces the story of Jesus to conform to a kind of flower-child paranoia that was probably more popular three or four years ago than it is today: the only way to survive in this world is to drop out of it‚ which‚ if you think

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    Keep in Mind the Happenings of Temptation and Respect For thousands of years myths are passed down orally‚ through generations of civilizations all around the globe. Every ancient civilization tries to understand their lives through these stories that deal with gods‚ legendary heroes‚ and tales of adventure. As the civilizations developed‚ the people would base their beliefs around their own cultural gods‚ worshipping and praising them. Some fear and some despise the gods while some fall in love

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    Jesus Christ‚ portrayed both differently and similarly throughout four different films‚ shows the viewer examples of a low and high christology. The four films King of Kings‚ The Last Temptation of Christ‚ Jesus of Nazareth‚ and The Passion of Christ teach that Jesus was the son of God. Overall‚ each film shows that Jesus is humble‚ faithful‚ giving‚ forgiving‚ and wise. In John 6:38‚ it says‚ “For I came down from heaven‚ not to do mine own will‚ but the will of him that sent me.” For this shows

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    Comparison Essay The two artworks that are being compared and contrasted are Elephant from the Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali and Christ on a Cross by Georges Rouault. Christ on a Cross depicts‚ as it title alludes to‚ Christ being hung on a cross; he is painted in a humbled but proud manor painted in an expressionist style. The Elephant from the Temptation of Saint Anthony portraits metaphorical images of strength‚ beauty‚ morality‚ and varying religions‚ trying to enter society

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    As discussed by Kloss ( )‚ the Temptation of Adam and Eve‚ by Masolino (1424-25) and the Expulsion of Adam and Eve‚ by Masaccio (1425-28) are two of the frescoes in a series commissioned by the wealthy silk merchant‚ Felice Brancacci in the Brancacci Chapel‚ in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. The subject matter of the cycle is the life of Saint Peter‚ speculatively as honoring the first Pope‚ Peter and “significantly‚ this family chapel had been founded in the late fourteenth

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    Within the modern European art section of the David Owsley Museum of Art‚ I found a painting by Antonio Molinari. Molinari‚ a Painter from Venice‚ Italy‚ created The Temptation of Adam and Eve from about 1701-1704—the painting is produced from oil on canvas. The painting is very large with the dimensions of forty-eight by fifty-nine inches. Notable images conveyed by Molinari are a naked man‚ a naked woman‚ a large snake‚ an apple‚ a tree trunk‚ and a natural background of a forest. Most of the

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    separates him from his family‚ because the difficulties he encounters he does not make it home until after 20 long years. These two ancient stories are compared by both being epic poems. These two stories also share the common theme‚ this theme is temptation. Temptation is brought in the stories by testing the main characters to make the right

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    Alcée in. As the storm goes on‚ they remember how much they loved each other in the past. That remembrance then leads to sex between the two. Temptation is not so much a person‚ it is anything that causes an urge to do that one thing. Temptation is different for many people in so many ways. It can be encouraged by many contributing factors. Calixta’s temptation was turned on by

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