...Zeal Theatre’s The Apology is set in present day Brisbane. The key themes and ideas of this play are self control, determination, choices, conflicts and resilience. The play is done in an epic style that is known in Brechtian Theatre. This assignment will analyse the dramatic and theatrical ‘Brechtian’ techniques used to challenge the audience’s viewing experience. The human context of the drama is established when a year 9 excursion to Boggo Road Gaol occurs. The protagonist, Ray Bones, is taunted by who he considers his “friends”. The antagonist, Eneme, is in a way the ring leader and leads the rest of the boys in bullying him. A few years after leaving school, Ray encounters Eneme again and is once again picked on by him. Finally Ray snaps from all the chaos this one person has caused in his life and in a fit of rage, purposely runs over Eneme. The key themes that underpin the play are self control, choices, conflicts and resilience. The didactic purpose of the play is to show that bullying and harassment can have long term effects on people and is not acceptable to start with. Throughout The Apology, a variety of alienation techniques were employed to communicate themes of justice, morality and inequality. Throughout the performance there were a lot of techniques used. Three dominant techniques used were actors swapping roles, direct address/narration and sets/props. These techniques are conveyed to the audience through Zeal Theatre’s production to successfully realise...
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...THE EARLY ISLAMIC ERA Name Institution Introduction The start and spread of Islam is a broad body of knowledge that has been explained extensively by religious scholars and philosophers alike. Despite the presence of Christianity from the ancient times, Islam has had a tremendous growth particularly in the Middle East where up to now it is still the leading religion in the region. The early Islamic era is a fascinating study for historians who seek to understand the dynamics that gave birth to one of the biggest religion in the world; and with such a strong faith base. Islam is characterized by a unifying component that places all the Muslims across the nations in one category of identity. According to Khan (2011), it is very easy to recognize that an environment belongs to Islam than it is to identify the other religions. The early Islamic era, if it is anything to believe, was stronger than the crystallized Islam we have today. There is a concept that Islam spread rapidly because of the use of the sword in one hand and the Quran on the other hand. This is believed to have been done by the Jihadist among other substantial members of the Muslim faith. This notion forms the controversy that further catapults this study and makes it more interesting. This paper thus, focuses and explores the reasons that underpinned the rapid spread of Islam beyond Arabia. It also seeks to establish the understanding of the motive behind the early Islamic conquests. More importantly it sought...
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...St. Hedwig was born in 1174 in Andechs, Bavaria, Germany. Her feast day is October 16. At age 12 she married Duke Henry of Silesia, bearing him 7 children. After Henry died in 1238 she became a part of the Cistercian order at a convent in Trebnitz. Hedwig lived a very pious life and had a great zeal for religion. She died on October 15 in 1243. She was canonized a saint on March 26 in 1267 by Pope Clement IV and is the patron saint of Silesia. St. Hedwig was canonized for her many spiritual qualities. One of these being that she was very generous and lived a life of poverty. Before she joined the Cistercian order, she always supported her husband in donating to the Augustinian Provostry at Nowogrod Bobrzanski and the Commandery of the...
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...Christopher Columbus, Olaudah Equiano, and Arthur Miller together suggest that one of the defining aspects of American identity is more powerful groups taking advantage of the less powerful for personal gain. In the excerpt from Letters to Columbus, for example, Columbus reveals that he “did not sail upon this voyage to gain honour of wealth, …., for already all hope of that was dead. I came to your highnesses with true devotion and with ready zeal, and I do not lie,” (Columbus 6) which demonstrates the way that Columbus’ attitude changed through his many journeys to the West Indies. When Columbus added “I came to your highnesses with true devotion and ready zeal,” he was foreshadowing that his reasons for continuing to return to the West Indies...
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...John Calvin was born in 1509. He died in 1564. John Calvin was the son of a lawyer. He was born in Noon, Picardy and was therefore a Frenchman. Calvin developed a love for scholarship and literature. In 1523 he went to the University of Paris where he studied theology. To maintain himself while a student Calvin secured a small chaplaincy attached to Noon Cathedral. In 1528 he went to Orleans to study Law, and one year later Calvin went to Bourges also to study Law. Calvin was pressurized by his father to study Law but in 1531 his father died giving Calvin the freedom to resume his religious studies. In the same year that his father died, Calvin went to the College de France in Paris to study Greek. This college was noted for its Humanistic approach to learning. In fact, all the colleges that Calvin attended had Humanistic leanings and it was only natural that this influenced Calvin. He became an admirer of Erasmus. At some point between 1528 and 1533 he experienced a “sudden conversion” and grasped Protestantism. “God subdued my soul to docility by a sudden conversion” was how Calvin described this experience. Many historians look on the time from 1531 to 1533 as being the key time as this was the first time that he had been free from his father’s ‘shackles’. Calvin was highly critical of the abuses in the French Catholic church but he never doubted that he was God’s chosen instrument in the spiritual regeneration of the world. At this time in France his ideas would have been...
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...Redemption”, primarily for the quote “Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of sh*t, smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to. Five hundred yards: that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile, only to come out clean on the other side”. I have adapted that quote into my life and how one should deal with adversity. But, I digress. What I am going to address has nothing to do with my life or how to overcome obstacles, but how that movie demonstrated a few of the concepts of classicism, particularly for the time period, and length of time, the movie was based upon. The themes and characters in the movie “Shawshank Redemption” represent the socio-economic climate of the time. The classicism displayed in the movie did not occur until our main character was several months, up to a year, into his term. As Red, played by Morgan Freeman, starts a friendly bond with Andy, played by Tim Robbins, you can see the symmetry between them. At first, the two seem to feel each other out, although Red is more the extravert to Andy’s introversive tactics. As time progresses, what starts off as business turns into life long friendship. Red is a simple, common sense driven individual whereas Andy has the upscale businessman persona with a higher than average scale of intelligence than many of his counterparts. When the two interact you can see the symmetry between them as street knowledge gives way to book smarts and vice versa. There is also...
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...Michigan Columbus Credit Union Lisa Flanigan Courtney Johnson Mary Smith-Biles Todd Buchanan Madonna University MKT 6210 Table of Contents Introduction Page 3 Brand Building Page 8 The Numbers Page 11 Conclusion and Marketing Ideas Page 22 Bibliography Page 24 Introduction by Lisa Flanigan Credit Unions are not-for-profit financial institutions that are owned by all of its members. The focus of the credit union is to help its members save, borrow, and receive affordable financial services. One way is by offering higher interest rates on savings accounts which can be important to people in general but also to the young population who are just starting to save for college or some other long term item such as a car. Typically, credit unions charge lower fees compared to banks and provide credit at competitive rates. Like any other business, Credit Unions must have enough income/ assets to cover expenses related to running a business or risk the possibility of becoming insolvent. Lending money to members is a source of income for credit unions. When borrowers default on this lent money, this puts a credit union at risk and causes tougher rules on responsible lending. They are also known for providing service at the personal level by helping their members plan for the future. The first credit union was founded in southern Germany in the year 1864 by...
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...EVERY MEMBER WAS A SOULWINNER.........................................5 CONNECTING THE DOTS OF MISSION TO TODAYS CHURCH...7 METHOD OF MISSIONS.......................................................................9 THE ZEAL OF MODERN DAY MISSONS.........................................10 CONCLUSION.......................................................................................12 BIBLIOGRAPHY...................................................................................13 INTRODUCTION When one reads the biblical account of the early church one will find a group of believers being introduce to the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus during his ministry had been making mention of the coming of the Holy Spirit and his subsequent death. Although Jesus' disciples did not initially and fully understand the conditions and necessity of his death, he told them "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you" John 16:7. Jesus was preparing the New Testament Church to be a group of believers held together in unity by the power of God's Spirit and the sum of God's words. It is understood that in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, he selected twelve disciples to join his Mission and future passion. However, Jesus had many followers and unofficial...
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...Answers Here are your latest answers: Question 1 _____ is one of the Virtues of St. La Salle that says: "an ardor in the pursuit of any desirable goal to accomplish the best results" Response: Zeal Correct answer: Zeal Score: 1 out of 1 Question 2 _____ said that, virtue is a good quality of the mind by which one lives rightly, which no one uses badly, which God works in us but without us. Response: St. Augustine Correct answer: St. Augustine Score: 1 out of 1 Question 3 _____ defined that virtue is a habit that is good, it perfects the power of the soul and inclines one to do good. Response: St. Thomas Aquinas Correct answer: St. Thomas Aquinas Score: 1 out of 1 Question 4 _____ is one of the Epistles that says: “So everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I also will acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.; but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before My Father who is in heaven. Response: Titus 3:6-7 Correct answer: Titus 3:6-7 Score: 1 out of 1 Question 5 _____ are the WORST VICES RESULTING FROM LACK OF MODERATION IN SENSUAL PLEASURES are _______ , _______ , ________ Response: Gluttony Response: Drunkeness Response: Drug Addiction Correct answer: Gluttony, Drunkeness, Drug Addiction Score: 1 out of 1 Question 6 _____ is the Leader of the Church who said that: "“The fundamental commitment of man is a decision of faith, and obedience of faith by which man makes a total and free self-commitment to God, offering the full...
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...alienating themselves from Christ Elevating themselves these Judaizers claimed to be sent by the apostles in Jerusalem who had known Jesus in the flesh, while undermining Paul’s authority as second-hand (1:11). Paul defends his authority as neither second-hand, received nor taught by man, but direct revelation of Jesus Christ (1:12; 1Cor15:8; Acts9: 3-6; Matt16:16-17). Indeed, his life testifies to the transforming power of the gospel of grace… ‘For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism’, he continues. Cheered by Jews, feared by Christians, Paul was both famous and infamous, but not unknown. In Paul’s zeal (1:13) to uphold ‘the traditions of his fathers’ (the Law), it was not enough to expunge from Jerusalem ‘heretical’ Christians claiming this man Jesus as Messiah fulfilling the Law and bringing an end to temple sacrifice. Rather, Paul sought to annihilate the Christian cult, dragging them to prison or having them killed (Acts7:58-60, 80:1-3, 9:1, Acts26:9). Hebrew of Hebrews, Pharisee of the tribe of Benjamin, taught under the eminent Rabbi Gamaliel I (Acts 22:3; Phil3:5) Paul’s zeal matched his credentials and elevated him above his countryman. Highly accomplished, highly driven, and highly feared, Paul was not easily set off track. ‘But when it pleased God’ who called Paul ‘through His grace’ (Eph2:8) ‘to reveal His...
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...Assess the reasons why there was a crusade in 1095 The first crusade began in 1095 following the Council of Clermont, although the official crusade forces didn’t leave until 1097. It was at the Council of Clermont that Pope Urban II first talked about the idea of a crusade. He explained that the Byzantine emperor, Alexius, had appealed for help as his land was constantly under attack from Muslim forces. Many people answered the appeal and took part in the crusade, however many embarked for different reasons. Some devout Christians, such as Peter the Hermit, will have taken part due to religious zeal and a desire to help the Christians in the East. Others, such as Baldwin of Boulogne or Bohemond of Taranto may have also desired the chance to gain land and material rewards in the East. Whatever their reasons, over 100,000 people took part in the crusade, final taking Jerusalem in 1099. The factor that sparked the whole idea of a crusade was Emperor Alexius’ appeal to Pope Urban II in 1095. Alexius saw an opportunity to take back some land lost to the Seljuk Turks as the Norman leader, Robert Guiscard, had recently died and the Muslim forces were focusing on internal conflicts. Although Emperor Alexius needed military assistance, his appeal to Pope Urban II focussed more on the suffering of the Christians in the East at the hands of the Muslims as opposed to fighting. He put emphasis on the fact that Christians were being slaughtered and that Muslims and Seljuk Turks had...
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...I wish to speak on “College Uneducation.” Is it possible that our college education may “uneducate” rather than educate? I answer “Yes.” It is a paradox but nonetheless the truth—the grim, unmerciful truth. We all believe in higher education; else we should not be in the University. At the same time, college education—like all other human devices for human betterment—may build or destroy, lead, or mislead. My ten years’ humble service in the University of the Philippines has afforded me an opportunity to watch the current of ideals and practices of our student body. In some aspects of higher education, most of our students have measured up to their high responsibilities. But in other features—alas, vital ones!—the thoughts and actions of many of them tend to stunt the mind, dry up the heart, and quench the soul. These students are being uneducated in college. I shall briefly discuss three ways in which many of our students are getting college uneducation, for which they pay tuition fees and make unnumbered sacrifices. Book Worship In the first place, there is the all but delirious worship of the printed page. “What does the book say?” is, by all odds, the most important question in the student’s mind whenever he is faced with any problem calling for his own reasoning. By the same token, may students feel a sort of frenzy for facts till these become as huge as the mountains and the mind is crushed under them. Those students think of nothing but how to accumulate...
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...I wish to speak on “College Uneducation.” Is it possible that our college education may “uneducate” rather than educate? I answer “Yes.” It is a paradox but nonetheless the truth—the grim, unmerciful truth. We all believe in higher education; else we should not be in the University. At the same time, college education—like all other human devices for human betterment—may build or destroy, lead, or mislead. My ten years’ humble service in the University of the Philippines has afforded me an opportunity to watch the current of ideals and practices of our student body. In some aspects of higher education, most of our students have measured up to their high responsibilities. But in other features—alas, vital ones!—the thoughts and actions of many of them tend to stunt the mind, dry up the heart, and quench the soul. These students are being uneducated in college. I shall briefly discuss three ways in which many of our students are getting college uneducation, for which they pay tuition fees and make unnumbered sacrifices. Book Worship In the first place, there is the all but delirious worship of the printed page. “What does the book say?” is, by all odds, the most important question in the student’s mind whenever he is faced with any problem calling for his own reasoning. By the same token, may students feel a sort of frenzy for facts till these become as huge as the mountains and the mind is crushed under them. Those students think of nothing but how to accumulate...
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...Fanaticism -wildly excessive or irrational devotion, dedication, or enthusiasm -an extreme and uncritical zeal or enthusiasm, as in religion or politics. — fanatic, n., adj. —fanatical, adj. the character, spirit, or conduct of a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm orzeal, as in religion or politics Zeal is often used in a religious sense, meaning devotion to God or another religious cause, like being a missionary. Zeal doesn't have to be religious, though: a feeling of gusto and enthusiasm for anything can be called zeal. People have zeal for sports teams, bands, causes, and (often, but not always) their jobs. If you have passion for something, you have zeal, which is kind of a mix of eagerness and energy and devotion. -a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) Filibuster or loco -filibusterismo’ means the idea of the breaking away of the colony from the mother country, and 'filibusteros’ are accordingly those who aspire for the realization of this idea. For our purposes, however, it will be more practical to ask: Who is considered a 'filibustero’ in the Philippines?” And let Rizal answer: * Those who do not raise their hats to Spaniards. * Those who only greet a friar instead of kissing his hand or his habit. * Those who offer resistance to being addressed with the familiar “tu” by the best Spaniard. * Those who subscribe to a periodical from Spain or another European country. * Those who, at elections, give...
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...Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe gives one a taste of transformation of the Nigerian tribes as a ramification of British colonization. While some individuals were appreciating the change and anticipating the beginning of the new life, others were using all their zeal to turn the time back, even if for a moment. Despite the favorable breakthrough in the development and the imperialism, British colonization in Nigeria has neglected certain significant values of pre-colonial Nigerians. In particular, this paper will focus on the effects of the British colonization on the role of women, and how at the heart of British colonization in Nigeria it was diminished. Although many feminists do not support this proposal, throughout the novel we see...
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