She is an embarrassment to Macon Dead, whose artificial lifestyle is contrasts with Pilate's. However, Pilate is
welcoming and open to Milkman and Guitar, and her love for Milkman goes
back to his childhood when Pilate helped his mother conceive him, and
protected him from being aborted. Although Milkman feels no real love for
his own family or for Hagar, Pilate is the force that helps him open his
heart.
Another influence on Milkman's conscience comes from his long-time
friend named "Guitar," who is angry and serious about retribution. Guitar
questions him on his selfish behavior and shallow values and tells him,
"Now you know something about yourself you didn't know before; who you are
and what you are.... If things ever got tough you'd melt. You're not a
serious person, Milkman" (104). The legends of Milkman's heritage become
real to him, and finally, firmly establish his values. The praise for his
grandfather's character is empowering for Milkman, who now can actually
feel the…...

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WORKS CITED

Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon, Penguin Books, New York: 1987.

Macon & Pilate in Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison's novel, Song of Solomon, is a story of discovery as well as a story of celebrating heritage. ith her stylistic technique, Morrison is able to create colorful characters to help demonstrate the perplexity and uniqueness of individuals. Through the characters of Macon and Pilate, Morrison illustrates how society and nature influences them in a profound way. By weaving their stories into a story of self-discovery and heritage, Morrison captures the essence of the power of influence as well as the power of one's own mind.

The influence of nature is most prevalent when Macon and Pilate are young, and have just left the protective care of their Aunt Circe and venture into the woods. This departure leads to the scene where they encounter the spirit of their father. Clearly Macon has a different reaction to the spirit, as does Pilate. Pilate sees…...

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Works Cited

Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. New York: Plume Books.1987.

Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, "The Stranger," by Albert Camus, and "Siddhartha," by Hermann Hesse. Specifically, it asks fundamental questions about the meaning of guilt and responsibility.
Using these three stories, show the difference between guilt and responsibility.

GUILT AND ESPONSIBILITY

The Stranger" is probably the most unsettling of the three novels, and Meursault is the most interesting and controversial character. Some people see him as simply cold and unfeeling. Others see him as a symbol; he stands for truth, because he will not cover up his feelings in order to conform to what society wants or thinks. He is a 30-year-old shipping clerk in the city of Algiers, during the 1930s. His main interests are swimming, his work, and watching the people of Algiers from his balcony.

In the first part of the story, his mother has died, and he attends the funeral, but is so unemotional about it, that the…...

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References

Bree, Germaine, ed. Camus. A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1962.

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha. Berlin: Suhrkamp, 1922. [Bantam, 1982].

Morrison, Toni, and Harold Bloom. Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. Ed. Williams, Tenley. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1999.

Whissen, Thomas Reed. Classic Cult Fiction: A Companion to Popular Cult Literature. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.

Analysis of Morrisons Use of Language in Song of SolomonSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison is very much a book about language, how it is used, and the meanings that are conveyed by its usage. At the very beginning of the novel, one finds a little black boy trying to correct a white woman about grammar and having instead to turn to his grandma, because the white woman has already stopped listening: Granny, she left out a s. And a please, says the Granny, indicating the link between language and manners (Morrison 7). In the same opening, Morrison discusses the meaning of Not Doctor Street, Doctor Street, and where these terms come from and how they are usedhow some language is officially recognized and some is not. This is all interwoven with a suicide spectacle, in which the suicide note tells of a man who wants to fly away with…...

Lamentations and Songs of Solomon: A Study in Contrast
Lamentations and Songs of Solomon are both poetic books in the Hebrew Bible; however, whereas Lamentations is a lament poem, the Songs of Solomon is more of a love poem. Nonetheless, the two complement each other, providing a number of crucial insights about love, God, sin, and the destruction of God's relationship with the church. This text demonstrates how the two books complement each other in providing insights for daily Christian living.

Analysis of Lamentations and the Songs of Solomon

Lamentations and Songs of Solomon are the two final poetic works dealt with in this course. Neither fits perfectly into the confines of psalm or wisdom poetry; however, both include elements of the same. The main difference between the two is that they focus on two different aspects of life -- love and death. The Song of Solomon presents itself as a love poem…...

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References

Brenner, A. (1989). The Songs of Songs. Sheffield: JSOT Press.

Huey, F. B. (1993). Jeremiah, Lamentations. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press.

Slavitt, D. R. (2001). The Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.

The Song also affirms, albeit, that humans consist of more than mere bodies.
Francis Landy (2007), University of Alberta, notes in his review of "Song of Songs," by Richard S. Hess, that Hess intentionally writes with his conservative audience in mind. "He assumes a context of married love for the Song, while recognizing that this is never made explicit: 'the erotic love of the couple does not lie outside the bounds of marriage but is integral to it" (Hess, quoted in Landy, ¶ 2). Hess resists direct sexual interpretations, for instance of 5:4-5 as a euphemistic description of intercourse, pointing out that "the whole point of the passage is the failure of the couple to reach and touch each other."

Tremper Longman (2001) points out in Song of Songs that, according to the Bible, the relationship between a husband and wife reflects the most intimate of all possible human relationships. Longman…...

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WORKS CITED

Cunningham, Lawrence S. "Religion Booknotes (Letters to a Young Catholic, The

Church's Bible, The Song of Songs, Behind Closed Doors: A History of Papal Elections,

Dorothy Day: Portraits by Those Who Knew Her )" Commonweal Foundation. (2005).

HighBeam Research. 9 July 2009 .

Her society tells her she needs one, and when Milkman enters her life, she invests her entire personality in him. When he leaves her, Hagar lacks the self she needs to survive. Pathetically, she tries to create a self that Milkman will want by buying makeup and clothes, turning her beautiful African hair a horrible orange (Milkman has been dating light-skinned redheads), and generally abasing herself.
Morrison certainly deviates from a sterotypical feminist perspective when she criticizes Hagar's possessiveness as well as Milkman's cruelty. When Hagar and uth argue over Milkman, Pilate points out that a man is not a house to be owned. Finally, when Hagar is trying to kill Milkman (not able to possess him, she does not know what else to do), Guitar tells her how wrong she is to base her value on the possession of a man. How can Milkman love her if she is…...

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References

Bakerman, Jane. Failures of Love: Female Initiation in the Novels of Toni Morrison, American Literature 52 ( January 1981), 541.

Cowart, David. Faulkner and Joyce in Morrison's Song of Solomon. American Literature 62.1 (1990): 87-100.

Duvall, John N. Doe. Hunting and Masculinity: Song of Solomon and Go Down, Moses. Arizona Quarterly 47.1 (1991): 95-115.

Marilyn, Atlas. A Woman Both Shiny and Brown: Feminine Strength in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature Newsletter 9 (Fall 1979), 1-13.

1King SolomonSolomon was the biblical king of Israel. He built, in Jerusalem, a temple of God, where people who practiced Christianity and Judaism could go and worship God. The Bible believes that Solomon used his position to fight his opponents after rising to the throne. After getting rid of his enemies, he helped his friends get the main role in the military, governmental or religious institutions since he had great strength in such institutions (The Books of Solomon n.d). Additionally, he had an impressive cavalry and an impressive chariot. He also had successful military operations in Syria, and he aimed to control an excellent overland trading route.He was the wisest ruler, and this was discovered after there was a case of two women fighting for a child, and he made a wise decision to know the child\\\'s birth mother. However, his downfall was mainly because of some attacks and insurrections…...

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Work CitedThe Books of Solomon. The Bible Project. 2019.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgt1vRkPbI

In addition, heavy taxation and hard work in the military led to bitterness among the people, as did the special privileges he granted to Judah in favor of the northern tribes. For this, the kingship was taken away from olomon's descendants and given to Jeroboam son of Nebat. God's words to olomon regarding this issue appear in 1 Kings 11: 13:... "I will not tear away the whole kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen." For the same reason, olomon was spared this event during his lifetime. olomon died after 40 years as ruler of Israel and was buried in the City of David, like his father. As prophesied, olomon's empire was lost and divided after his death. Both kings reigned with wisdom, but also with a fair amount…...

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Holy Bible. The New King James Version. New York: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983

Schoenberg, Shira. "David." Jewish Virtual Library, 2007.  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/David.html 

Schoenberg, Shira. "Solomon." Jewish Virtual Library, 2007.  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Solomon.html

unter and the unted:
Courtly Love and the Many Faces of the ero

Literature abounds in depictions of the hero.

Solomon, Esther, Gawain, and countless others call to mind tales of strength, valor, and passion. Whether a text's purpose is religious, instructional, or purely a matter of entertainment, a single character stands out. Emotion is often overpowering, as too, are the choices between what is right and what is wrong. Morality plays an equally important role in each of these "superhuman" stories. Frequently, the path of virtue is crossed by the highways of desire. A hero may take the high road, or he may take the low road, but which choice is correct depends upon the specific circumstances of the narrative, and upon the central figure's point-of-view. A bewildering array of problems, impossible tasks, and larger-than-life villains can turn closely-held beliefs inside out, and cause a hero to commit acts that, in…...

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Heide Estes, "Bertilak Reads Brut: History and the Complications of Sexuality in Sir Gawain and the Green

Knight," Essays in Medieval Studies, 17, 72, Allen J. Frantzen, Ed. Illinois Medieval Association, 2000.

Guinevere Shaw, "Interpretations of Honor in the Medieval Period," URL: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Hall/1170/medhero.html.

Life: Purpose
The meaning for life has illusively evaded humans for centuries. Theories abound, yet the hunger remains as mankind seeks to identify a purpose for their existence. The question of our purpose is often unknowingly based on two other unanswered queries. While some seems to construct on a meaning of life from their accomplishments, basing personal value, purpose, meaning on what he or she builds to leave behind after his death is a huge assumption. Constructivists believe that because a reality outside of this life does not exist, the construction one's own personal reality, and meaning for life is the only example. This assumption is particularly American in understanding, having evolved out of the prosperity of the West in combination with the trend of distancing ourselves from religious traditions. However, if the discussion is the meaning of life, our conclusions must be more universally applicable than to a nation…...

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Freud, S. Civilization and its discontents. Accessed 29 April 2004. Website:  http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/freud-civ.html 

Morrison, T. The Song of Solomon. Western Washington University. Accessed 29 April 2004. http://www.az.com/~andrade/morrison/start.html

Nietzsche, F. On the Genealogy of Morals. 1887. Translated by Ian Johnston Malaspina University-College Nanaimo, BC. Accessed 29 April 2004. Website: http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/Nietzsche/genealogytofc.htm

Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Life. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Company. 1999.

7I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house; I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got singers, both men and women, and delights of the flesh, and many concubines.*
9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me. 10 hatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I

kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind,*…...

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Constable, Thomas L. Notes on Ecclesiastes. Plano, TX: Sonic Light, 2010. Web.

Copeland, Mark. "The Book of Ecclesiastes." Executable Outlines, 2001. Web.

Gorman, Michael. Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. Print.

McGee, J. Vernon. "Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon." Through the Bible, 2005. Print.

Biblical Events Which Were Significant in the Development of the Bible
Book: Psalms

This is a collection of praise songs or poems that were meant to praise God. It was an honest communication with God as well as response to Him. The psalmist was so open with his praise to God that it has over the years been considered the best praise that there is offered to God, with many believers in the Bible referring to it constantly for praise verses or quotes that they would like to give to God. Indeed, it is one of the books that are referred to severally even in the New Testament. Two thirds of the book of Psalms is attributed to David. David was known to be a good poet, musician, founder and organizer of temple music as well as a singer who often used stringed instruments to accompany the psalms/praises when he sang them…...

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References

Campbell L., (2015). Psalms: Overview, Authorship, Canonicity, Genre. Retrieved August 3, 2015 from  http://www.xenos.org/classes/psalms/psweek1.htm 

Grace Communion International, (2015). Where was Golgotha? Retrieved August 3, 2015 from  https://www.gci.org/Jesus/golgotha 

Spiro K., (2015). Crash Course in Jewish History: King Solomon. Retrieved August 3, 2015 from  http://www.aish.com/jl/h/cc/48937102.html 

The Bible Study Site, (2015). Who Wrote the Book of Psalms? Retrieved August 3, 2015 from  http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/who-wrote-the-psalms.html

The books the researcher would first and foremost include the following books which currently constitute the Old and New Testament of the Bible:
Old Testament

Pentateuch - 5 books

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Historical Books - 12 books

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, Second Kings, First Chronicles, Second Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.

Poetical - 5 books

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

Prophetical - 17 books

Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel

Minor Prophets - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah

Historical Books - 12 books

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, Second Kings, First Chronicles, Second Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.

Poetical - 5 books

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

Prophetical - 17 books

Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel

Minor Prophets - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

New Testament

Historical Books - 5 books

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts

Pauline Epistles - 13 books

Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians,…...

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Beeby, H. Dan. "No Loose Canon." International Review of Mission. World Council of Churches. 2000. HighBeam Research. 4 May 2009 .

Blue Letter r Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for metathesis (Strong's 3331)." Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2009. 4 May 2009.

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Slick, Matthew J. 2008. "What is the Canon?" Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry.

Job

The book demonstrates faith during suffering, emphasized through Job's tribulations.

Psalms

A book of poems, written primarily by David in praise of God.

Proverbs

A book of wisdom, often regarded as an instruction manual for a Godly life.

Ecclesiastes

A book intended to help readers avoid painful situations of life experienced by Solomon.

Song of Solomon

This book is about love the sanctity of marriage.

Isaiah

A book about judgment and comfort, written by Isaiah.

Jeremiah

A book of repentance, written by Jeremiah.

Lamentations

A book of poems that grieve Israel's ruin.

Ezekiel

This book is a history of the fall of Jerusalem and God's judgment.

Daniel

A history of Daniel's banishment in Babylon.

Hosea

This book illustrates God's love for his people. Hosea's wife cheated on him Hosea drew closer to God because of it.

Joel

This book urges God's people to do right. Locusts are an example of punishment.

Amos

This book is about the judgment for Israel's sin. It also encourages people to resist sin.

Obadiah

A book about pride and justice.

Jonah

Jonah is…...

1. The Complexities of Identity in "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Explore the multifaceted nature of identity for women in Zora Neale Hurston's novel, examining how race, gender, and class shape the protagonist's experiences and self-discovery.

2. The Role of Nature in "Song of Solomon"

Analyze Toni Morrison's use of nature imagery and symbolism in "Song of Solomon" to explore themes of identity, ancestry, and the search for meaning.

3. Gender and Power Dynamics in "The Handmaid's Tale"

Discuss the ways in which Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel critiques patriarchal power structures and the oppression of women.

4. The Significance of Memory in "Beloved"

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