Post 25: Oedipus & Hamlet

Both are famous characters who come from different backgrounds and settings. Oedipus came from the times where you pray to the Greek gods and Hamlet came from a time where Catholic was the presiding religion. Even though they come from different settings, both have some sort of fate they are destined. Also both of their fathers had been murdered. The murderers of the fathers were both related to the father himself since Hamlet's uncle killed his own brother (Hamlet's dad) and Oedipus killed his own father.

Post 24: Utopia States of America

The United States of America is the land of the free where everyone has the equal opportunity to succeed in life. However, just because a country is free does not mean it is the perfect place to live. We still face war, racism, sexism, debt, bankruptcy. Maybe it boils down to who we elect in office, how we raise our kids, or what it put out on the media for everyone to see.

Utopia is a society where everyone is the same and there is no diversity...it's almost creepily robotic. So not a place I would want to live in. Yes America needs (a lot) of help and change, but I would rather live in a world where we are able to make our own decisions and not have things chosen for me.

Post 23: Prince Trump?

Machiavelli is famous for his belief that it is better to be feared than loved. President Trump is not trying to make people fear him, and quite frankly I don't think many people would "fear" him. They may fear the outcomes of his decisions, but that's because there are always going to be doubters and skeptics.

Overall Machiavelli's idea for a ruler was for him to act like an ass in order to get things done. Also, he says to stray away from flatterers and to stick with well educated, wise people. President Trump has failed to do this when it came to choose the Secretary of Education.

Machiavelli probably would be very disappointed in Trump's leadership skills.

Post 22: Analyzing Beauty in Lyrics

Grace VanderWaal - "Beautiful Thing"

You think that you know my heart
And you probably do
So I'm always with you
I could stay with you for hours
In an empty room
And never get bored
Never have nothing to do

You're my other half
You're what makes me me
What makes me smile
When I fall down and can't get back, get back, get back up
On my feet

Without you here I am boring
Something inside you is triggering
It makes me myself
Makes me funny, you're a beautiful thing

We're a beautiful thing together
Even when the weather is low
You're a beautiful thing
We're a beautiful thing together
Even when the weather is low
We find the rainbow
Up in the sky
You'd say don't you cry, it's all gonna be alright

If we ever gone through a fight oh that would be bad
'Cause you know all of my secrets
But I know all of yours

We make hours turn into seconds together
The weight of the world feel like a feather
'Cause we're holding it right in our hands

You're my other half
You're what makes me me
What makes me smile
When I fall down and can't get back up, get back, get back up
On my feet

Without you here I am boring
Something inside you is triggering
It makes me myself
Makes me funny

You're a beautiful thing
We're a beautiful thing together
Even when the weather is low
You're a beautiful thing
We're a beautiful thing together
Even when the weather is low

You and me
Together, we'll forget what we have been told
We'll live in our own dream world
You and me, forever
We'll forget what we have been told
We will take on the whole world

Without you here I am boring
Something inside you is triggering
It makes me myself, it makes me funny
You're a beautiful thing
We're a beautiful thing together
Even when the weather is low

And that's a beautiful thing

This song is describing two people who are in love and believe themselves to be a beautiful thing despite when things get rough on the outside. She explains that she never gets bored when she's with the person and how she laughs when she's with them and goes onto say it's a beautiful thing. She also says that this person makes the weight of the world feel like a feather. Her lyrics show the importance of how simple love is beautiful.

Post 21: Beauty in Your Life Poem

No matter who you are,

or where you go

No matter how far you run,

Love is everywhere.

Inspired by Rumi's Religion of Love

Post 20: Should Socrates be in Hell?

Honestly, I am not the judge should be in Hell and who shouldn't be. We know that there is only one true judge when it comes to where one's soul is going to be for the rest of eternity. 

In "Apology" he consistently claims that death is not soemthing you should fear. He then goes to say, after he has been sentenced to death, that " no evil can happen to a good man, either  in life or after death." Its ironic for him to have said this since Dante did claim to have seen him in Hell where evil is happening to him.

Post 19: Dante's Concepts of Hell

According to Dante, there are 9 levels of hell. All of which have their own certain punishment for the level of sin committed. The sins are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. These sins are similar to the seven deadly sins that are: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth. 

Dante may have been influenced by the seven sins.

Throughout Dante's journey he supposedly saw many people he knew or had heard of. This is kind of ironic considering most of us like to believe that everyone goes to Heaven but there are some that to go to Hell. 

If Dante's idea of Hell were to be modern, there would be a lot of people in Hell. But luckily, for most people, they believe in Jesus being the Savior and work to earn their right in Heaven through Him.