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Symbolism in the Allegory: A Look at Apollo’s Lyre
Get PDFThis paper analyzes the symbolic meaning within Monteverdi’s operatic version of the fable of Orpheus, a demigod who has a talent for music. When Orpheus’ bride Eurydice died suddenly from a snake bite, he decides to seek her soul in the Underworld and bring her back to the land of the living. This task does not prove to be as easy for Orpheus as he initially thinks, when he finds himself losing her twice during the course of the five acts. To show how his journey unfolds, and the meaning behind each step, we will develop the symbolic meaning in each of the major incidents and show the devices used within this opera. Our research shows that through the power of the famed lyre of Apollo, Orpheus is able to accomplish most of all that he sets out to do through the power of music. This power as well as other themes of love, trust, hope, and rebirth are represented in the many symbols present in this opera such as the lyre, the river, snakes, representations of light and dark and symbols associated with Christianity. This style of favola in musica revolutionized the music world because it showed that words and the emotions carry the music more than the melody. Toward the end of Act 4, Orpheus is seen losing his true love forever proving that there is one condition that even he cannot escape, and that is death
Sr. Jay: Social Justice
Get PDFI interviewed Sr. Jay in January 2019 regarding her path to becoming a woman religious, and her experiences within her chosen order. This segment of the paper details her order’s partaking in social justice oriented activities, and how that connected to course content
Sr. Melissa Anne: Valuing Experiences
Get PDFThis paper consists of an interview with Sister Melissa Anne. She has traveled around the Western side of the United States, Mexico, and Central America translating (Spanish) with integral evangelization ministries
Sr. Linda: Interfaith Collaboration
Get PDFBy examining the work of Sister Linda with collaboration of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian denominations, this paper analyzes the importance and widespread use of interfaith cooperation by the Catholic Church
The Reliable Revisionist
Get PDFThe present text explores how the topic of head and heart is much more complicated than one would expect, according to Paul Henne and Walter Sinnot-Armstrong, contributors of Neuroexistentialism. “Does Neuroscience Undermine Morality” aims at figuring out the problem of which moral judgments we can trust, judgments from one’s head (revisionism) or judgments from one’s heart (conservatism). My hypothesis suggests the opposite of the authors, I believe that if you are a revisionist, your first order intuitions are reliable. After setting the framework, I make three main arguments. (A.) If you are able to self-correct then you can identify errors and contradictions by having clear and distinct ideas. (B.) If you take doubts into account that are both fair and productive, then the uncertainty that lies in the revisionist view diminishes, and your first order intuitions are reliable. (C.) If you silence irrelevant factors in your moral reasoning process, then you are more likely to not be influenced by irrelevant factors that can distort your reasoning. Therefore, if you are a revisionist your first order intuitions are reliable. The importance of this text lies within the fact that we want to know whether or not our moral judgments are correct because if they are not, we will be more likely to misbehave. We care about doing the right things and becoming more moral. We need to show that our moral judgments stem from reliable processes, so we can know which beliefs can make reliable judgments
Energy Assessments of Student Housing at Augustana College: Identifying Opportunities for Improving Campus Sustainability
Get PDFThis research assesses energy consumption of student housing at Augustana College. The purpose of this project was to conduct energy audits to identify where and how sustainability could be improved through energy efficiency
Letter
No full textFrom Carl Holtman to parents while serving in WWII, November 26, 1944. From MSS P:31 Richard Holtman papershttps://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/swensonexhibits_wwii/1002/thumbnail.jp
Swedes and Americans in World War II
No full textLetters from a Swedish-American stationed in Italy, documents from American internees in Sweden, and news bulletins from The American-Swedish News Exchange.https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/swensonexhibitcarousel/1018/thumbnail.jp
Confirmation and Contradiction: A Continuous Recreation of Gender and Ethnicity in the Works of Josephus
Get PDFThis essay addresses Josephus\u27s The Life as a autobiographical representation of his own masculinity and ethnicity during the the first century
