Own perspective about Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex is a myth. It is the story which is unbelievable and can never happen in real life. This is a story of tragedy for the main character killed his own father and married his own mother.

In my own perspective, this is not true. Maybe this can happen in real life but nobody can tell or predict it. And a child can never marry his own mother because first, I believe in the connection or feeling of a mother towards her son which is called "lukso ng dugo" in Tagalog. I also believe that physical attributes can be a true measurement for you to recognize your real parents. This story is really unbelievable and can never happen in real life.

Interference of the gods with the lives of the mortals

In my own opinion, I really don't believe and agree with this thing because first of all, we have only one mighty God, no more, no less. There is no other God except Jesus, our King and Savior.

Yes, it is true that God is interfering with our lives because He is the only one who knows what is happening and what is going to happen to our lives. But then, with the situation of polytheistic belief, their faith is divided. They cannot focus on just one god. They worship so many gods and they believe that they should please all of them in order for them to have a good life. Unlike to us, Christians, we only believe in one God and all we have to do is to have faith in Him, repent for our sins and live up the word of God. I disagree with the belief of having many gods but I believe and agree that God interferes with our lives.

Anne Frank's sufferings in Auschwitz

Anne Frank was one of the Jewish people who died during Hitler's regime because of discrimination. She and her family went into hiding after the war broke out and all of the Jewish people has to be killed. Sadly, their hiding was discovered because a Nazi woman told the German police where they were hiding. They were brought to the Auschwitz camp where they experienced a lot of sufferings. Women were forcely separated from men and that was a very hard thing for Anne to do because she is very close to her father and her father is already like her best friend. Anne cried a lot during that time. After that, women had to be disinfected, tattoed on identification numbers and had their hair shaved off. Then, they were forced to do jobs that were intended for men like diging rocks, etc. She, together with her mother and sister, also became infected with a disease called Scabies. Food was also scarce and that was the cause of the death of Anne Frank's mother.

THE NAZIS' DISCRIMIMATION FOR THE JEWS

The Nazis were the people who were under Adolf Hitler's power. Adolf Hitler is a communist and he hates Jews. He blamed the Jews for Germany's sufferings. And because of this belief, his people also acted with this way. That caused the discrimination among the Jews especially during the time that Hitler's power was strengthened. Jews needed to distinguish themselves by wearing yellow stars, children need to go to schools intended for Jewish people only and some of the livelihood of the Jewish people were destroyed an ransacked; a clear depiction of DISCRIMINATION. This became worse when Adolf Hitler commanded that all of the Jews should be gathered, encounter sufferings and die. That was how ruthless the treatment for the Jews had been during the time of the Nazis and Adolf Hitler.

"BRAVE HEART" ( A FILM REVIEW)

BRAVE HEART

I. SUMMARY

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler, Edward the Longshanks who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. When he was old enough, he married a woman secretly because once it was known, his wife will be taken to the king forever. But then fate was cruel. Their marriage was discovered by a brutal knight and her wife was killed because she didn't paid respect to the knight. That caused William's anger to unravel and his desire to have vengeance against the Scottish people. The people of his tribe decided to join his plan to break out a war against the Scottish people. They had won numerous fights but then when they asked help from Robert the Bruce and his people to join them in their last an very important fight against the Scottish people, they were betrayed and that caused their defeat and loss of thousands of lives. Robert the Bruce was deeply bothered by his conscience on why he did such thing: and that is the betrayal he and his people had done. He decided to meet Wallace once again to make it up to him but then, Robert's people had a plan: and that is to catch Wallace and bring him to the king of Scotland in order for him to be punished. And that was what happened. Wallace was caught and was beheaded. When he died, his people continued the revolution against the Scottish under the leadership of Robert the Bruce. They won in the last fight . They defeated the Scottish king and thus ended the story.

II. PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION

III. CHARACTERS:

+::+ William Wallace- (old) Mel Gibson
(young) James Robinson
+::+ Murron (wife)- (old) Catherine McCormack
(young) Mhairi Calvey
+::+ Malcolm Wallace (father of William)- Sean Lawlor
+::+ Robert the Bruce- Angus Macfadyen
+::+ Princess Isabelle- Sophie Marceau
+::+ King Edward I- Patrick Mcgoohan
+::+ Prince Edward- Peter Hanley
+::+ William Wallace's warrior friend
+::+ William Wallace's trusted friend

IV. SIGNIFICANCE OF BRAVE HEART TO THE PRESENT SOCIETY

Brave heart is an eye-opener to the cruelties and brutality the present society is doing right now. It also serves as an inspiration to the people nowadays that we should not let other people hurt us or maltreat us. It also serves as an awareness and warning for people who are maltreating others.

V. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF BRAVE HEART

Brave heart was signifying an depicting the historical part of Scotland where the Scottish people were fighting for their freedom. The Brave heart was considered one of the greatest films ever because it showed every detail about the Scottish people's struggle for freedom.

Christianity versus Chinese philosophies

"Christianity versus Chinese philosophies"

There are many types of teachings and religions in this world and each has their own patterns, way of living and beliefs. Let us take a look at two types of religion or belief in this world: and that is Christianity and Chinese beliefs. I believe that these two beliefs are really contradict to each other by their ways and philosophies.

Christianity means believing in Christ and having Christ in our lives as our personal lord an savior. Being a christian means having one God or being monotheistic. We also believe in the Trinity meaning that there is one God but appears in three persons. Christians also believe in the Bible where God's words are written. They also believe that there is one omnipotent, omnipresent and powerful God. This is the belief of Christianism.

On the other hand, Chinese philosophies has 3 aspects: Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism.
Each one of them has their own ways and beliefs. Confucianism beliefs are based on the teachings of Confucius. Taoism beliefs are based on the teachings of Lao Tu and Legalism beliefs are based on the teachings of Hanfeizi. That proves that Chinese people have many beliefs and religions which is very opposite to the belief and teachings of Christianity. Another example is the belief of Chinese people that inhabitants of this world should just go with the flow. That is very contradicting to the belief of the Christians because Christians are going and living against this sinful world.

Many are still debating about all of these teachings and beliefs but then, all I can say ais I'm blessed that I'm a Christian and I will never replace Christianism as my belief end religion with any other beliefs and religions in this world. ☺

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Teachings of Taoism

TEACHINGS OF TAOISM

Taoism was founded by Lao Tzu. He created this philosophy so that people can be deeply related to the nature or his surroundings. It refers to the power which envelopes surroundings; all things living and non-living. Some of his teachings and quotations are:

- " Be still like a mountain and flow like a river" = means that we, people, should go with the flow. And that is also one of the main teachings of Taoism.
- " There would be no love without hate, no light without dark and no male without female." = means that for every thing (whether living or non-living), there is always an opposite side or part of it. That belief is also called the Yin-Yang.

These are some of the Taoism teachings and beliefs.