Ben-Hur (1959), directed by William Wyler, is undoubtedly one of the greatest epics of all time. Boasting an impressive 11 academy awards, Ben-Hur is a fantastic story about love, revenge, action, and spiritual enlightenment. Judah Ben-Hur (Charles Heston), is a Jewish prince living in the famed holy city of Jerusalem. After many years of being apart, Judah is reunited with his childhood best friend and surrogate brother, Messala (Stephen Boyd). This cheerful reunion is displaced by the tension between these two friends when Messala asks Judah for his help in Rome’s imperial mission, a request to which Judah refuses. When the new governor of Judea arrives, loose tiles fall from the roof of Judah’s house and causes a near-fatal accident for …show more content…
Through all this, he remembers his promise to get revenge on Messala for what he did to him. As a Roman, he returns to Judea to confront Messala. When he returns to Judea, he finds Esther, the daughter of his former slave, living in his old home. Judah loved Esther, and she him. But he was too focused on revenge to see what really mattered. Judah and Messala eventually face off against each other in a grand chariot race. Judah defeats Messala and he dies from injuries he sustains from the race. Before dying, he tells Judah that he may find his mother and sister in the Valley of the Lepers. Having once believed they were dead, he finds his mother and sister suffering, his sister on the brink of death. At this moment, he rejects his Roman citizenship and inheritance, blaming them for the fate that has befallen his family. Judah decides to take them to see Jesus Christ in an effort to heal them. Ironically enough, Judah had meet Jesus once before when he first became a slave. Jesus gave him water when it was forbidden to do so by the Romans. That water saved his life. Unfortunately, Jesus Christ’s crucifixion had already begun. Upon the cross, Judah hears Jesus say, “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.” After Jesus’ death, a rainstorm begins and his mother and sister are miraculously healed. Judah declares, “And I felt His voice take the sword out of my hand.” This is Judah’s final transformation in
... friends Daniel and hid band of town boys hurried to Joels aid and rescued him but with many casualties. One of them being Samson who had saved Daniel by sacrificing his own life. Then one evening Daniel came home and found out that his sister Lea had let a Roman in their house. He was outraged and was mad at Lea. After that Lea did not eat anything and was close to death when at last Thacia brought Jesus to their house and healed Lea.
William Wallace was so famous among the Scots that they made a movie about him. The movie was directed by Mel Gibson, and originally written as a book by Randall Wallace. Mel Gibson played William Wallace. In the movie, William goes on his rampage against the English after his wife was attacked by an English soldier. This epic drama was so well received that it won 5 academy awards. Of course like all movies based on historical events, it was filled with assumptions and exaggerations.
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah." At once one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.
George Ohr was a mysterious and odd man. He was born in Bolixi, Mississippi July 12, 1857. His origins are from German. Meaning his parents were German immigrants who came to the United States. George Ohr was interested in various many other trades before finally learning about ceramics. He then became interested. He was an educated clay maker learning in New Orleans from a man named Joseph Meyer (“Wikipedia Contributors, George E. Ohr”).
The Major religions spread across Eurasia and Africa through trade routes and conquest. Along with the religions came ideas and practices to new and distance places, changing local populations and create new traditional beliefs and customs.
changes, one of them being his total faith for his lord and saviour, which then switches to him
Hi everyone! My name is Tom and today I'll be talking about the Code of Hammurabi. Imagine what it would be like if we didn't have any laws. If people did just as they pleased without any regard for others, life would probably get pretty chaotic. Law is one of society's most basic and necessary institutions. It establishes a person’s duties and obligations. The law also sets penalties for those who violate the rules. It helps teach us right from wrong. One of the earliest known written set of laws was composed by Hammurabi. Today my speech will cover who Hammurabi was, what his codes were, examine some of his most important and influential laws, and finally I'll discuss the significance it had moving forward.
Success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose (Macmillan), Ben Carson was successful, but how? It would seem prosperity just requires academic success, and a good career choice, but in reality being triumphant requires certain attributes. Talent, Time, Hope, Honesty, Insight,to be Nice, Knowledge, In-Depth-Learning, and God are all of the aspects Dr. Carson thinks we need in order to be successful. . Not only are these traits essential for success, they can build your character as well. Although all of these traits are crucial, but a few of them are of more significance than the rest. One example is Time, Time is an indefinite during which events, conditions, and actions occur and exist, or continue with uninterrupted succession (Macmillan).
Judah then returns to the valley again the next day, this time to see his mother and sister. When he sees his mother she tells him that his sister, Tirza is dying. They go to see Tirza and take her to Rome. When they arrive they find out that a man is being tried. They find that the man being tried was actually Jesus being crucified.
Director William Wyler's film was a retelling of the spectacular silent film of the same name (director Fred Niblo's and MGM's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)). Both films were adapted from the novel (first published in 1880) by former Civil War General Lew Wallace. Wyler had been an 'extras' director on the set of DeMille's original film in the silent era. MGM's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), featuring a cast of 125,000, cost about $4 million to make after shooting began on location in Italy, in 1923, and starred silent screen idols Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman. This figure is equivalent to $33 million today - it was the most expensive silent film ever made.
...ill leave them to be destroyed in the hands of the false prophets and corrupt leaders of the land. God tells them that he really does not want it to come to this, because the passage ends with a prophecy about what will become of the worthless shepherd. I think this is a message to false prophets that eventually no one will believe them, and also to the leaders or kings that they will lose all of their power and military strength. God reminds them that he really is helping protect them from the full effect of their sins even if they don’t realize it. In other words, things could be a lot worse, but God loves humans so much that he won’t let it get worse. The general message is for the people to clean up their act and repent so these bad things won’t happen.
As David aged, the urgency was to appoint the next king. In accordance to the Davidic covenant, the throne had to be passed on to the son of David. This matter had to be settled swiftly and decisively when David was still alive to avoid a civil war when his sons battled for the throne. Eventually, Solomon the son of Bathsheba was appointed king of Israel. This section discusses the Solomon’s succession, wisdom and reign.
Broken by his father’s selfishness and the death of her lover Mathias, Abigail on her own decides to enter the nunnery once again. Barabas, afraid that Abigail will betray him, poisons all the nuns included her own daughter Abigail who is the last to die. Before this, she manages to give friar Barnardino a written confession of her father's crimes. Barnardino in companion with the friar Jacomo get to face Barabas and insinuate they know about the Jew's crimes. In response, Barabas says that he would like to repent and become a Christian. Naturally, he will donate his huge fortune to whichever monastery he enters. The two friars, being from different monasteries, fight to win Barabas' favour, each hoping to benefit from the Jew’s considerable fortune. Barabas once again has set a trap; he will kill both of the friars without arousing suspicion.
When the ship he was enslaved on was attacked, Judah showed his prowess by making a daring escape. At this point in the movie, the viewers knew that God would ultimately reward Judah for his efforts and loyalty to his faith by allowing Judah to become rich once again. Therefore, Judah now had the power he needed to confront Messala. After a few years, Judah returned to Judea to continue on his journey to free his family and seek revenge on Messala. Judah was told that his family had been killed, as Judah’s mother and sister did not want him to see them in such bad shape, as they were lepers.
Later in the play Jessica is insulted by Launcelot. Launcelot believes that parents’ sins are passed down to their children. He also believes that being Jewish is a sin. Launcelot frankly tells Jessica his opinion of her: “For truly I think you are damned.” (3.5.5) He explains that she is damned by both her father and mother because she was born Jewish. Launcelot tells Jessica that her only hope is that, “Your father got / you not--that you are not the Jew’s daughter.