It's possible that the few weaknesses in Kingsolver's novel were apparent only because I began reading
Prodigal Summer on the heels of finishing Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow.
Prodigal Summer
The opening scene of The Merchant of Venice, in which Bassanio requests Antonio's help, echoes the reconciliation of
prodigal and father.
THE SUBVERSION OF PRODIGAL SON COMEDY IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
For Proehl, the
prodigal initiates a rupture, especially in the family, and embarks on a journey of whisky, womanizing, and waste, after which he will either reform and return, or continue on a downward spiral to damnation.
Coming Home Again: American Family Drama and the Figure of the Prodigal
The paradox of the
Prodigal Son - that the sin is a necessary prelude to the forgiveness - echoes the theme of the "fortunate fall."(3) The parable presents generosity and mercy as the central attributes of Christianity, and it rejects the elder brother's narrow focus on desert and obedience to his father's commandments.
Prodigal sons and daughters: transgression and forgiveness in "The Merchant of Venice." (a play by William Shakespeare)
Truly, [General McCaffrey's] son was now the
prodigal soldier." American soldiers, scorned by American intellectuals and rejected by popular culture in much of the post-Vietnam era, continue to be asked to surrender their lives in enterprises both wise and foolhardy.
Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War
Like the
prodigal son, he removes himself from the family, first spiritually then physically.
The black South in contemporary film
The first sentence of
Prodigal Son reads, "By my count, this is at least the fifth book written by a New York City Ballet dancer about George Balanchine." Villella's autobiography, his life story, is about George Balanchine?
Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic
Among his best - known plays are El hijo prodigo (1918), a thoughtful treatment of the story of the
Prodigal Son; two plays dealing with the theme of an aging Don Juan, Don Juan de Carillana (1913) and El burlador que no se burla (1930); and El senor de Pigmalion (1923), a serious " tragi - comic farce " in which life - like puppets reveal the egocentrism and fallibility of human nature.
Grau (Delgado), Jacinto
"Messy Journey: How Grace and Truth Offer the
Prodigal a Way Home" was written by licensed parent and family educator Lori Wildenberg specifically for parents walking the difficult road with a wayward child.
Messy Journey
15, 1-32), Jesus tells us the parable of the
Prodigal Son.
Giving and forgiving
The are the online on The story behind The
Prodigals was inspired by two very different books - The Return of the
Prodigal by Dutch catholic priest Henri J.M.
Musical set to hit the right note; A retired colonel and a former royal military policeman have been working as consultants to the writers, director and cast of The Belgrade Theatre's explosive new musical, The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons, set in modern-day Afghanistan. CATHERINE VONLEDEBUR reports
FEW STORIES ARE AS COMPELLING as the parable of the
prodigal son (and the forgiving father).
Grace before meals
The triple bill featured Balanchine's
Prodigal Son, Nijinsky's Rite of Spring, and, in its world premiere, artistic director Jean-Christophe Maillot's very contemporary version of Fokine's Scheherazade.
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
The
Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
THE
PRODIGAL GOD: RECOVERING THE HEART OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (9780143143802, $24.95) takes an intellectual approach to discussions on Christianity, using Jesus' parable of God's
prodigal grace to discuss a new way of thinking about faith and Christianity.
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