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bellybutton
bellybutton
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College - Freshman

What are the possible explanations for ''shame sometimes hurts men''?

in iliad, bookXXIV, line 49

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Posted by bellybutton on Wednesday November 26, 2008 at 7:42 AM and tagged with iliad, shame.

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  1. pward55
    pward55 Teacher
    Middle School

    There is always shame involved when men are unable to decide positively upon their differences, or allow themselves to differ and remain unhurt.  The weak and negatively debase structure of man is shame - and has been since the beginning of time.  When Adam and Eve were separated from their Father in Heaven because of their shame in nakedness, a form that began as beautiful in the eyes of God, they sewed fig leaves together to cover their beautiful bodies, in shame.  They hid from their Father because they were ashamed. Man has destined himself to face shame because of his sin. Shame hurts men because it was never their destiny to have shame enter their lives. The future of their good fortune and prosperity in life is ruined because of the shame they face. When men hate other men so much that their deaths are the only recourse, it hurts men and generations of men because shame will carry them throughout eternity. The shame of ones actions buries itself deep in the heart and the spirit and that shame is carried upon the generations of sons and daughters. Only the brave and strong and the elite in love can see shame as a tool and turn away from it, never to allow its light to shine again, nor its spear to pierce the heart of hearts.  

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    Posted by pward55 on Wednesday November 26, 2008 at 8:42 AM