HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Abrahamic Religions

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1825
• Professor: Neil Braganza

Document Summary

Study questions set 6: i(cid:374)terpret a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) ho(cid:449) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)h(cid:455) recha"s (cid:862)i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)atio(cid:374) pai(cid:374)ts fire o(cid:374) e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g it sho(cid:449)s her(cid:863) a(cid:374)d tur(cid:374)s her i(cid:374)to a (cid:862)drea(cid:373)er(cid:863) i(cid:374) (cid:449)ho(cid:373) head a(cid:374)d heart are co(cid:374)fused. E(cid:448)e(cid:374) though e(cid:272)ha has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) sa(cid:448)ed f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the lite(cid:396)al fi(cid:396)e, she(cid:859)s still t(cid:396)apped i(cid:374) a (cid:373)etapho(cid:396)i(cid:272)al o(cid:374)e. he sees and values herself only through the virtuous actions of others. She views her existence as dependant on being saved by nathan as a child and then being rescued from the fire by the templar. This has led to a profound identity crisis for recha, in which she has lost any intrinsic sense of value and thus only assigns extrinsic value to herself. The fire is representative of this feeling which is consuming her thought and imagination. Furthermore, she sees her saviour (the templar) as an angelic figure and not a mere mortal.