LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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The world is a happy and wonderful place.
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We can make the world better if we work hard.
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There are many things in the world to love.
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The love and grace of God can change lives for the better.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Themes. Julian recounts her visions in the Short Text and in the Long Text; both texts embody similar literary themes of love, sacrifice and suffering, and the mysticism surrounding God’s identity (Norwich). Julian displays the power of love by explaining how she feels when she is united with the love of God.
Detailed explanation-2: -"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well"
Detailed explanation-3: -’ Thus I was taught that love was our Lord’s meaning. And I saw quite clearly in this and in all, that before God made us, he loved us, which love was never slaked nor ever shall be. And in this love he has done all his work, and in this love he has made all things profitable to us.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indeed, what is of great significance in the Revelations of Divine Love is the way in which she not only expounds the concept of God the Father but also introduces the theme of God the Mother, a theme Teresa of Ávila had similarly explored in her classic work, The Interior Castle.