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The Great Chain of Beings:Only In Our Minds

What really makes this world work? Are we all governed by some imaginary force? In the Renaissance they called this force the Great Chain of Being. Everything from God to the lowest element was linked in the Chain. It was believed then that if anything would happen to the Chain the world would be thrown into chaos, but why? During the Renaissance to the present day whenever the Great Chain of Being is altered chaos is created because of society's beliefs, fear of change, and confusion about the alteration.

Society's belief in the Great Chain of Being is one of the first reasons why chaos is created. During the Renaissance society's beliefs in the Chain was strong. Strange things that happened were known to follow a change in the Chain; dead rose from their resting place ,stars never came out to shine at night, day was plunged into darkness (Shakespeare 28). Order was needed to maintain peace. Everything had a place and it was meant to be there. If there was no order society w...

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