Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible jalopy painted gold"(581). She lets the
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What happens after death has been a debated and documented topic dating back to shortly after the death of Jesus Christ. It is basically impossible to get certain evidence to back up beliefs. We are forced to rely on religious material and theologians to paint a picture for us. Even then it is hard to truly grasp what happens after death. It is proposed that you either go to heaven‚ or you go to hell. What do we actually know of the latter? The general consensus of society is that hell is a place
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INFANT SORROW Structure:“Infant Sorrow” is a poem which comes from Blake’s “Songs of experience”; this can be understood by the point of view of the “narration”‚ which is that of one who has seen the world and 111i81b its corruption. It is made up of only two quatrains‚ and it has a regular rhyme scheme of coupled rhymes. Paraphrasing: The poet
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symbolic journey to represent Brown’s transition from naive‚ faithful Puritan to cyncial and bitter adult. At the onset of the journey‚ Brown meets a stranger in the woods who represents the Devil. The Devil attempts to influence Brown by suggesting dark secrets in Brown’s ancestry. The encounter with the Devil is placed in the woods because the woods symbolize our primal nature‚ the darkness within all of us. The identify
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The proud Doctor Faustus himself appears as a liminal figure‚ straddling the ground between residual and emergent modes of behavior and thought‚ presenting to Marlowe’s audience an aspect at times inspiring‚ but at others frightening‚ or worse‚ despicable. Faustus sells his soul for knowledge and power‚ but gets very little of either. His ambition is admirable and initially awesome‚ yet he ultimately lacks a certain inner strength. He is unable to embrace his dark path wholeheartedly but is also
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Faith. As he embarks on a journey‚ he encounters the devil in the forest‚ disguised as an old man. Brown has much doubt towards his journey into the treacherous forest that lay ahead‚ “Let us walk on‚ nevertheless‚ reasoning as we go‚ and if I convince thee not‚ thou shalt turn back. We are but a little way in the forest‚ yet‚” states the devil (Hawthorne 15). In this scene of cautiousness‚ Brown can make a decision to either enter with the devil or decline the offer that rest before him. Much like
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Abigail lies throughout the entire play. She has Tituba cast a spell to kill Elizabeth but in order to avoid detection of this she lies saying she saw all these people with the devil; "I saw Sarah Good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil!" She also states before these lies "I want to open myself!" The word ’open’ means ’entirely honest; Ironically‚ nothing thatshe says is actually truthful. She lies in court by pretending she see’s things that aren’t actually there in hope to get others
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knowledge that drives him into his pact with Mephostophiles. Faustus had that unquenchable thirst for knowledge and in his attempt at rising to inauspicious heights barters his soul to devil. The play is a carrier graph showing the steady degeneration of Faustus after the submission of soul to the devil. In return the devil promises him twenty four years of life & access to limitless knowledge. Though previously he had planned many a great things to achieve‚ if he gains proficiency in magic and necromancy
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In our own Christian struggles‚ people tend to believe that it is simple as good evil. People don’t realize however that in this fight‚ the Devil can infiltrate a seemingly normal‚ Christian Human Being‚ but it’s true. Better yet‚ in our own walk with God the Devil lurks near to test what might look like a strong relationship with Christ. As shown in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown‚" even a grounded‚ sincere Christian can have his or her faith tested. Hawthorne’s story refers to
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he is alone in his study‚ Faustus begins experimenting with magical incantations‚ and suddenly Mephistophilis appears‚ in the form of an ugly devil. Faustus sends him away‚ telling him to reappear in the form of a friar. Faustus discovers that it is not his conjuring which brings forth Mephistophilis but‚ instead‚ that when anyone curses the trinity‚ devils automatically appear. Faustus sends Mephistophilis back to hell with the bargain that if Faustus is given twenty-four years of absolute power
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