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    Every culture has stories about either the world’s beginning or the way humans came to exist‚ in The Garden Of Eden (Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis) the story is about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden‚ going through the trials and challenges of life‚ the temptations of life‚ and the weakness of the lack of knowledge one has when they are created into a place with very little knowledge‚ in which all can be related or connected to the archetype of creation stories. In the story

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    The Giver

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    The Giver “No‚ God knows well that the moment you eat of it [the apple] your eyes will be opened and you be like gods who know what is good and what is bad.” Genesis 3:5 “When he expelled the man‚ he settled him [released him] east of the Garden of Eden [Elsewhere]; and he stationed the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword‚ to guard the way to the three of life.” Genesis 3:24 A punishment is a penalty for doing something wrong. In Lois Lowry’s book‚ The Giver even though the main character

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    Lord of the Flies Essay

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    represents the Garden of Eden‚ the beast symbolizes the fall of man‚ and Simon acts as the Christ figure. First‚ the novel displays religious allegory characteristics through the islands similarities to the Garden of Eden. Golding describes that “The shore was fledged with palm trees. These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air” (Golding 9). The captivating imagery of the island corresponds to the flawless description of the Garden of Eden

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    Rappaccini's Daughter

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    Rappaccini’s Daughter is a reenactment of the original fall from innocence and purity in the Garden of Eden. Rappaccini’s garden sets the stage‚ while the characters of the story each represent the important figures from the biblical story. The story takes place in mid-nineteenth century in Padua‚ Italy and revolves around two major settings; the mansion of an old Paduan family‚ and Rappaccini’s lush garden. The mansion is described as‚ "high and gloomy"‚ "the palace of a Paduan noble" "desolate and

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    ANTHEM In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the story of Equality 7-2521 and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden can be compared and contrasted in many different ways. Two of those are their similarities and differences. They include both personal and behavioral similarities as well as personal and behavioral differences. They will be stated in the following paragraphs. There are similarities between Equality 7-2521 and Adam. They were both born with a natural curiosity. The curiosity caused

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    this issue is completely debatable‚ legend has it that Adam and Eve resided in the Garden of Eden and this allusion is constantly referred to throughout various types of literary works. Thomas Hardy‚ author of Tess of the D ’Ubervilles‚ is one of the many writers that utilizes numerous scenes‚ descriptions‚ and images to illustrate specific characters as Adam and Eve‚ the place in which they dwell as the Garden of Eden‚ and the antagonist as the serpent. Within his novel‚ Hardy presents many situations

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    Allusions in Arcadia

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    knowledge‚ Stoppard illustrates a change in human pastimes and a general perception of the world by alluding to the Bible‚ in specific‚ the Garden of Eden. Lady Croom constantly searches for ways to make her garden mirror the perfect‚ serene Eden‚ but hard as she tries‚ she can never bring it to be the best‚ just as mankind can never reenter the Garden of Eden‚ become perfect due to the mishap when

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    one which is seemingly similar to the Garden of Eden. With no help from an adult or parental figure‚ the boys learn for themselves‚ order is necessary to survive. However‚ because of their own imperfections and inability to control their savagery‚ they lose their creation of a society. They do not listen to Christ-figure Simon‚ who tries to warn them about their destructiveness and the truth. Instead‚ they murder Simon that

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    By banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden‚ God is inflicting a great deal of punishment for simply eating from a tree that they were not supposed to. Eve speculated to the serpent before eating from the tree that surely‚ she would die if she ate from the tree‚ but the snake claimed that she would not die‚ but become aware of good and evil. By deciding not to kill Adam and Eve‚ he affirms the serpent’s assertion. However‚ the expulsion signifies the establishment of man’s free will‚ and

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    The Lord of the Flies can be visualized as a biblical or a political allegory‚ however‚ the most accurate allegory is biblical. The biblical allegory represents the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This is indicated in the book by how Simon and the Lord of the Flies are intertwined‚ how Jack and the other boys are tempted by the beast‚ and how Ralph joins in with Jack and the others. In an interview with William Golding‚ Golding emphasizes that Simon was a Christ-like figure in Lord

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