justify the ways of God to men.” (I.25-6). Though the entire poem is filled with religious significances and abstract theological perspectives‚ Milton was still able to build a spacious setting‚ creating his divine tragedy from Hell‚ Chaos‚ Paradise to Heaven. Milton’s copious description of landscape and space structure made me really interested in the structure of setting in his epic poem. In the following‚ discussions will be regarding Milton’s cosmography that includes the composition of Hell‚
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era. For people living during this time‚ there was a heavy emphasis placed on the morality of one’s daily actions. People were unsure of whether or not they were predestined for heaven. Some Christians held firm to the idea that one’s actions‚ good deeds‚ and decisions were the primary determinant for one’s entry into heaven. Others believed that God decided whether or not you were going to reach salvation before you were
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to Christian view. Christians believe that the soul would continue to exist‚ and the body is just a vessel of the soul. Thus‚ there is an afterlife where the souls proceed to three places‚ the heaven‚ purgatory‚ and hell. Those people who are doing well when they still alive‚ they will be put to heaven. While those who do not do well‚ they will be put to hell. Death is not really something that we can experience and it does not exist for an individual to experience. It is inevitable‚ means expected
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going to heaven in the second poem. Additionally‚ Blake adds diction throughout the poem like “warm”‚ “fear”‚ “coffins”‚ and “white hair” which all have to do with either death or hell. On the other side of the contrast‚ there’s sentences like “they rise upon the clouds”‚ “he’d have god for his father”‚ and “shine in the sun” which is obvious imagery of heaven. The Difference in these poems are from when the boy was only dreaming about being in heaven and him actually being in heaven. But I think
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Does Phyllis Wheatley use religious references to warn her readers about slavery and sin and its repercussions? Throughout the poem‚ "To the University of Cambridge‚ in New England"‚ Phyllis Wheatley suggest that she accepted the colonial idea of slavery‚ by first describing her captivity‚ even though this poem has a subversive double meaning that has sent an anti-slavery message. Wheatley’s choice of words indicates that her directed audience was educated at a sophisticated level because of the
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defined as sensitive towards creation‚ God and human beings. The Letter to the Romans is written by such a theologian who was sensitive to the eco system-Paul‚ an ecological apostle‚ who travelled through land‚ sea and sometime flied- taken into third heaven-sensed all facets and moments of nature’s movements. Mainly present writer attempts‚ here‚ is to view Paul’s statements with an ecological concern. [Context of writing the letter]: He wrote this letter to Jewish and gentile Christians at Rome. Paul’s
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A commonly used phrase reads “We are very good lawyers for our own mistakes‚ but very good judges for the mistakes of others.” In “The Ministers Black Veil‚” Nathanial Hawthorne exposes a theme of revealed sin and underlying guilt. Throughout the story‚ the author creates this idea that people spend a lot of their time judging others by their actions rather than by their own. Reverend Hooper chooses to never remove the black veil. It conveys this feeling of secret sin and is only confirmed when at
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his The Divine Comedy. The poem starts with Dante traveling in dark where he loses his way. He is trying to get to his beloved Beatrice who is waiting for him. She sends ghost of Virgil to bring Dante to her. In order to get to Heaven‚ Dante will have to go through heaven‚ something that almost everyone did in Christian world. At the beginning‚ they enter the gate of hell. The First Circle of the Hell is for those people who never done anything good or bad in their life‚ here they run all day long
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by Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards‚ in 1741‚during the Puritan Revival also called Great Awakening.The doctrine was intended to plunge the fear of God into those who were being sinful. The author wants the audience to achieve grace and go to heaven. Jonathan Edwards tried to scare the audience into believing that God could do away with them at any second. He uses comparisons to portray the wrath of God. He also gave them hope they could be saved. The author shows people what might happen if
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present it as his credentials‚ as his passport to Heaven so to speak. The symbolism of the Cross and the open sepulcher‚ and of Christian’s release from the heavy burden of sin he has been carrying‚ is obvious‚ as is the appearance of the three Shining Ones who give him new raiment and the Roll that identifies him as one of the chosen‚ one of the Elect. The significance of Difficulty Hill is also plain. Though it runs straight‚ the path to Heaven has its ups and downs‚ and the ups must be surmounted
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