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    the Garden of Eden as a serpent. He finds Eve alone and attracts her by telling her that he gained the ability to speak by eating the fruit of another tree in the garden. He takes Eve to the Tree of Knowledge. Even begins to explain to the serpent that God has forbidden her to eat from the tree. The serpent explains to her that God actually wanted her to eat from the tree to show independence. She believed that God had meant eating the fruit would cause death. The serpent had eaten the fruit‚ and

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray Literary Essay “Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field. Yea‚ hath god said‚ ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden?”… “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden‚ God hath said‚ ye shall not eat of it‚ neither shall ye touch it‚ lest ye die.”… “And the serpent said‚ ye shall not die‚ for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof‚ then your eyes shall be opened‚ and ye

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    My understanding Of God

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    there are many occasions where God punishes someone or something. For instance‚ when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s rule about not eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil‚ God punishes Adam‚ Eve‚ and the serpent that tricked Adam and Eve into eating the fruit. The serpent is punished with losing his legs‚ therefore making him slither along the ground for ever after. God tells Adam that he will work hard for his food‚ and

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    “Adam‚ Eve‚ and the Serpent” and “Pyramus and Thisbe” Creation Myth and Roman Myth The author of "Adam‚ Eve‚ and the Serpent"‚ and author Doris Gates of "Pyramus and Thisbe" from Two Queens of Heaven‚ reveal to the readers how trust and love can bring disaster especially by temptation. The authors of both myths also reflect an ideology for the audience as the rules were made to be broken. The author of "Adam‚ Eve and the Serpent" introduces the snake‚ representing as temptation‚ this character

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    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 Brown’s travel companion as “the serpent‚” and though the story is allegory based the story itself raises an age old battle that is being fought to this day‚ the great controversy. The Great Controversy as it is formally known as‚ is the fight between good and evil…Michael and

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    by Adam could be why he had the blame set on him for The Fall of man. Miltons’s interpretation of The Fall had the blame placed on Adam. Adam did not bother to tell Eve of the warnings about The Tree of Knowledge or about Satan disgusted as the serpent. If Adam would have told her and would have obeyed God’s commands‚ maybe humans would be immortal like originally planned. Adam’s fondness of Eve and inability to obey led to The Fall‚ but in the end Adam and Eve walked out of the Garden of Eden

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    Book IX: The Fall

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    BOOK IX - The Fall A. Fourth invocation [1-] B. Satan returns to Eden and possesses the serpent [48-191] . . . . . 1. Satan gains secret entrance to the Garden [48-] . . . . . 2. He expresses his thirst for revenge [98-] . . . . . 3. He finds and enters the sleeping serpent [179-] C. Adam and Eve divide their work in the Garden [192-403] . . . . . 1. Eve’s proposal that they work in different areas [205-341] . . . . . . . . . . a) Eve makes the suggestion [205-] . . . . . . . .

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    Eden and Eve are depicted in Genesis as God’s creation that tends to his Garden. But the Serpent tricks Eve into eating an apple from the tree of knowledge; which God forbid‚ causing man’s fall . This is one of the most commonly known Biblical stories‚ as such; it is impossible to have an entirely consistent depiction of it. There are also various versions of the text itself. A discussion about the differences between them‚ and the causing factors‚ will entail looking at several sources. Two versions

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    legendary figure and the deeds/adventures they encountered. A significant relation of the two stories was‚ they both had a God or God(s) which is the narrator of the stories. Another connection between the two stories was when Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit‚ sinned‚ was ashamed of being naked‚ and was excluded for the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 3:1-23). Inkidu was tempted by a women‚ slept with her‚ was ashamed of being naked‚ and the wild beast him (pg3&4‚ para 1-6). The

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    Cain summary

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    Cain Summary Summary (Masterplots‚ Fourth Edition) print Print document PDF list Cite While Adam‚ Eve‚ Abel‚ Zillah‚ and Adah pray to God‚ Cain stands sullenly by and complains that he has nothing to pray for because he had lost immortality when Eve ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge. He cannot understand why‚ if knowledge and life are good‚ his mother’s deed has been deemed a deadly sin. Abel‚ Adah‚ and Zillah urge him to cast off his melancholy and join them in tending the fields. Alone

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