Eve and the Apple No one completely understands the ways of God. Many of us can come up with our own opinions‚ and justify his ways in our own minds‚ just as Milton did in Paradise Lost. Just as Adam and Eve‚ we all are gifted with free will and the responsibility of making important decisions and choices in our life‚ which will determine our future. But we may well ask ourselves today‚ of what use would this free will be to us if we did not know good from evil? When Eve ate the apple in the
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The lyric "Where There’s a Wall" by Joy Kogawa utilizes symbolism and imagery to upgrade the adequacy of the sonnet’s message. Like most different ballads‚ "Where There’s a Wall" contains a few layers of importance‚ and requires the peruser to burrow through the little points of interest and samples keeping in mind the end goal to see the broad view. The principle image in this ballad is the "divider". The divider symbolizes an obstruction or a hindrance. The objective of the creator is to depict
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The great visionary Satan‚ gives a perfect example on how power is the ability to define reality. Satan’s power is so great because under the reality he perpetuates in “Paradise Lost”‚ even the all-powerful character God‚ can seem like a powerless baby. Satan indoctrinates Gods own creations and then easily uses them against God once they are under his reality. Satan uses his reality to harm God‚ something he could never do with physical power. This is a perfect example of Dr.Noble’s claim “power
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time of distraught. In "the greatest epic of the English language" (otherwise known as Paradise Lost)‚ he compares the relationship between the almighty and powerful God to the clash between King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. The king is God‚ being the ruler of England‚ and Cromwell is Lucifer‚ being the power-hungry servant that disobeys and betrays God. This comparison would not happen without the lost paradise in England that occurred after the king was able to regain his throne in his monarch
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The Tyger by William Blake is a six quatrains poem‚ the first and last quatrains are identical except the word "could" becomes "dare" in the second iteration/repetition. The poem is made of questions as it contained thirteen questions and only one full sentence. The poet is asking a question that embodies the central theme: Who created the tiger?. What kind of being could have created the perfect strong and frightening creation which is the "burning bright" tiger? Was it God or Satan?. He wonders
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a gothic text that raises many interesting ideas. The basis of these ideas come from contextual influences upon Mary Shelley‚ prior to and while she was writing her novel. Key ideas include the need for nurturing‚ love and family‚ responsibility of creation/ birth‚ discrimination and prejudice on basis of appearance and the dangers and consequences of unbridled ambition and obsessions. The contextual influences that these key ideas stem from are childbirth‚ the industrial
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Important quotes from Frankenstein “...an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.” – RW‚ P.7 “I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean‚” – RW‚ P.11 “We accordingly brought him back to the deck‚ and restored him to animation” – RW on VF‚ P.14 “...playful as a summer insect... lively as a bird... the most fragile creature” – VF on E‚ P.20 “‚ the first misfortune of my life occurred – an omen‚ as it were‚ of my future misery” – VF‚ P.25 “Thus ended a day memorable
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In the infamous blank verse poem Paradise Lost‚ John Milton employs many epic similes‚ or extended comparisons that span several lines and are used to intensify the heroic stature or nature of the subject being described. In particular‚ Satan’s army is made analogous to glorious armies of the past‚ its soldiers likened to prominent warriors of myth and legend. Milton uses these epic similes to reveal his attitude towards heroic values‚ while seeming to primarily portray Satan as the obvious protagonist
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one side of the image‚ there is a richer green. There are the leaves of the tree. On the other side‚ the land is flat‚ barren‚ more like a savanna. Eve is reclining on the Eden side‚ to indicate the rest and the lack of any need that was present in paradise. On the other side‚ both are walking‚ to signify their lack of rest or ease. They are both cowering down and look to have aged a great deal. Before the fall‚ notice how Eve looks healthy‚ beautiful and intelligent. Contrast how she looks after she
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Dangerous Knowledge in Frankenstein The concept of dangerous knowledge has existed in literature since the Bible‚ with famous tales of Adam and Eve being tempted to indulge in the forbidden fruit that is knowledge. Dangerous and forbidden knowledge is one of the core themes of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as it drives the narrator‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ to his demise in the creation of his abhorrent monster. The desire to know and understand the world around oneself is even shared by Frankenstein’s
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