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 reader know that Arnold
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The poem tells the story of how Adam and Eve disobeyed God‚ and even further describes Satan’s disobedience. Once the first disobedient act occurs‚ there are usually two moral paths that one can take: the downward spiral of increasing sin‚ shown by Satan‚ or the road to redemption‚ as shown by Adam and Eve. Milton forms the basis of his poem by presenting these two paths. He does an intricate job of presenting the two paths by repeating the use of a motif. He uses the motif of light and dark‚ or good
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white settler was a Satan in his own way. Mr. Kurtz‚ a leading character in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is the prime example of the white devils in Africa‚ following the pattern set out by John Milton for a perfect Prince of Darkness in Paradise Lost in his portrayal of Satan to a point. Their characteristics and motivations are paralleled in almost every sense‚ differing only in the backdrop and in the ends that these characters meet. Once the similarities between Satan and Mr. Kurtz start
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is a friend indeed‚ and we see here that Lewis despite the circumstances that he faced on the way‚ he still made his way to mars to join hs friend Ransome. Their mission together was to led the people know that there’s is existence between God and Satan and also to show that God created the universe and it’s creatures‚ and that supernatural things can indeed happen to human
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believe in witches. I am sure of my innocence."I can not think the devil may own a women’s soul‚ when she keeps an upright way as I have. I am a good women‚ I know it; and if you believe I may do only good work in the world‚ and yet be secretly bound to Satan‚ then I must tell you‚ I do not believe it."(58) So then you think the accusations are false? I do not think so‚ I know so. Goody Proctor‚ do you realise that by denying it‚ you will hang? Why should I confess to what I have not done? God and
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many appearances by Lucifer‚ who is often recognised as a demon to many people‚ to give us the image of the Devil we have today. Jeffrey Burton Russel‚ an American historian and religious studies scholar analyses the Devil in his own works such as; Satan: The Early Christian Tradition (1981)‚ Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages (1984)‚ and Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World (1986). In The Devil in the Modern World Russel’s third installment of his history of Devil-culture relations‚ he
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about God. Most people probably don’t know all that much about his number one adversary‚ though. I am‚ of course‚ talking about Satan. He goes by many names: Lucifer‚ Satan‚ The First Fallen‚ The Serpent‚ etc.‚ but I think it’s important to know your enemy so you know how to fight him off‚ especially if that enemy is thought to be the embodiment of evil. Satan is first mentioned in the bible as the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve into eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and
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Stories of a battle between good and evil have been around for ages. Some may say that Satan is just embodies evil. “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows one example of how the devil is the master of deceit. With the help of appearance and actions an evil persona is rested upon Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend has an interesting description in this story. He is described initially with “shaggy‚ shabby black hair that looked crazy as a wig.” He is also wearing metallic
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The literature works of Book of Job by unknown author and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus are similar because it discusses about life‚ but they are different because they react so differently to life. The character Job overcomes this conflict by questioning God’s faith after a disturbance in his life while Albert Camus voices that we will never find the meaning of life the way we want it. Although they look life differently they have both agree they both have meaning. Job is considered to be
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Anton Szandor LaVey‚ the former High Priest of the Church of Satan‚ listed the most powerful of Lucifer’s minions in his notorious book‚ The Satanic Bible. “Theologians have cataloged some of the names of devils in their lists of demons‚ but the roster which follows contains the names most effectively used in Satanic ritual‚” wrote LaVey‚ known to his followers as The Black Pope. In addition to what he called the “crown princes” of Hell (Satan‚ the fallen angel Belial and the destructive sea monster
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