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    In Milton’s Paradise Lost he expresses the different aspects of Eve and Satan .Satan uses his manipulation from the start of the creation of Eve.Satan uses his rhetoric to make Eve fall into his plan and cause her to corrupt Eden.Eve goes wrong by becoming Satan and creating Adam to sin. Eve when she became created she had the same qualities as Satan does. He appeals to her self absorbed mindset. After changing her perspective of God and Adam he causes her to sin and make her second guess her life

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    Gary Soto’s imagery and religious allusions reminisce an event where sin and guilt leads him to reflect upon his actions when he was a six-year-old child. In the beginning of A Summer Life‚ Gary Soto reveals that he has a religious background by quoting that “he knew enough about hell” and that he “was holy in almost every bone”. In addition to his religiously influenced statements‚ he also states “angels flopping”. The recurrence of allusions from the bible in the introductory passage exhibits

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    One person that was punished by God in the Hebrew Bible was‚ Eve. Eve was punished by God because she disobeyed God. God told her‚ "from the tree of knowledge‚ good and evil‚ you shall not eat‚ for on the day you eat from it‚ you are doomed to die" (160). Eve did not obey God and she did eat from the tree of knowledge. After she did this God said‚ "Because you have done this‚ Cursed be you" (160-161). The message that is sent to the reader is that people are suppose to obey God and if people do not

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    Erik Van Achter in his work Thou Mayest or Thou Shalt even compares Cathy to biblical Eve. He argues that as Eve is blamed for bringing sin to the humanity and persuading Adam to also commit a sin‚ Cathy Ames‚ or later named Kate‚ is also an evil woman who causes all the suffering and sin in the Trask family (Van Achter 321). But there is a big difference between Cathy and Eve‚ although it is true that Eve is often said to be the one who brought evil upon the human race. Eve‚ according to the biblical

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    The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character

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    The Fall of Man The Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding illustrates the theme‚ fall of man. There are many examples from the book that run parallel to those of the Bible. Throughout the Lord of the Flies we see how the innocent boys adapt to their surroundings and find the savagery inside of them. Savagery takes over innocence when man is taken away from civilization. There are many forms of symbolism in The Lord of the Flies. The island the boys are stranded on is often compared to the

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    Hamlet- The Garden Motif and Fate vs. Man Of Hamlet’s many theories and subjects‚ perhaps one of the most prevailing ideas in William Shakespeare’s most riveting play is in fact the “garden” motif. Shakespeare illustrates throughout his writing the idea of the garden which presumably represents Hamlet’s own paradise‚ and the rotting destruction of the garden is meant to vividly depict the unavoidable hell Hamlet endures throughout the plot. By utilizing this imagery and symbolism‚ William Shakespeare

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    From the start‚ the creation and fall of Man is summarized in this: the creation and reason for human nature is "God gave Man free will‚ from Man’s free will‚ sin and death came into the world." Although Milton is not necessarily saying the Fall of Man went down the way he wrote it‚ the story is much more believable – and more entertaining – if the characters seem like they could have been real people. Satan places his pride first and resists obedience to God‚ thereby taking the alternative that

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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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    Naturally Good‚ Selfishly Evil If people are born good what makes them become evil? Evil is grown in people’s hearts over time and the more someone gives into temptation‚ the more evil their heart becomes. People are inherently good‚ however‚ some people succumb to evil because of the lack of self-restraint against temptation. One reason people give in to temptations because of selfish desires. Eve was tempted by Satan to eat the apple because she wanted to gain knowledge. In Genesis: “Ye shall

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