Snakes: A misunderstood Villain Sssssssssssssssss…. Doesn’t this sound make you cringe? The twisting and contorting body of the lengthy creature as it stalks its unknowing prey in the tall grass. In a split second the serpent pierces its prey with its venomous fangs, injecting paralyzing venom. Its prey can only sits with this poison coursing through its veins. It is forced to watch as it is devoured still breathing and alive. Is this act so wrong? I contend that it is not. A creature’s natural ability to survive should not be used to falter its character.
Of all creatures within our history of literature, the symbolism of snakes seems to have a strong negative connotation in today’s culture worldwide. This noble creature of the earth …show more content…
More precisely the book of genesis states “The serpent tricked me…because you have done this, cursed are you among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go….(Holy Bible 3).” This quote refers to the most widely held known story of a snake in our history. This is story of first sin, and how it was the form of a serpent that Lucifer took to tempt Adam and Eve with the fruit of knowledge. Not only it this story the main basis for the hatred and fear toward snakes, but it fuels the phobia to this day. The serpent was the one tempting Eve with the fruit of knowledge; however it was Eve that chose to eat of the fruit. The serpent just introduced to the newly created Eve, the idea of choice and the different shades of grey that can be seen with the eye. Now with this said, scholars and many people still vilify the serpent as the devil, when the creature just introduced new ideas, craftiness, and adaptability. Within the texts and scripts of history it can be seen that snakes are portrayed as the symbol of …show more content…
This is only gas that fuels the fires of phobia. Snakes along with the negative connotation of the devil will only continued to be feared by the masses. When the opposite can be said in nature, snakes are creatures of the wild focusing on their needs to survive. They do not go around tempting creatures for their souls. Even though I know that the snake is not the embodiment of the devil, I still fear them this has a lot to do with my upbringing in the Greek Orthodox Church. By the church I mean especially mean the image of Saint George slaying the snake. These images of the church slaying the devil in the form of a serpent of snake have always reinforced my fear in snakes. This can even go into more detail with a close up on the image of the serpent wrapping around Saint George’s Horse, these images have played a vital role in how I view snakes. The snakes’ binding and wrapping ability has always meant more to me. In combination with my religious background I have always believed that the binding of the snake could be interpreted to be the relationship of the sinner and the initial sin. If the binding and wrapping of an innocent life meant sin, the object or creature the snake was binding was a symbol for us. Meaning, as humans we are inescapable from sin, we will only continue to sin until we fall for our sins like a snake suffocates the life out of this prey. I can say
Of all creatures within our history of literature, the symbolism of snakes seems to have a strong negative connotation in today’s culture worldwide. This noble creature of the earth …show more content…
More precisely the book of genesis states “The serpent tricked me…because you have done this, cursed are you among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go….(Holy Bible 3).” This quote refers to the most widely held known story of a snake in our history. This is story of first sin, and how it was the form of a serpent that Lucifer took to tempt Adam and Eve with the fruit of knowledge. Not only it this story the main basis for the hatred and fear toward snakes, but it fuels the phobia to this day. The serpent was the one tempting Eve with the fruit of knowledge; however it was Eve that chose to eat of the fruit. The serpent just introduced to the newly created Eve, the idea of choice and the different shades of grey that can be seen with the eye. Now with this said, scholars and many people still vilify the serpent as the devil, when the creature just introduced new ideas, craftiness, and adaptability. Within the texts and scripts of history it can be seen that snakes are portrayed as the symbol of …show more content…
This is only gas that fuels the fires of phobia. Snakes along with the negative connotation of the devil will only continued to be feared by the masses. When the opposite can be said in nature, snakes are creatures of the wild focusing on their needs to survive. They do not go around tempting creatures for their souls. Even though I know that the snake is not the embodiment of the devil, I still fear them this has a lot to do with my upbringing in the Greek Orthodox Church. By the church I mean especially mean the image of Saint George slaying the snake. These images of the church slaying the devil in the form of a serpent of snake have always reinforced my fear in snakes. This can even go into more detail with a close up on the image of the serpent wrapping around Saint George’s Horse, these images have played a vital role in how I view snakes. The snakes’ binding and wrapping ability has always meant more to me. In combination with my religious background I have always believed that the binding of the snake could be interpreted to be the relationship of the sinner and the initial sin. If the binding and wrapping of an innocent life meant sin, the object or creature the snake was binding was a symbol for us. Meaning, as humans we are inescapable from sin, we will only continue to sin until we fall for our sins like a snake suffocates the life out of this prey. I can say