Abel Magwitch

Can violence ever be rationalized? This proposition is in East of Eden, written by John Steinbeck, but also presents itself in life. The biblical telling of Cain and Abel is portrayed when the older brother, Charles aggressively assaults Adam. Once this occurs, one could instantly think that through the rest of the novel that Charles is shown to be evil and Adam is shown to be good. In this way Steinbeck’s story relates that all evil needs to succeed is for good people to do nothing. Also…

In Crumb’s illustration of the book of Genesis, he illustrates the story of Cain and Abel with a two paged frame story. Crumb used his shading, lines, and personal characteristics to specifically single out the main characters in this Bible story and to portray their dominant traits: Cain and his jealousy and guilt, and God and His reverence. He uses the shading to portray his character’s moods and uses the proximity of the frames to convey the quickness and rash actions of Cain and the…

"The Biblical Foundation of James Baldwin 's 'Sonny 's Blues '" that Sonny 's brother comes a "contemporary Cain" because of the negligence (Tackach 114). This situation represents another biblical story of Cain and Abel. The narrator becomes Sonny 's "keeper" just as Cain was to Abel (Tackach 114). The narrator does not succeed in his duty as "his brother 's keeper," failing to keep his promise to his mother. At the beginning of the story, the narrator is approached by a friend of Sonny. Sonny…

Abel and Remus are portrayed as weak which develops the sacrificial violence that occurs. Throughout Cain and Romulus’s entire lives, they were taught to look for ways to differentiate themselves from those around them. The population gravitates to those…

Shortly after Cain is cursed for murdering his brother Abel, Cain’s family line begins in earnest. Noting that Cain had disregarded God and simply wished to do as he pleased, Cain’s line would be partakers of his spirit. Wickedness, boastfulness, pride, and other such things would all become characteristics of Cain’s descendants. It is found within Cain’s descendants that the true results of sin are exhibited, specifically by Lamech. People tend to be influenced by the behavior of those around…

When Cain asks the question “ Am I my Brother’s Keeper?”, God doesn’t answer him. I see this lack of answer as a motivation for Cain to explore it for himself. He wants Cain to reveal his own emotions and factors that caused him to kill Abel, and to expand upon it. When Cain gets driven from the land, he states: “ My punishment is more than I can bear”. I perceive this as there is too much freedom for him, that there is restraint in freedom, Cain doesn’t know what to do with all the freedom he…

swarms of insects, and hail are a few of several nature plagues found in Exodus. One of the first instances in the Hebrew Bible describing the deity as using nature to punish humans is found in Genesis chapter four, the story of Cain and Abel. After murdering Abel, the deity punishes Cain by cursing the ground. Genesis 4 reveals that the land plays an active role in the narrative and has agency over humans, yet questions the land’s degree of agency…

In both the time periods of the play Hamlet and Shakespeare’s life, the fundamental basis of morality was established through the ideas of Christianity. By critically analyzing Hamlet through the Freudian psychoanalytical lens, it may be inferred that Shakespeare projected his personal views of Christianity and its followers by using the character Claudius as a tool. In the beginning of the play, Shakespeare uses a shallow but religious morality to create an illusion that Claudius is a good man…

Rejection is one of the worst things a person can feel because it can cause impulsive, corrupt actions to be made. In the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Cain is jealous that God favors Abel’s offerings more than his own, so he takes this envy out on Abel through murder. (New International Version, Genesis. 4.16). Before Cain kills Abel, God tells Cain, “sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.” (New International Version, Genesis. 4.7). “You must rule…

knowledge causes him to look foolish. This is shown in act two scene one as Brady is testifying on the stand, and Drummond asks him whether he had ever wondered about where Cain’s wife came from if in the beginning there was only Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. Brady responds, “The Bible satisfies me, it is enough.” (pg. 81). This quote shows Brady’s ignorance by displaying how he is ignorant of any knowledge outside of The Bible because he is simply satisfied with what is given in The Bible. Brady’s…