Adam and Eve

Upon entering the deepest part of Hell, the reader is introduced to an unorthodox depiction of satan. To most, this depiction of Satan may be unsatisfactory. Most picture Satan as being completely red, with two horns, a tail, and a pitchfork; the Ruler of the Underworld. However, Dante provides another image. Initially, Dante, from a distance, sees what he believes is a windmill. As he gets closer, he realizes the forceful winds are created by the flapping wings of Satan; the wings being a…

Satanism Satanism as a religious topic refers to the collaboration of philosophical and ideological beliefs on the character of Satan. Satanism officially lingered in the public offing in 1966, with the emergence of Church of Satanism. However, prior to the Church of Satanism, history shows that Satanism existed earlier. Earlier, according to historical facts, a group known as Sphite Cultus Satanas established itself in the State of Ohio in 1948. Sloane Arthur Herbert founded the Sphite Cultus…

The mood changes from a normal and mundane to cold and lifeless when the dementors attack. Dementors are soul eaters, when they kiss their victims, the soul of the victim is taken away. Without their soul, a victim of dementors will most likely have no love, no expression. They can’t ever get their soul back again. So, when the dementors attack in the alleyway, “The star-strewn indigo sky was suddenly pitch-black and lightless ---- the stars, the moon, the misty streetlamps on either end of the…

When left completely alone with the minds unrivaled creativity, is it possible to consider there is a “…mystery of something greater that ourselves” (Baird 2)? Within the article “Why We Need Silence (Not Cell Phones)” by Julia Baird, it is questioned why the technology of today has been of such critical influence of the new fad of being engulfed in sound pollution. Baird’s article is based from her personal feelings on the research done by British author Sara Maitland and Maitland’s own…

Good and Evil have filled our world, minds, and lives for as long as the human race can trace. Evil appearing to be more plentiful, yet, good always being the defeater. From the horrible actions upon the Jewish to the modern terrorism; the black plague to the ever so heart wrenching cancer and mental disorders; and the old fighting between tribes and clans to the presence of gang-violence in our streets. All evils that have affected our ways in some way or ways. We would all like to think these…

The Tragic Ending of Faust: An Interpretation of Faust II, Act V, Lines 11678-11829 In Part II, Act V, line 11678-11829 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic play Faust, Faust’s soul is rescued by angels. There have been many scholars that have interpreted this scene as representing the redemption of the protagonist after a life of evil and destruction (Van der Laan, 67). That view has now largely been rejected. An alternative reading of this scene would be to deny Faust any identity at all,…

Sir Thomas More’s idea of a perfect utopian society is built around the sins of man. More attacks the seven deadly sins (lust, greed, sloth, envy, gluttony, pride, and wrath) by creating a society that will logically fix the fall of mankind. His utopia is supposed to simplify and remove the temptation to break any of the sins. The utopia is designed to create a perfect society that is functional and orderly. Though his society may seem logical in his eyes, his philosophies for the use of gold…

John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost” has been enjoyed by readers because of the different point of view in which he depicts Satan. People generally know Satan as the bad guy who opposes God and corrupts mankind, but Milton gave everyone a new perspective in which to look at Satan. Satan shows promise as a protagonist as he commands the world of Hell but also at the same time people still think of him as the embodiment of evil and all bad things. However, as the story progresses the…

Augustine Answer to Critics in the City of God Augustine finished the City of God in 429 A. D., a year before his death. He had witnessed the collapse of the Roman civilization in the West for nearly three decades. A leader in the Christian church, he was the Bishop of Hippo, a North African Roman city that fell to barbarians in the same year as his death. In response to Roman military disasters, pagan critics had argued that the shift to Christianity from the traditional state gods in…

Many view Satan as an abstract concept, but what is not realized is that Satan is real and that he wants our human souls. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is a novel of thirty-one letters, written from an experienced devil, Screwtape, to his inexperienced nephew, Wormwood. In these letters, Screwtape suggests various ways Wormwood can distract his “patient”, specifically a middle aged male, from his faith in God. Screwtape's instructions include tempting the patient to rely on realistic…