Beelzebub

Nelson Mandela, The South African president from 1994-1999 and anti-apartheid revolutionary, once said “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” This quote makes perfect sense in today's world full of cowardliness and shortcuts. Children and young adults face the challenge of steering away from being a coward and taking shortcuts in a corrupt society. The importance of not…

In the allegory, Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, there is a town called Vanity and in the town of Vanity there is Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair is a fair that was set up Beelzebub, or Satan, to provide every kind of entertainment for travelers and sell all types of merchandise all year long. The main character in the book, Christian, comes upon the fair during his journey. The journey can only be made by following the pathway to the Celestial City and being strong in the relationship that God has…

But while we have discussed the most important diegetic components of epic—heroes and their victories—no discussion of that genre can be complete without a consideration of the way in which their story is told. To this end, we must consider Absalom, Absalom! an oral epic, despite its novelistic form. We may resolve this seeming contradiction by considering David Konstan and Kurt A. Raaflaub’s assertion that “[t]he notion of “oral” epic is [itself] problematic. What survives from antiquity is…

Biblical Allegories in the Lord of the Flies Throughout history, the Bible has been referenced and used as an allusion to portray certain messages to the reader. These messages are traced back to those that the Bible has successfully conveyed, such as the importance to love one another, the presence of evil in civilisation and the priority of good in a society. Many authors are known to use them to their advantage and turn them into themes and symbolisms in their works of literature. Golding…

Once upon a time there was a man named Frank, he had a best friends named Joe. Joe always told Frank that they were best friends forever. One day Frank finds out that Joe had a birthday party, but didn’t invite Frank. Frank doesn’t want to be friends with Joe anymore because he was being insincere about their friendship. In the same way God wants us to be sincere about our relationship with him. In Matthew 12:22-37 Matthew warns Christians against being insincere in Christianity. Christians are…

Lord of the Flies is a known, controversial story regarding ethics in humanity, even if it does not seem as so. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, the author established another meaning behind it. Golding created a book that is more than just about a group of boys stranded on a remote island. Lord of the Flies has different ways to be interpreted as an allegory. The two authors, L.L. Dickson and Kirsten Olsen, gave their thoughts on what they believe the allegory…

“You know perfectly well you’ll only meet me down there.” (Golding 182). Lord of the Flies translates to Beelzebub in Greek which translates back to the Devil or Satan. When the Lord of the Flies comes out to meet Simon who symbolizes Jesus, he tries to tempt him into ruining the tribe. In the bible, the devil tries to tempt Jesus in the desert for forty days…

head idol, this idol symbolizes the dark and primal nature that all humans carry within them(Glass, Chase. Lord of the Flies: Theme Analysis). (This is also why the book is called “TheLord of the Flies”, because it is the name of the demon king, Beelzebub. (Emit, Martin. Meaningof the Title in Lord of the Flies.) It is a reference to the dark nature of the book.) While thistheme truly is dark, it is still a very important thing to understand. The sooner childrenunderstand that the world is not…

reinforce the notion of a Messiah. Subsequent his slaughter, Simon is swept into the heavenly ocean with "a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures" surrounding him as if a halo. Rival to Simon is the Lord of The Flies, a literal translation of Beelzebub. Originating as a sacrifice "for the beast", later, it physically manifests itself into the figurative beast. Its almost metaphysical form as a sow's head may be foreboding and sinister, but what it signifies is much more menacing. Conversing in…

Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe. It was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowe’s death and at least ten years after the first performance of the play. Doctor Faustus is the story of a man coming to grief by his unbridled thirst for knowledge and power which leads him to his final damnation. It is a play of deep questions concerning morality, religion and man’s relationship to both. This play actually feeds the desire of the supernatural beliefs of the Elizabethan…