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    necessary to protect humans from various aspects of Earth that would harm us, whether by intention or inadvertently. Eve and the slumbering serpent were tormented while they rested, because Satan and his darkness were able to enter their home. The Garden of Eden was not “sufficient to have stood” Satan’s temptations, and because their home could not provide an adequate barrier, Adam and Eve were easier to…

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    In the story Cain: A Mystery by Lord Bryon, Bryon creates the character Cain as a suffering eldest brother of Abel and son of Adam and Eve with the many complications of his own thoughts. This character is a key aspect of the author’s purpose. The author wants the readers to understand that your own thoughts impact the world around you when put into action. Your world, meaning not only yourself, but others and your environment. Within this action, your own world can be weakened or strengthened.…

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    In John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Satan makes a number of observations, one being, “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” This suggests that each individual has the power to change their mindset on a situation, which can be translated to the present in an overwhelming amount of ways. At one point or another, nearly everybody has been told less is more. Of course, many people associate this with how much dressing they put on their salad or something…

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    The novel, Lord of the Flies, can be examined as a Biblical Allegory as many parallels are drawn between the novel and the story of the Garden of Eden. Golding uses similar environmental factors that can be compared between the two stories. The powerful theme of temptation is also evident, and represents how evil can sometimes over power against good. A third parallel can be drawn on the idea that the boys are under the presence of God, but are left by themselves on this microcosm without a…

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    Authority In Paradise Lost

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    When an angel opposes the power and might of God, the almighty deity inevitably banishes him from the realm of Heaven and leaves him to rule over nothing more than a wasteland. In John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, such is the case of Satan, a former subject of the Lord fallen from his grace. God banishes the angel to Hell, where Satan, left to ponder the quality of his newfound life, slowly accepts his fate and addresses the presumed advantage of being free from the clutches of God, whose…

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    Before continuing on further explanation, the co-existing of Satan mentioned to be within Chillingworth; He was being compared to Satan. In theory, “Satan was defined as an angelic who fell from his position in heaven due to sin. In other words, [Satan was once Gods angel, but he became jealous of God for being such robust and did not like God’s authorities. He blinded by jealous which leads him into the wrong path.] (GotQuestion 1)”. The story about Satan allows the readers to make connections…

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    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are two novels in which the themes of equality and inequality are explored extensively. The texts are both written by women in 1847 and 1818 respectively and both deal with gender inequality. Jane Eyre is also a social commentary on the injustices and inequalities of the classist Victorian hierarchy whereas Shelley’s novel focuses on the human rejection of unconventionality and the inequalities faced by societies ‘outcasts. The…

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    of theses things God created he said was good however he took pride especially in mankind. He created mankind in his own image to worship him and give him glory. On the seventh day of creation God rested according to the bible. When God created the garden of eden, he also allowed their to be a tree called the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, Adam and Eve were told directly by God not to eat from it however they were tempted by satan and chose to eat from it ignoring God's warning.…

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    In Paradise Lost, we encounter several important characters that we can classify as the hero of the story but there is only one character who truly fits the category of a hero. Adam, the first man created by God, is a true example of a tragic hero. Several characteristics of a tragic hero are a noble birth, fated for punishment or great suffering, free will and enlightenment through suffering. Milton believes that his character or subject is more heroic than Achilles or Aeneas because he doesn’t…

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    The Fountain Symbolism

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    foundation to interpret a parallel between Adam and Eve and Tommy of the past, present, and future sequences. It is the opening shot to the film, and it is the epigraph to Izzie’s book. It reads, “Therefore the Lord God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed a flaming sword to protect the tree of life” (The Fountain). Adam and Eve committed the original sin of the pursuit of knowledge of good and evil—an act of defiance of and competition with God—and were prevented from…

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