Church of Satan

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…

In Salem, Massachusetts 1692, a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several women in the village of witchcraft. These first accusations sparked a several month hysteria over witchcraft in the village, resulting in the accusation of over one hundred and fifty men, women, and children of devil worship. The events in Salem were inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story Young Goodman Brown, published almost two hundred years later. The short story follows…

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 ultimate authority he despises greatly. Satan wonders about his own power, thinking about the things he would do differently from God in a…

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 to…

Paradise Lost has been interpreted in many different ways throughout the years. One of the most debated aspects of the text is whether or not Eve is a feminist character, and by extension whether or not Milton was a misogynist. The debates have risen over the years because of the way views of women have changed. The second wave of feminism in the 1970s heavily effected the way that Milton’s work was looked at and brought upon new interpretations of the poem. Sometimes the historical context in…

What has brought upon this madness? It is as though the entire town of Salem has been swept up in a wild inferno of vengeance – an inferno surely herding us all into the wrathful grasp of Satan. Surely, for all the years of learning, the wisdom I have found in my books I should have doused this folly before it began! I see the brand of condemnation on my hands, as bright and stained as it were the ink that with those hands sold the souls of the good Christian men and women of Salem. I have not…

In works based on the Christian religion God is often portrayed as all-knowing and all-powerful. This is how God is portrayed throughout Paradise Lost, he is always able to stop Satan because he always has a plan. One plan by God that is seen in the text is the creation of humankind. He wants a new species, one with free will, not a creation that will follow God because they are programmed to, but because they believe it is the right thing to do. However, God seems upset at some of mankind’s…

starts with a scene in heaven where Satan comes and challenges God that if he is given permission to inflict pain and punish Job, that Job will turn against God and curse him¬. Satan believes that Job serves God only because he protects him and keeps him safe, that is why he wants God’s permission to punish him and prove that Job will turn against God. From here we can see that the story is going to include a major turn of events because God agrees with Satan, given he doesn’t kill Job in the…

he does not belong. The book portrays jealousy from Satan since Adam and Eve live royally in Paradise. Because Adam and Eve live like kings/queens, sin rises to make a strike within Adam and Eve, forcing them to eat from the tree of knowledge as Satan continues to disturb God’s work. Like a prison, hell is seen as a factory full of ungrateful and menacing angels consuming confinement as if they were hungry like piranhas in a…

Sachi Yang Ms. Hale English 10 ADV (1110.5) June 15th 2016 Outline I. Introduction a. Thesis Statement: After analyzing novel Lord of the Flies and the lyrics of “Sympathy for the devil”, it can be easy to find out that they have the subject about evil. Therefore, how do both of them prove that evil is a nature of human? II. Topic #1: People choose to be evil if their self-interest is involved. a. The elderly boys only care about themselves,…