East of Eden

The Popol Vuh opens by telling how the multiple Mayan gods created the Earth, everything it is composed of, and how they later create beings capable of worship. In Genesis, one God is responsible for the creation of everything, the most important being mankind. The Popol Vuh and Genesis are so similar that the Popol Vuh is sometimes thought of as a Mayan take on the Bible. The most paramount similarities are explaining the origin of humanity, illustrating the consequences for not following the…

of the fall of humanity and the expulsion of her and Adam from the perfect Garden of Eden is blamed on her. Many people see her as weak because she fell for the lies of the serpent. Because of Eve’s punishment, numerous women blame her for the horrible pains they experience during childbirth. People are taught to hate Eve, because without her mistake, we would be living a perfect and easy life in the Garden of Eden.…

Discussing art can be a difficult task due to the complexities intertwined with a topic that encompasses many aspects of human life. Art has been defined and redefined throughout history by some of the prominent minds who still influence our thinking today. While conversations about influential topics are necessary in the human condition, we should decipher which philosophers’ points are the closest to accuracy in today’s time period. In our current society, Hume’s perspective on art, however…

humans. Golding’s book reflects upon the Garden of Eden in order to address this true nature of mankind. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve commit sin by eating fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Although they were placed in a perfect environment where all of their needs were met, they soon became corrupted by their primitive drive for pleasure and power. As a result of their sinful actions, Adam and Eve were sent out of the Garden of Eden and resulted in the downfall of man. In…

people and nature; in short, their innocence. The Bible says that Adam and Eve became aware of good and evil. According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were also ashamed of being naked. Human beings now became aware of the consequences of their actions, their moral sense was established. At the same time the ability to imagine and to think developed, and humans became aware of their death, the concept of the ego was established. The ego served to bring about individual (and the human race) survival…

The story of a creation cast down to a (both literal and metaphorical) hell is the basis of both John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It is of no coincidence that the novel Victor’s monster comes upon and reads is Paradise Lost - from it the monster is able to find some kinship in a fictional tortured soul much like him who lost the safety of their creator’s realm and was thus left to essentially rot alone. The monster’s story echoes in many ways the story of Adam and the…

Tyler Vaughn Susan Sibbach Honors English 11 December 2015 The Uprising of Creature Creature, in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, grew angry with the way he was brought into this world without having family or friends to reach out to for guidance. He did not fit in with others and this had low self-esteem because he could not fit in with others. It wasn’t just Creature’s appearance, his attitude and the way he acted also did not allow him to fit in with everybody else. Creature was not…

Satan disguised as a cherub tricks Uriel, one of the seven archangels, and as soon as he realizes his mistake he warns Gabriel that someone has trespassed the Garden of Eden. Milton describes the devolution or degeneration of Satan since the rebellion to when he faces Gabriel and the other archangels in Eden. He starts as an archangel (when God creates him); then to a cherub (much lesser angel); from cherub to a bird (which is the last shape he has with the ability to fly); a lion and then a…

Motif- The Sea Quote Literary/ Style Elements Commentary Additional Ideas “The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in the abyss of solitude.” (15,124) Personification of the sea. Sounds of the sea create imagery. Chopin personifies the sea as a seductress to rationalize the pull it has on Edna. It emulates a feeling of giving into temptation and letting go of the chains that bind Edna and entice her to jump…

Redemption There are many ways the book of Genesis has signified the theme of redemption. Redemption is the act of a person or god in which he/she is taking a wrong doing and turning it into something right. In the earliest part of the book of Genesis, Eve took the apple from the serpent and Adam and Eve consumed it. They both have sinned and established a wrong doing in front of God. God then asks them in verse eleven “Have you eaten from the tree of witch I commanded you not to eat?” God said…