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In my opinion the show as a whole, was successful. Searching for Eden: The diaries of Adam and Eve follows the first couple as they struggle to find their way, not only in life but in their relationship. We watch as they stumble and fall, come back together, and rediscover a lost love that they had forgotten long ago, along with their precious memories of the Garden of Eden. James Still’s adaptation on the well-known play by Mark Twain brings us a beautiful romantic tale, that makes us laugh,…

In most cases, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Although in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the main characters desire to be nothing like their fathers. They want a future that displays a whole different identity. Either from anger or sadness toward their father, Okonkwo and Nwoye would rather have a different last name and not be associated with him. From hate or fear they wanted to shape a personality with attributes separate from those of their dads. A father is supposed to…

In the Bible, the Apostle John proclaims “Sin is a master to whom we become enslaved” (John 8:34). The disciple John clarifies sin can consume one’s spirit completely: tearing a person apart from the guilt of their sins. In the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne implies a similar concept on how sin is capable of altering one’s character, along with the shame from their guilt. Throughout the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne utilizes key elements such as diction and rhetorical devices, to convey a…

with the guidance of confinement, man's first disobedience, sin, and revenge. Confinement: To keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time). Confinement ties to Satan’s perspective of the Garden of Eden because he feels as if 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 Play of Adam”, also called “Jeu d’Adam” in French and “Ordo representacionis” in Latin, is a 12th century non-liturgical drama, that is written in an Anglo-Norman French vernacular. It can be divided into three different parts: the first part deals with the creation of Adam and Eve and the Fall of Man, the second part tells the story of Cain and Abel and the last part is a presentation of the Old Testament’s prophets. This essay’s focus will be set on the first part of the play and how the…

Origin of Sin • In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve was tempted by the evil snake, he convinced Eve to eat from the tree of Good and Evil, by stating to her that ‘Did God really say that you must not eat from the tree. He convinced her that she would not die, and she would know good and evil like God. This is the first sin that took place on earth by mankind, “Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9 NASB). Sin entered the world by the serpent who deceived Eve,…

Throughout history, John Milton’s Paradise Lost has been viewed as a controversial poem for several reasons. Whether it is Milton’s portrayal of Satan, as a semi-hero, with mainly heroic characteristics, or Milton’s God in Paradise Lost, one can see that the writer challenged conventional roles of his time. Less apparent is Milton’s progressive viewpoint on women in the poem. Although Milton cannot be classified as a feminist writer, Eve’s portrayal is highly liberal for the seventeenth century.…

never have been anything to tempt Eve into eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. If Eve had decided to be loyal to her creator and not eat any of the fruit, there would have been no fall from paradise and mankind would have lived on forever in Eden in the form of Adam and Eve. Despite the fact that all of the characters in Paradise Lost have free will and the ability to think for themselves, God knew exactly what each would do and made his plan accordingly. The commandment not to eat the…

Temptation is like a dangerous river with jagged rocks, ones in sucks you up like a black hole it doesn’t let go. In the excerpt from his biographical narrative A Summers life Gary Soto discusses the temptation that led Soto to sin/evil and he realizes that the pie that he enjoyed in guilt could never be erased. He describes this through the use of allusion and imagery. Through the use of allusion, the six year old broke his trust for himself and god. The author Soto alludes to Adam and Eve…

In the creation myth “The World on Turtle’s Back” the Iroquois Native Americans describe their beliefs about the creation of the world and humanity. The myth exhibits many archetypal settings and greatly resembles the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis. The differences between the two creation stories’ archetypal settings, however, illustrate the greatest difference between the two cultures; monotheism and polytheism. Both “The World on Turtle’s Back” and the Book of Genesis involve a…