Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

A Christmas Story Lying and deception play a huge role in our society. From a very young age we are taught about deception, even if we do not realize at the time. Often times, children are deceived by their parents about a man in a red suit that delivers Christmas presents around the world. In everyday life we are faced with lying and deception from television, the radio, and even magazines. In Bob Clark’s, “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie was deceived from a radio advertisement, which was to buy a…

Christmas, the 25th of December, is the most important festival of the year. Celebrated by most countries in the world, Christmas is a time of shopping, taking a break from work, connecting with friends and family, and reflecting on the year. Though most Christians view it is a day in honor of God to remember and celebrate the birth of His Son, taking a closer look and an investigative perspective draws parallels with pagan customs practiced long before Christ was born. In this essay, I will…

Have you ever wondered what Christmas would be like from the tree’s perspective. Well, suspicions can now be put to rest because this is the tale of a tree’s life at Christmas. This is the story about the most memorable time of my life. In this story you will learn of how I was cut down, watched a family’s Christmas, and when the time came, had to say goodbye. It was in the midst of a frostbitten November afternoon, when I heard a rustling in the nearby bushes. I figured it was a deer or…

These are the traditions of Spain on Christmas Eve, tiny oil lamps are lit in every house, as the stars start to come out and after Midnight Mass and Christmas Dinner, streets fill with dancers and onlookers. Christmas in Spain is a time of decorations, joy, Christmas carols, and festive street lights. "Hogueras" (bonfires), this tradition originated long before Christmas. It is the observance of the shortest day of the year. The true mark of the beginning of Christmas in Spain is the Spanish…

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.…

Adam knew what he was doing, but he decided to trust in his earthly wife, Eve, and forget the promise he had made God. Before Adam and Eve break the promise or the covenant they had made with God, we can see that Adam was already destined for doom because of the strong feelings he had for Eve, feelings that became greater than the love he had for God. “His whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command; take heed lest passion…

fall of man and the sin of immortality, laying the 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…

right in hanging him? Yes he was. Here is an example of similar event from the Bible from the book of Genesis. Satan lured man to eat the forbidden fruit. Claggart accuses Billy of mutiny causing Billy to punch him. Even though God loves Adam and Eve he punished them with limited lives. Captain Vere hanged Billy even though he liked him as well. What is mutiny? Mutiny is “an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or…

Conclusively, “the Religion of Lust” became perpetrated by the fallen angels that descended to earth, duplicating their presence through Satan’s various advocates. Particularly, from the beginning, Azazel haunts the background of time, spreading its spiritual force. By following the extensive road of sexual perversion of the goat or horned gods through the numerous centuries, it gives people a kaleidoscope of wicked creatures to relate to a real visional Satan and its sexual possession and…

The gift of emotion and the curse of making mistakes define the base of human actions. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne commits adultery with Dimmesdale while married to Chillingworth. Over the course of the story, each character shows his or her faults in different ways. Although all of the characters make mistakes and commit multiple sins, Chillingworth’s actions and unwillingness to forgive eventually make him the greatest sinner. When Chillingworth begins to…