Almost everyone knows what Greek mythology is. If a stranger approached someone on the street and asked if Greek mythology are fantasy stories, almost every single person would say that they are. Greek mythology was one of the first fantasy stories in the world. Fantasy has been around forever, there is no specific place it has started. Even though they have been around forever, most people cannot tell what the definition of fantasy is. From Greek mythology to modern fantasy, they all have…
and she never got married. However, apart from her work as a poet, she devoted her time to work as a volunteer with former prostitutes in a refuge. Actually her most famous poem ‘Goblin Market’ is thought to have been inspired in her work with the “fallen women”. ‘Goblin Market’, first published in 1862, is also the poem that has been most taken into account as a matter of discussion from Rossetti’s work. This Pre-Raphaelite poem, because…
Typology in the Old testament is mostly Christologically centered. A classic example is The sacrifice of The Passover Lamb. The New Testament verifies typology as a legitimate form of biblical interpretation. (see 1 Cor. 5:7; John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:19) But what of typology in the Old Testament not officially sanctioned by the New Testament writers? Many types of Christ found in the Old Testament are not specifically cited in the New Testament. Joseph, son of Jacob, is a classic example. Any…
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a book steeped in metaphors, parallels, and relations to other works of fiction and non-fiction, featuring authors and thinkers such as Milton and Wollstonecraft. While much of this is readily visible within the book and footnotes, it is the hidden arc, or rather the twisting of the story of Genesis from the Bible, whose meaning permeates deep within the structure of the book. Shelley uses the Genesis story of the creation of man by God as parallel to the…
importance or it’s message to us today, and explore a significant word mentioned frequently throughout the passage. Zechariah’s Vision Explained In Zechariah’s vision, there was a man journeying to measure the perimeter of Jerusalem. Then, two angels began…
venture to. The city has architecture from all different periods of time separated into different sections. This city resembles the city of dis from Inferno in which there are great buildings and towers. Just like in inferno the city is guarded by fallen angels (demons). Though the…
I have always been a fan of the different interpretations people have of Heaven, Hell, or the in-between, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is one of my favorite interpretations, taking you on Journeys beyond belief. The divine comedy is separated into 3 Canticle, which means hymn, song or psalm, Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Paradise (Paradiso). The story by many is said to be real and by some non-religious orientated people it is meant to be as basic mythology, of one man’s…
Grendel in the novel “Grendel” and the monster in “Frankenstein” have similar characteristics throughout the stories. They both go through certain hardships that makes one another different from each other. In the novel Grendel, he's described as a bear like monster who finds himself as an outsider compared to everyone else. Grendel says “why can't I have someone to talk to?” I said. “The stars said nothing, but I pretended to ignore the rudeness.” (53). All through the novel, Grendel feels…
The 4 Works of Frankenstein Throughout the book we discover that the monster that Frankenstein created is actually an intelligent creature capable of reading complex works of literature and understanding them to an extent that they impact his character. These 4 books that the monster has either read or had read aloud in the presence of him include: The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe, Paradise Lost by Milton, Plutarch’s lives by Plutarch, and Ruins of Empire by Volney. To perhaps change his…
cause is harm to others and their families and affects their lives. The I.R.A sniper from The Sniper and Rixon from Crescendo share the same character trait which is being dangerous,because they harm and murder people. In Crescendo Rixon is a fallen angel. Rixon wants to become human and in order to do that he needs to kill his vessel or a direct descendant from that person's bloodline but they also have to be a nephilim. For instance her is an example,Rixon slipped the gun out from under his…