Gangsta's Paradise

The biblical story of “Adam and Eve” is one commonly known. In Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “The Gilded Six-Bits” similar themes have arisen. Hurston has found new ways to represent all characters and objects from the biblical story into her own. Not only are the character’s present, but there’s two common themes as well; The concept of eating fruit from the forbidden tree, and the representation of God and religion. With her short story, Hurston has been able to retell the tale of Adam and…

It's a new morning as Adam begins to start planning the day to labor upon their garden. Feelings towards Eve as though they should "divide our labours" and go separate ways "till Noon". (214) As he reminds Eve "despairing, seeks to work us woe and shame" (253); extremely conscious of what could happen. While Adam continues giving forth order. Eve's human authority and her responsibility to comply is underestimated by her already "by thee infomd I learne" what could happen when she over hears "as…

In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley many different notions are important in the creation of this book, but the main two are social awareness and judgment. The book defines social awareness as the ability to survive and thrive in a civilized society. Judgment is defined by Mary Shelley as the ability to decide what is morally correct. Although these two notions are the most important, they are closely ties because the ability to judge what is morally correct grants the ability to survive and…

In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley explores the judgmental nature of society and how it can have a negative effect on beings brought into our culture. Shelley frequently references the argument of “nature vs. nurture” throughout the text, it is ultimately society’s oppression and judgment that caused the creature Victor Frankenstein brings to life to feel neglected, judged, and depressed. This overwhelming rejection, that stems not just from society but even from his very creator as leads…

Chandru Sundarrajan Professor Schoolfield English 1325.008 10 April 2015 Summary Mellor, Anne K. “Possessing Nature: The Female in Frankenstein.” Romanticism and Feminism. Ed. Anne K. Mellor. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1988. 220-32. Rpt. in Frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 1996. 274-86. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is set in a patriarchal nineteenth-century society in which men function in the public sphere and women are limited to the household. In…

In the first book of Milton’s Paradise Lost, he describes evil’s violent and elusive nature. Satan has been recently sent to Hell, a place that is the epitome of the character of Evil. Taking in the atmosphere he says, “As one great Furnace flam’d, yet from those flames/No light, but rather darkness visible” (I. 37-48). The portrayal of Hell as a lightless fire showcases its violent nature. The word “fire” serves as an indicator of evil’s anger, intense, and powerful nature. Labeling the fire as…

writing and Mary Shelly is no stranger to this common practice of intertextuality. Throughout her own science-fiction novel, she pulls upon many famous works which permeate throughout Frankenstein. From Plutarch’s Lives of the Romans and Milton’s Paradise Lost to Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Shelly utilizes these famous works to foreshadow plots and mold the characters…

plays, novels, and passages, the meaning of life has been pondered upon by numerous authors, in a variety of different ways. In Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, William Shakespeare’s King Lear, Book 4 of Genesis, and John Milton’s Book 9 of Paradise Lost, each of the principal characters undergo a pattern of seeking truth, entrapment, and dissention into personal hell with some achieving a final release. Although we like to believe that we have all the answers to how we are going to…

rich, full detail. He expanded the tale of the Serpent trying to convince Eve to do an act forbidden by God. It was described briefly in the bible but here, though fiction, gives more of a sense on what happened. I will dissect the fifteen lines in Paradise Lost, Book IX, where the Serpent presents his argument to Eve that she should eat the fruit from the forbidden tree. This selection shows how smooth and sly the serpent is in his manipulation. Satan wants humanity to fail and for humans to be…

Paradise Lost was a controversial poem that appeared in the 17th century by the author John Milton. This epic poem mostly occurred during the beginning of time introducing God, Satan, Adam and Eve. Although Milton’s intention was to educate Christians on God’s reasoning, readers were opposed of the poem. Unlike traditional ways that most people were taught, this poem was an eye opener. Most people were offended and also calling Milton a Satanist. Others on the other hand took insight on what…