Jersey Devil

An Infernal Predicament Many people are intimidated by hell, yet Dante uncovers the after life, as he perceives it to be. Dante’s Inferno is an interpretation in guiding one through the importance of fulfilling a morally virtuous, Christian-belief enduring lifespan. Circle I, Limbo, is a valley filled with souls who allegedly never did anything morally wrong, but were not baptized and therefore not allowed into heaven. Dante’s beliefs in Inferno upon salvation, the afterlife and sinful nature…

Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s play is a conflicting character, his capability of words is tremendous and he is very ambitious, yet doesn’t take a minute to think which makes him a little strange, he is willing to do anything and lose everything in order to get what he wants from Lucifer even if that means he will waste powers that he has gained at great cost. When Faustus is introduced to the reader, he is just preparing to board on his career as a magician, and while we anticipate that…

Skyelar McQuillar Honors Comp & Lit 3A November 4, 2016 Is Being Famous a Faustian Bargain? In the play ‘Faustus’, the main character, Doctor Faustus made a deal with devil. Faustus was very knowledgeable but he wanted more, he wanted black magic. In order to get that he sold his soul to devil for 24 years in return for Mephastophilis as his servant. Faustus signs the contract in his blood and has second thoughts on what he just did. Faustus begins to learn new spells and uses his gift as…

often cause readers to wonder what Iago’s motivation is. While, the play does explain minor motivations for why Iago commits so much evil, these causes are not sufficient. Iago’s true motivation is pure evil because he is malicious, psychopathic, and devil-like; he will not stop committing sinful crimes and will never feel remorse because he is consumed by evil. Othello tells the beginning and end of Othello and Desdemona. Othello is a general, and he recently gave an amateur solider, Cassio, a…

Upon entering the deepest part of Hell, the reader is introduced to an unorthodox depiction of satan. To most, this depiction of Satan may be unsatisfactory. Most picture Satan as being completely red, with two horns, a tail, and a pitchfork; the Ruler of the Underworld. However, Dante provides another image. Initially, Dante, from a distance, sees what he believes is a windmill. As he gets closer, he realizes the forceful winds are created by the flapping wings of Satan; the wings being a…

Betrayal is a common theme across fiction literature and media. Showing moments of a person turning his back on his boss, leader, and superior power to become independent. Or gather their own people and fight back, become rival of their former boss. Betrayal would be like, putting your loyalty in someone, and them turning their back on yours. It is something that can happen to anybody in the real life and Paradise Lost by John Milton, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and the hit TV series…

Subservience of the Satanic Forbidden acts and disobedience are separating factors within a given society. Those who obey the rules exist within the unity of the community, whereas those who disobey seem to create an individualistic representation of themselves outside of the conformity of the society. Dealing directly with the Satanic and Demonic, John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus seek to portray and define the characteristics of the…

In our case, our villain is the devil. He tempts us into sinning and falling off our path. In our story, our choice, by free will, can either benefit us or create a roadblock in our way. Free will is described as, the ability to choose between different possible courses of action. It is also closely linked to the concepts of responsibility and sin. We as human beings, choose to participate in the evils the devil tempts us with. Not only do we get tempted and choose to fall…

learned all there was to learn known to human kind in his fields of interest, and therefore looked to another realm to obtain more. If he could have somehow known everything there was to be known about everything, he would have not sought to conjure devils for he would be…

Through Jesus’ example we can see that justice is an important part of life and there are certain situations where anger is perfectly appropriate. Paul warns us to not let the Devil take hold of our emotions, (4:27) for our emotions can deceive us into doing things that we might regret. Verse 27, “27 and do not give the devil a foothold.”…