When God created Adam, and he commissioned Adam to name the cattle, beasts of the field and fowls, he recognized that there was not a helper that was suitable for Adam. Therefore, God, caused a deep sleep to fall upon him, and he took a rib from his side, and formed woman. Through this process, God created woman and brought her to Adam. Genesis 2:23 tells the readers Adam’s first spoken words when he saw Eve was, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman,…
Prologue The legend is that thirteen years ago the rulers of heaven & the underworld started a war against one another. The ruler of Heaven was a woman, whose name was Nova, and the ruler of the Underworld was a man, who was named Jaxon. The war wasn't started by both Nova, and Jaxon, but their reasons were completely different. Nova's reasons were nearly endless, but she only told a few to her servants, and friends, but she believed that Jaxon was trying to make her empire weaker. Nova also…
(God); Eve’s act of taking the fruit becomes a metaphor for the desire for freedom children develop as they grow. The serpent first introduces Eve to the idea of rebellion by questioning God’s rule, “Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden?” (3:1) Eve makes it clear she is aware of God’s rule and recites it in an almost childlike manner, “God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die” (3:3). Despite understanding God’s ruling, Eve develops a…
Can you imagine the a real life version of the garden in Disney’s Mulan? The Morakami Museum and Japanese Garden offers a chance to experience the authenticity and beauty that comes with Japan's culture. It is the perfect place to be on a nice seventy-degree South Florida day. A stroll through the gardens can lead to a lunch of fresh, delicious sushi. "I went with my friends to Morakami over summer. We liked the gardens and the openness of it. One of my friends likes photography, and he…
In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, the themes of guilt and conscience are best illustrated by two characters. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are significantly affected by their own and by each other’s guilt and conscience. By examining their actions throughout the play, one can see the way they are affected and the significance of their guilt and conscience. The theme of guilt and conscience is developed when Macbeth kills Banquo. One of the reasons Macbeth has Banquo killed is because he perceived him…
John Milton’s Paradise Lost, with its literary, theological and cultural complexities, has given rise to feminist and anti-feminist readings of the First Couple, with particular emphasis on Eve. As the creature created from Adam’s rib to be his companion in a world otherwise populated only by beasts, Eve has been read to be a woman made to be subservient to Adam. The reality is far more complicated, as we see that Eve is in fact very eager in establishing her own identity, the pursuit of which…
As long as Adam and Eve obeyed God’s command he provided freely their sources for life. They were connected with God and had fellowship with him. When they disobeyed God and sinned their source of provisions were cut off and they had to fend for themselves tilling the ground to sustain life. Spiritual death occurred immediately they were separated from God and connected to the earth for dependency. Their disobedience brought about physical and spiritual death for all mankind, we are all born…
2) The cover of my story book has a pink Star of David with the title “Bat Mitzvah” on a scroll which represents the Torah. At the top, the Hebrew name “Becky” is spelled out in multicoloured stickers. All of this is on a white sheet of paper that is on top of a black binder. First of all, the reason I put the white sheet on top of the black binder instead of just placing the images on it is because of the contrast in your beliefs and the story. Next the logic behind the pink Star of David was…
Genesis God creates the world in six days and rests on the seventh. God creates Adam and Eve as well as all the animals in the Garden of Eden, and forbids them from eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil. A serpent tempts Eve into eating the fruit, and then Eve entices Adam to eat the fruit. Upon disobeying God, Adam and Eve are thrown out of the Garden of Eden to live on Earth. (Short Stories Short) Adam’s will was the will of the species. Because the whole human race…
and us regular humans indicates that we all are imperfect beings who make mistakes often and the outcomes of our mistakes are larger than we can imagine sometimes. Even with this imperfect nature found in Eve and the wrongful misogyny found in the garden of Eden, many readers see Eve as the heroine of Paradise Lost. These readers view Eve as a traditional literary heroine who is courageous for being selflessly compliant in wanting to take all the blame for eating the forbidden apple. However,…