Milton Hershey School

Very old accounts of fallen angels and real-life devils exists not as just myths and legends; on the contrary, occur as an intricate segment of our world, both past and present. Accordingly, for readers that would like in-depth evidence and explanations concerning the evolution of what I call the Religion of Lust, the following section broadens Part II; continuing on the journey through time into ancient orgiastic cults that evokes Satan’s perpetual existence. In Part III, my foremost purpose…

Indeed, Holland was keen to stress as early as 1590 that contemporary witchcraft was referenced by scripture “in generall”. It is in this way, Sharpe argues, that the notion of the covenant fitted into a wider Protestant ideology which conceptualised the world as consisting of binary opposites. Whilst Ethan Shagan has asserted that the divines of early modern England commonly sought a ‘via media’ in their beliefs, Patrick Collinson has convincingly argued instead for the central role of…

Everyone has heard multiple rumors in their lives. Some are constructed in a way that makes them seem believable while others are so outlandish it seems impossible to fathom how anyone could believe such a thing. A rumor could also cause both reactions from different people. One rumor is that Procter & Gamble’s, the parent company of Folders, Pampers, and Duncan Hines, logo actually represented The Devil. The logo in question depicted the moon and stars, with the moon also depicting a man whose…

John Milton was a Protestant Christian who read and believed in the New Testament, but also believed in the liberty to worship at will and to accept or reject Gods’ grace. “Showing how good, how gainful, how happy it must needs be to live according to honesty and justice” (Reason, 640) Although Milton strongly valued his Christian views and communicated his concerns; he respected the common man and his belief, hoping for some scripture that entailed humility and discipline for all. “For who is…

Satan that “Those who do not find him abhorrent have misread the poem. They will do well to ask whether their like for Satan does not spring for enmity for God.” (Lewis 48). This seems to be a fair point, but it also ignores that in some respects Milton left open the door for a likeable Satan. His justifications and complexities are relatable to the reader. It also ignores the interpretation that if God is all-knowing then he would know all that was going to happen, the fall, the war in Heaven,…

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…

Milton’s Paradise Lost presents Eve as a very human-like character. Sure, she ate the apple that brought sin into the world, but as humans we make mistakes every single day. This parallel between godly Eve 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…

Decades after the first publication of Mary Shelly’s revolutionary novel, Frankenstein, it still influences modern novelists and has even infiltrated our pop culture. Many authors have pulled upon her iconic book and have incorporated this memorable story into their own. These authors created literary connections between their work and Shelly’s to enhance their writing and Mary Shelly is no stranger to this common practice of intertextuality. Throughout her own science-fiction novel, she pulls…

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 Milton was trying to deliver to the general…

In his poem “London, 1802,” William Wordsworth calls to John Milton, who wrote famous essay against censorship in England advocated the principles of liberty and public virtue, to change England’s character for the better. In “Douglass,” Paul Laurence Dunbar cries to Frederick Douglass, a former slave who was a leader in the abolitionist cause, to bring African Americans social equality and justice. Wordsworth and Dunbar call to these important figures of the past for guidance in their current…