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the air and cries of souls in agony pierce the ears. Arguably one of the most famous and descriptive depictions of Hell comes from John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Hell is described as a dungeon of utter darkness filled with “endless misery” (Milton 414). Milton emphasizes this lack of…

A possible source is Revelation 8:7: “So the first Angel blew the trumpet, and there was hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast into the earth.” Moreover, meteors are compared with the signs in the heavens of the Gospel apocalyptic prophecies. These images and the repetition of blood and fire of Revelation allude to the end of the world. Tamburlaine’s apocalyptic imagery is inspired from the Turks, seen as demons, the Antichrists, who in the sixteenth century carried the ancient…

The Jinn’s characters are similar to the Christian entities of the Devil and his demons. However, the way that the West portrays the Jinn are caricatured, comic, and supernatural creatures. The Jinn are depicted as beings that grant wishes as the Disney’s version of Aladdin. In these accounts, the Jinn tricked humans and acted in a superficial matter. In a contrasting view, literature in the East represents the Jinn as frightful and sinister due to the Islamic religious beliefs. The divergent…

There is a significant amount of differences between Dante's image of Satan (for example, the three-faced, silent being stuck in ice) and more usual images of Satan (for example, the pitchfork-wielding devil in fire). I choose this topic because I thought the way Dante portrays Satan in Dante’s Inferno was a very interesting and different way than the way Christians and other modern religions portray him. There have many papers and articles written about this that have changed my perspective of…

A ritual is usually a step-by-step religious ceremony used to show dedication or celebration. Rituals have a sentimental meaning to the participants. The most common type of rituals that you may have experienced might be funerals or praying before a meal. Satanists practice unusual rituals that you probably had no idea existed. What are these foreign rituals? How are they categorized? (Bleach) There are many different definitions of the word satanism. The largest organization is The Church of…

In Christianity, understanding the spiritual world has proven to be of so much importance. With such information and knowledge, one can find solutions to many problems. Also, a person can know where to take their complains to, for example; to the devil rather than to God. According to findings, demonic possession is a spiritual attack. It affects many without their knowledge. Demons are the forces that Satan uses to accomplish his mission and vision here on earth. These forces are the ones that…

article Hope for Uganda’s child soldiers? It says “The LRA's long, bloody campaign is the legacy of the assumption of power two decades ago by President Yoweri Museveni, a southerner who helped end the string of bloody reigns by northerners such as Milton Obote and Idi Amin.” and then later in the same article it states “Uganda has hinted it will offer amnesty to Kony and other rebel leaders as a bargaining chip — just as it has allowed surrendering fighters to return home freely in the past.”…

In ‘The Great Gatsby’, the eponymous character encapsulates the ideal American construct of the self-made man: Gatsby is a manifestation of the notion that one can create their essence, this was potentially facilitated by a rejection and ultimately a severance from God due to the horrors of the First World War. The horrors of the war provided many a grounding to question the qualities of their chosen deity, as a result many became members of a new thought sweeping Europe and America: atheistic…

Dante’s Inferno is one of the most well-known epics about Hell. His depictions severely detail his journey through the Inferno, most especially his encounter with Satan, “the emperor of the reign of misery.” This encounter holds in itself endless symbolism to be drawn out. Anthony Cassell, a medieval and Renaissance literature professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has spent many years in research on Dante’s masterpiece of Hell. Cassell published this analysis of the…

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a horror story revolving around Victor Frankenstein’s obsession for success and science. Born out of great scientific knowledge and months of ardent dedication, the Creature should have been the pride of his creator, Frankenstein. However, Frankenstein is blinded by a scientific education; his ignorance of moral implications allows him to create life carelessly and pursue a god-like figure. Unable to face the consequences of his actions, Frankenstein rushes away,…