Mortal sin

In Quest of Truth “Tell the truth but tell it slant” by Emily Dickinson can be interpreted as a poem that recognizes some overlapping features between truth and lie and in the meantime indicates the eventual distinction between the two. “Tell all the truth but tell it slant- Success in Circuit lies…” In the first two lines, Dickinson bids that “all the Truth” must be told in a “slant” way and in order to tell it successfully, truth must be told circuitously. And in the following lines…

The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1800s, but the book is placed in the Puritan times of the 1600s. Hawthorne is an anti-transcendentalist, which means he thinks society is good and nature is evil and humans are naturally evil. Puritanism is a very strict religion in the 1600s. If you are a Puritan you are against all earthly pleasure and your life is hell on Earth. Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols to represent ideas. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter,…

“Lewis’s Narrates the progress of Ambrosios destruction as his lust leads him to atrocious crimes.” These words of David McCracken concisely depict The Monk which takes the readers through a chaotic journey . In the book The Monk there are many conflicts that are in the way of the characters. Through the use of religion, Romance, and Greed, Matthew Lewis reflect the elements of the supernatural, sexual temptation, and Fallen man thus expressing Gothic Literature. The element of supernatural…

What is a good action? What justifies something as evil? Good and evil, a common dichotomy found all the time in life. Being able to decipher whether an action can be defined as good or evil plays an immense role in conflicts of everyday life such as ethics, religion, and psychology. In Heart of Darkness the ability to decipher whether something is good or evil, because impossible as they head toward the heart of the Congo. Marlow has an Englishman’s etiquette towards the beginning of the novel,…

Witch did not know. The deeper magic was that the one who died innocently revives. The sacrifice and the revival of Aslan represents the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus was crucified for all people’s sins. After he died, all people who believe the God were saved from the sins, so they could go heaven after they died. And he resurrected 3 days after the crucifixion. So because the sacrifice and revival of Aslan represent the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus, Aslan is a…

renewed of his sins, but deep down, he can not take those steps to redemption. He is not sincerely repentant for his crimes, and relies only on those around him as he tries to bear the burden of such crimes. Raskolnikov’s mental state before he has even carried out the crime provides evidence that he will not fully commit to the process of repentance and redemption. While he is planning his murder, he is constantly going back and forth…

“I am a man, therefore have all devils in my heart”(Chesterton 14).When Wilfred asks pastor Brown who he is, he responds that he is just a man. Humans commit sinful things not because they are devils, but they are just humans with sinful nature. Sin does not come from an exterior; it is naturally found in our internal soul. Wilfred committed murder not because he became sinful but because his sinful nature came up to the surface due to his extreme pridefulness. “Hammer of God”, by Chesterton…

‘Three Compositions of Meekness Towards Man’ Thomas Boston suggested three elements of the meekness towards man in his famous book ‘The Beatitudes’. He claimed that meekness has the ‘bearing of injuries’, ‘forgiving of injuries’, and ‘recompensing good for evil’. Boston presented ‘bearing of injuries’ with four oppositions of the meekness, which are ‘hastiness of spirit’, ‘malice’, ‘revenge’, and ‘evil-speaking’. In the next level (‘forgiving of injuries), he mentioned that “A meek spirit is a…

According to Mark Twain, “Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one who inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.” In other words, people can find joy in causing harm in others. Murderers and serial killers are seen to be people that are evil, dangerous and heinous. A murderer is a person who commit an unlawful killing of another person or animal. A serial killer is an individual who murders three or more people over a 30-day period. Some murderers and serial…

person—the “nice people” to which Lewis is referring. The problem of virtue, according to the Bible, is sin, and sin goes deeper than merely behavior. Sinfulness is a state of being, not simply one’s actions. One’s deeds are reflective of one’s being. Therein lies the real issue, as sin, according to the Apostle Paul, produces death (Romans 6:23). Further, Paul teaches, all are dead in their sins (Col. 2:13). The solution, therefore, is not to change one’s behavior, but rather, to receive new…