Original sin

“An Inspector Calls” is a play written by JB Priestly, that revolves around a theme of blame and responsibility. To convey and show the moral of the play, it is contrasted to compare differences and to emphasize by setting responsibility as a central theme of the play but then providing a fascinating portrait of the way that people can let themselves off the hook and take no responsibility whatsoever. Priestly explicitly differentiates and portrays between those who have accepted their…

“Blood Wedding” by Federico Garcia Lorca is an undeniably complex play that uses many alternative religious symbols to convey death, truth, and betrayal in a unique way. The tarot card references in the play are likely the most effective and interesting symbols Lorca uses to translate his literary ideas to religious concepts. The use of tarot cards in Lorca’s work may seem subtle to those who don’t have experience with the religious tool, but for people who can easily identify tarot cards, their…

people of Denmark look up to him for being a brave man with an incredible ability to fight. After his young man phase, we see the adult part of him where he again shows his qualities by respectfully letting Hygelac’s son be the king because he was the original heir, and with this he proves he is ready for the throne. In the book, his fight with Grendel was the salvation of the country because without it, they would have lost more soldier lives because of the fact that he ate their heads’ off and…

In the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, sin and redemption is an occuring theme. The main character, Dorian Gray, commits plenty of sins and has the opportunities for redemption, however, when Dorian tries to atone for his wrongdoings he is unsuccessful. Dorians’ underlying intentions keeps him from redemption, due to his hedonistic views. In the beginning of the novel, Dorian is portrayed as a young and innocent boy that is easily influenced by Lord Henry, a character with a…

From the class I’ve learned that there are two kinds of evil, natural evil and moral evil. Natural evils are natural circumstances such as tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes. Moral evil results from human actions such as murder, theft and rape. The question that is risen if God is all good, then why does evil and suffering exist in the world? Just within the last few months, on the news there have been reports of tragic school shootings and natural disasters, and if God is all good why does…

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…