Original sin

Throughout Dante’s Inferno, Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell, all inhabited by people who committed different sins. Dante begins his journey on ground level and Virgil gradually leads him below the surface of the Earth, descending further and further into Hell. The first circle of Hell scratches the surface of the Inferno and is the beginning of his journey. Canto 4 represents Dante’s trek through the first circle, Limbo. In this canto, Dante describes a dark and dreary…

In order to illustrate McMurphy’s tragic, impending downfall from his role as the ward’s flawed yet benevolent savior, Ken Kesey depicts McMurphy’s actions through a multitude of Biblical allusions, specifically, to the life and death of Jesus Christ. By doing so, Kesey further implicates that the mental hospital and other institutions are inherently misguided and at times, villainous. Throughout the novel, McMurphy performs a series of miracles, which involve healing the patients by making them…

In the Television show Southpark their is an episode called "Cartmanland", it reflects upon two characters and their fortune. Cartman is one of the young characters who is a jerk, yet somehow ends up inheriting a million dollars and buys himself an amusement park. Meanwhile, another character named Stan (who is well behaved) feels like life is cheating him because he isn't rewarded, instead is punished with a hemroid. This episode of Southpark teaches us that God has a plan for all of us, we…

must feel and the evil deed she has committed. Her scarlet letter represents sin, her sin. Hester is affected negatively by the punishment. When she goes out in public, her letter reminds everyone of what she has done and discourages others from committing the same sin, “Thus the young and pure would be taught to look at her, with the scarlet letter flaming on her breast,...as the figure, the body, the reality of sin,” and she is then humiliated (Hawthorne 82). She also experiences…

In regards to the play, "The Christians," by Lucas Hnath, the controversy the Christians vs. Christians, quarrel about the existence of hell. Ultimately, the idea that hell does not exist in the presence of Christianity seems absurd, since Christians deem the origin of evil behavior to be stored there. In another literary work "the philosophy of pitchforks," it also reassesses the image of hell. Pastor Paul did have a good point when he stated that the Bible "does not say hell" (Hnath 37). The…

In the next stage of Elie’s relationship with God, we start to see him doubting God and thus Elie’s conflict with his faith in God begins. He states, “As for me I had ceased to pray...I was not denying His existence but I doubted His Absolute Justice “ (45). As Elie experiences dehumanization and witnesses atrocities be committed by the Nazis, he begins questioning his and can’t understand why God has yet to intervene. The Holocaust exposes to Elie the cruelty, selfishness, and true evil of…

who wears a black veil in order to represent everyone's secret sin or inner sorrow. The minister, Reverend Mr. Hooper, believes that everyone carries a sin or inner sorrow around with them that they do not make known to the people around them. He wears the black veil because although his sin is visible to everyone, everyone else carries their black veil in their hearts. Nathaniel Hawthorne in this parable wants to show that everyone sins but he hide it in our hearts instead of showing it and…

Decisions are something every human makes every day whether they are forced or made by one’s own self. At every moment, humans make decisions based on what they think is the best choice or what will have the best outcome. People make choices based on the events going on around them. There are different motivators for their decision. In Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, he uses God’s wrath as a motivator to make people convert to Puritinism. Fear motivates us to do things…

getting into something much larger than I’d originally thought. Let me be blunt, I’m not a great Christian. I try to live a good life, I don’t drink much and never get drunk, and I’ll profess that I believe the Lord is my savior and died for my sins. Besides that, my logic takes over and I question too many things. Take, for instance, last Sunday in church. We’ve been called to prayer, so we stand and close our eyes. After a few seconds, when the preacher’s words were in full swing,…

Traditionally, Hell in a secular conversation of the modern world comes across as jokingly or one of the largest insults to be made, and in the religious world comes across as one of the scariest and touchiest subjects. Even after centuries since the authorship of The Divine Comedy the feeling that the name of Hell brings remains the same, uncomfort and largely, fear. The Catholic Catechism and belief discusses how God created Hell for the fallen angels as a gift for what they intended,…