Sal Paradise

Prologue The legend is that thirteen years ago the rulers of heaven & the underworld started a war against one another. The ruler of Heaven was a woman, whose name was Nova, and the ruler of the Underworld was a man, who was named Jaxon. The war wasn't started by both Nova, and Jaxon, but their reasons were completely different. Nova's reasons were nearly endless, but she only told a few to her servants, and friends, but she believed that Jaxon was trying to make her empire weaker. Nova also…

The Heavens above were being Shifted and the Earth below Shattered and countless Primordial Deities and Demonic Gods were falling..... Inside a certain cave was none other than an exiled Demonic God known as Crimson... Exiled for being a practitioner of both the ways of Demonic Gods and Primordial Deities by both the Demonic God Emperor and Primordial Ruler. It was the one and only time that the two leaders fought together in all of history His existence was known by all the Demon Gods and…

In chapter eleven of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, we find that the creature has confronted Victor in the wilderness and convinced Victor to follow him and listen to the story of the creature’s existence up until their meeting. Victor follows the creature, feeling that he at least owes his creation his attention for creating such a monstrous being and bringing him into a world where he will be ostracized and feared by all he meets. The creature begins his story, and a cast of characters…

In Jack Cottrell’s The Faith Once for All: Bible Doctrine for Today, the author delves into the topic of angels. First, Cottrell addresses something that I had never considered before: Satan is a created being, under God’s rule. The author makes the distinction that Satan, “is not an evil divine being who is independent from God and God’s eternal antagonist in a kind of dualistic universe” (128). I had never thought Satan to be a deity, but never realized how miniscule he truly is compared to…

Equality in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein The imbalance of equality are apparent throughout Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein. As we become acquainted with the genesis of Victor Frankenstein’s monster, we too are made aware of the very oppression that the monster experiences soon after. From the disownment he experiences with his very own creator, Frankenstein, to the torturing he endures in the nearby villages, the monster is rudely awakened by the discovery of the prevalent prejudice undue him…

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…

C.S Lewis writes in the closing of his critical approach to 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…

This passage comes from the part of the novel describing Victor's travels with Henry Clerval after his encounter with the monster. Victor and Henry have separated, Henry going to London and Victor to the Orkney Islands to fulfil his promise to create a female companion for the monster – which he hopes will free him from the creature's persecution. Frankenstein, however, is afraid that the monster and his mate may breed a species that will threaten humanity, so he destroys his work; but he is…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein is distinguished man who becomes obsessed with a goal. His goal is to create life from different parts of a deceased human. The goal is to manifest a dead being into a living object, such as God created Man from dust and a women from the rib of a man. First, Frankenstein is like God to me because his creation was same as Gods creation which was, man. Many people have accused Victor of “playing God” by fabricating a creature in his laboratory, in…

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…