Satan

Serpents in literature often have a negative connotation attached to them. In both “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and The Old Testament’s tale of Adam and Eve, the character of the serpent plays a large role. It can be argued that the serpent in “The Epic of Gilgamesh” played both a positive and negative role, whereas the serpent in The Old Testament was primarily an antagonistic character. By looking at the general symbolism of serpents in literature, it is easy to uncover the important yet slightly…

Religious symbolism is in almost every literature piece you could pick up. Sometimes, if you are not exactly familiar with religious symbolism you would not see them in a literature piece. In Lord of the Flies a novel written by William Golding, The Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, the devil, and Christ himself are all shown throughout this novel. These biblical expressions are sequestered quite well, if you do not have a trained eye for the bible, you may need help finding them. Religious…

Who Do You Allow To Sit On Your Shoulder? As a child, I can remember cartoons that would have a character that was faced with a choice and they always had an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. Nathaniel Hawthorne is a famous writer who has written novels as well as short stories. Hawthorne writes a short story called, Young Goodman Brown that takes place in a Salem village with the main characters being: Goodman Brown, Faith, and The Old Man. In a village in Salem, Goodman…

In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses allegory to portray how the boys on the island represent the corruption of man. Lawrence Friedman, in his 1997 essay “Grief, Grief, Grief: Lord of the Flies”, states that “the island opens in Eden.” He uses this to show how the boys are allusions to Adam and Eve, being in paradise, bringing sin and evil, and then ultimately destroying it. In his essay, “Good Grief: Lord of the Flies as a post war rewriting of salvation history”, Marijke van Vuuren…

Young Goodman Brown and Religious Hypocrisy In the short story, Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the theme of religious hypocrisy plays a huge role. The short story is about a man known as Young Goodman Brown who leaves the city of Salem, leaves behind his family to meet an old man. He goes without knowing who he is and what his intentions are. The old man is like any other but in his hand, he holds a staff carved to what seemed to be like a living snake. Goodman Brown notices that…

Motif- The Sea Quote Literary/ Style Elements Commentary Additional Ideas “The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in the abyss of solitude.” (15,124) Personification of the sea. Sounds of the sea create imagery. Chopin personifies the sea as a seductress to rationalize the pull it has on Edna. It emulates a feeling of giving into temptation and letting go of the chains that bind Edna and entice her to jump…

A sacred tree is all it takes to introduce sin to the pure. “the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’” Why would god and the other believers allow these people to commit these forbidden sins? However, who could resist the temptation of knowledge and the desire for something you can’t have. Women play an immense role in both stories, for…

On January 20th, 2017 Donald J. Trump was elected as President of the United States. He has only been President for a couple weeks yet it feels like his four years should be over. With the Republicans in charge of the congress there is nothing in is nothing in the way of accomplishing whatever they want; not even their conscious and sense of moral. In his opinion piece "Republican Fausts" , David Brooks is successful in his attempt to persuade his Republican colleagues that they have the…

Yassi Quon Pd. 5 Dr. Kane Journey Young Goodman Brown and Connie take a journey throughout the short stories "Young Goodman Brown" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?". Both characters have a self-discovery on their journeys, they discover what their world is really like outside their imagination. Young Goodman Brown realizes that nothing is the way he thought and he loses his faith because he finds people he thought were good, such as his wife, Faith, and his minister, engaging with…

1. If you look at Genesis 3:1 the serpent states “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?” It appears the serpent is questioning and contradicting God’s directions. In addition the serpent’s fallowing statement is perceived as God holding out on Adam and Eve. In Genesis 3:1 the serpent claims “God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, Knowing good and evil.” This gives Eve the impression that having her eyes open to good…