Satan

blessed with material wealth, but he has also enjoyed God’s unlimited protection over him and all that he owned. Satan has no qualms about attacking Job’s reason for serving God. It is obvious that Satan does not believe in the goodness of man. He believes that we are all self-serving creatures, only doing that which will benefit us. It is interesting, however, that in this scenario, Satan does not attack Job’s character directly, he doesn’t point out his faults or failures, he simply…

this is that if God’s children obey him and remain steadfast in their faith, God will bless them in ways that they could never have imagined. In the Book of Job, this promise is exemplified when Job, who is perfect in all ways, is cursed twice by Satan (with God’s permission), only to later be rewarded for his faith. A wise lesson on the merits of obedience, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote on a similar theme in “Story 10, Day 10” in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. In the short story, Gualtieri, a…

According to Kubler-Ross (2013), the grieving process is comprised of five formal stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. The first stage, denial, actually enables the person to initially endure an incredible loss. While it may seem counterintuitive, denial is actually a critical aspect of the healthy healing process. It is comparable to entering a stage of shock. The act of denial actually is a protective mechanism that helps a person cope with the overwhelming…

Even more than Tess, Angel Clare’s view of religion is heavily influenced by his upbringing and his attempt to break away from it. Angel’s father is a parson, and both of his brothers studied at Cambridge to become ordained. Just as Tess resents her family’s more ancient traditions, Angel tells his father he does not want to study to become ordained because the church, “refuses to liberate her mind from an untenable redemptive theolatry” (Hardy 91). Despite Angel’s desire to be different from…

the Fall can be blamed on Eve's extreme ignorance. Surprisingly, Eve seems to do, say, or think all sorts of things that make us want to blame her for the fall. Like the fact that she easily succumbs to flattery, which makes her an easy target for Satan, because not only is he the king of temptation, he is also pretty good at flattery. Yeah. So it probably was not the best idea to go out looking for temptation. Unfortunately, Eve also happens to be prideful, full of herself, gullible, and…

Since the 17th century, William Shakespeare has been regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. Shakespeare is often referred to as the greatest or most influential person in his field, as Michael Jordan is to basketball or Albert Einstein is to science. One of the greatest plays he ever wrote was Hamlet. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Shakespeare uses a wide array of Christian allegories and allusions to create a memorable plot. While these allegories occur frequently, they do…

Grendel from Beowulf and Satan from Paradise Lost can be both compared and contrasted, shown by the text. Grendel is described as an evil, powerful monster (Beowulf 23). Satan in the story Paradise Lost, is also described as a monster born of cain and the archenemy of God (Beowulf 38-51). While Beowulf’s Grendel and Paradise Lost’s Satan exemplify power, evil, and unsuccessfulness, their tactics prove different. Grendel and Satan can be compared as powerful. We can see this in Grendel through…

Satan disguised as a cherub tricks Uriel, one of the seven archangels, and as soon as he realizes his mistake he warns Gabriel that someone has trespassed the Garden of Eden. Milton describes the devolution or degeneration of Satan since the rebellion to when he faces Gabriel and the other archangels in Eden. He starts as an archangel (when God creates him); then to a cherub (much lesser angel); from cherub to a bird (which is the last shape he has with the ability to fly); a lion and then a…

When Satan set’s his eyes upon Adam and Eve, it is doubtful they he knew how easy it would be to corrupt their minds. Eve, in my opinion was probably the easiest to manipulate and that is why Satan was delighted to come upon her first rather than Adam. Eve, is just like any other woman, so it is quite easy to distinguish what one needs to do to get on her good graces. Due to it being Eve, Satan tempted her with his evil offer by using flattery on her. Apparently flattery will get you anywhere.…

“You know perfectly well you’ll only meet me down there.” (Golding 182). Lord of the Flies translates to Beelzebub in Greek which translates back to the Devil or Satan. When the Lord of the Flies comes out to meet Simon who symbolizes Jesus, he tries to tempt him into ruining the tribe. In the bible, the devil tries to tempt Jesus in the desert for forty days. He asks Jesus to turn the stones in bread, fall off a…