Satan

The Tragic Ending of Faust: An Interpretation of Faust II, Act V, Lines 11678-11829 In Part II, Act V, line 11678-11829 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic play Faust, Faust’s soul is rescued by angels. There have been many scholars that have interpreted this scene as representing the redemption of the protagonist after a life of evil and destruction (Van der Laan, 67). That view has now largely been rejected. An alternative reading of this scene would be to deny Faust any identity at all,…

This story is either based on reality or fantasy. One of the main characters is Arnold Friend, described as “An old Fiend.” He is known to be either a demon or a saint. Arnold was recognized by Connie as the man who exclaimed that he would “have her” during her outing the night before. Arnold shows up unexpectedly at Connie’s house, during the conversation with the stranger she realizes something wasn’t right. For one the stranger looked in his thirties but claimed to be eighteen. Second the…

Near the conclusion of Hellboy II, we find the eponymous hero at death’s doorstep. Hellboy is laid at the feet of his personal Angel of Death, a shrouded, veiled monstrosity whose ragged wings are festooned with a series of enormous, amber eyes. Elizabeth Sherman, Hellboy’s partner, cradles his unconscious body in a pose reminiscent of the Pietà, an aesthetic emphasized by the magical spearpoint thrust into Hellboy’s side. Even as Liz pleas for Hellboy's life, she is confronted by an ominous…

The Devil, the root of evil and corruption, is infamous for the existence of anguish, strife, chaos. Washington Irving depicts a short story in which the devil corrupts yet another mind and collects another soul to add to his ever-growing collection inhabiting his fiery home of chaos and torment. Irving crafts the novel to bestow upon the readers the message that greed will inevitably lead to their horrid, painful downfall. Tom Walker, one of many that regretfully conspired with the Devil and,…

steal your job of love from you, but he is souled out of time." ~ Jon Barnes Sole Out The soles of evil shoes are warned out by the people who believe the lies of the devil. Evil and devil share the same root word so that you can see the toes of satan exposed as he approaches you with deception. Just look at the warned out shoe soles as you can see the digital, mental, molecular, psychological, and physical booby traps have exploded the motives of the ungodly in Spiritual Warfare. Time to…

Job does resemble Morrie's current situation, and that there is a parallel in between characters. The story of Job is about a man who is tested for his "sovereignty and faithfulness during a time of great suffering" (Biblehub) towards God because Satan believes that "Job is only good because God has blessed him abundantly [and] ... if given permission to punish the man, Job will turn and curse God" (SparkNotes). Though Morrie does not get everything taken away from him, he is tested by God to…

boundaries to my dreams. There was no one and nothing that could stop me or get in my way. Christ was my friend and I was free. But there was one who sought to ensure I would not fulfill my purpose and wanted to destroy my relationship with Christ, Satan. At seven years of age, he began his brutal attempts to steel my confidence. At seven years of age…I was molested by a family friend, 11, and her cousin who was 15. At 12, I became suicidal and developed an eating disorder because of harsh…

The Sacred Canopy is a book written by Peter L. Berger on the origins of society and how religious beliefs expand upon the sociological theories. In Berger’s book, he analyzes many ideas of sociological functions of religion that are shown throughout the stories of The Righteous Sufferer, The Babylonian Theodicy, Job, and A Serious Man. Berger expands upon the idea of a theodicy that explains anomic phenomenon. He also speaks of masochism and alienation. The ideas Berger speaks of are…

THOUGH IT SEEMS INTUITIVE TO ASSUME AN EITHER STRICTLY FEMINIST OR ANTI-FEMINIST READING WHEN CONSIDERING EVE, THIS BINARY SYSTEM DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW BOTH READINGS IN FACT REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER Eve’s body is a particularly salient way in which her place in the gender hierarchy is solidified. This is established from the moment the characters are introduced in Book IV: Shee as a vail down to the slender waste Her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveld, but in wanton ringlets wav 'd…

The play Abigail is about ten years after the Salem witch trails. Salem is where Abigail was the antagonist for the events that occurred there and lead to the deaths of those all accused of witchcraft. Abigail ran to the outskirts of a town she tends to the sick and her gardens. She has changed her name to Ruth Meadow and is haunted by the events of her past. When she is tending her garden one afternoon a sailor by the name of John Brown approaches her and says that he is sick and that he heard…