Seven deadly sins

“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”( Erich Fromm). Greed suffocates the heart’s ability to find love and happiness in the world. Wholesome things are often overcome by the need to find everlasting success. Your wealth and possessions might seem important today but family and true happiness are worth far more. There is a similar situation in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is overcome by…

In the Seventeenth Letter of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Screwtape starts to explain to Wormwood the fallacy of Gluttony when he is tempting his patients. Gluttony has the meaning to be overindulged in food and drinks. The gluttony of delicacy’s should be considered because people do not always car about how much food but, care about if it is properly spiced, overcooked, or if it looks pleasing to the eye. Screwtape provides a great example of Gluttony when he is talking about the…

What is envy? The word envy defined is a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else possessions, qualities, or luck. A suitable example of the word envy comes from the poem "The Highwayman". In the poem it tells the story of two people who love each other very dearly, who are Bess, the landlords daughter, and the Highwayman (bandit). However, a hostler named Tim began to lust for Bess. For that main reason, Tim began to gain jealousy and envy against the Highwayman.…

Pride is a very dominating emotion, it gives the sense of personal worth, self-respect and honor. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe uses this literature to spread some light on the subject. Fortunato’s foolish pride leads him to be betrayed by a friend, and Montresor’s uncontrolled pride motivated his indecent act. Poe suggests that man can easily be influenced by pride, through his characters and their actions. The power of pride is clearly represented through the character of…

began to slip farther and farther away from the teachings in the bible but refused to admit it. Ultimately, these “Puritans” stopped being terribly pure. In the Puritan society of 1962 described in The Crucible that boasts its closeness to God, the sins of wrath, greed, and lust are committed in abundant quantities. Wrath is described as an extreme…

her wish had come to, as she died shortly after childbirth. The king, dejected after his beloved wife’s death, withdrew to his quarters, leaving young Snow to entertain herself. It was a difficult adjustment, then, when her father remarried after seven years and a domineering stepmother moved in. In those times, there was an abundance of cruel peasants and servants, but the worst offender in the kingdom was Snow White 's stepmother, Linda. She constantly insulted the girl, whether Snow was in…

“In your tradition, is pleasure bad? I mean, sex, eating, and so on, does it keep you from holiness? Does it keep you from God?” Rinpoche’s response, “It leads you to God” was perfect! Too much sin in one’s life can lead them to becoming lost. Fortunately, to find the way back on track is to put trust in God. Rinpoche for once gave a direct answer because it is not something to think about; it is the real answer. Otto humors to the audience that…

for the poor choices they commit in the world. It is a spiritual realm often referred to as the inferno for the evil suffering of the souls. Some people believe their sins are not significant enough to allow them to descend to hell. Some even believe that no sin is greater than the next and that all sin is equal. I believe certain sins are greater than others, and in my hell I will have child pornographers, dog fighters, domestic abusers, terrorists, racists, womanizers and identity thieves…

a woman who goes on a vengeful killing spree, after being scorned by her husband, Jason. Having already killed prior to that her scorn fed her murderous impulses. Her worldview indicates that she prays to the gods/goddess to go unpunished for her sins. She seeks out revenge for those who have caused her pain. As a result, Medea believes that revenge is justified. Medea seeks revenge to justify how her husband Jason has mocked her. To validate her revenge she seeks help through her partner…

Ghosts, witches, and family curses aren’t subjects normally found in nineteenth-century romances. And yet, all are present in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s eerie second novel, The House of the Seven Gables. In it, Hawthorne introduces the Pyncheons, a self-righteous, greedy, and slothful people whose destructive hereditary traits arouse the revenge of the humble Maules. In turn, the Pyncheons blame the Maules’ revenge—and, particularly, the ancient curse of accused wizard Matthew Maule—for each…