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The Preacher is a painting by George Gittoes, an artist who is recognized for his travels around the world and for his visits of different scenes of famous mass murders such as Rwanda. Much of his artworks reflects on the many levels of violence he has encountered, from local to even international. Gittoes painted The Preacher in response to the aftereffects of the Rwandan genocide, where massacres were still taking place left and right. This destructive aftermath shows persistent trauma…

In "Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God (July 8,1741)" by Jonathan Edwards, Edwards delivers a sermon. In Edwards famous sermon he utilizes literary devices such as Metaphors, Repitition, and Imagery. Edwards uses these devices to give emphasis on his speech. Edwards famous sermon consists of metaphors throughout it. In paragraph 10, line 17 Edwards claims "That shall keep out of hell longest will be there in a little time." Ergo, even through you may be safe now at this moment there's always…

disciples, the devil can possess and influence those born out of the darkest sins. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, there is more than enough sin to go around. Pearl, born out of the adultery of her mother Hester Prynne, personifies the sin of the novel, and is described as such. Hawthorne uses abstract descriptions, demonic imagery, and wild, animalistic diction to convey his negative tone towards Pearl as a creation of sin. From the very first description of Pearl, Hawthorne makes…

that he is aware of the sin ahead and still proceeds contradicts any beliefs that there may be in Goodman Brown’s “simple and pious nature.” Goodman Brown’s conscience is blended by his departure from Faith. He knew it would kill her if she knew his intentions. The story implicates that Goodman Brown intends to get to heaven solely by clinging on to Faith and her Christian ways. Later, as Goodman Brown is in the wilderness with the Devil, he sees four characters commit sin. The revelations…

stands in a grey middle ground that doesn’t seem like it’s been developed. The narrator’s unstable stance can be seen in the following quote: “At the least, we can promise ourselves that pleasure which is wickedly said to be in sinning, for a literary sin the divergence will be” (Melville 1596) In this quote the narrator apologizes for diverging from the story. The word choices that he uses like “wickedly” and “sinning” are exaggerated from the act of simply diverging. This is interesting…

A sin and a crime can be synonymous, but it varies, based on what a person believes. A religious person would consider a crime to be a subset of sins. Based on religion, the cycle to follow after committing a crime would comprise punishment, repentance, and redemption. We see this cycle in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, as the mariner is punished by nature for killing the albatross. Readers can connect with the mariner as he deals with the consequences of his sin; he undergoes a spiritual…

Emily Dickinson’s poem “I Heard A Fly Buzz” has caused debate on what the fly and the buzzing stands for. Dickinson’s poem symbolism of the fly can be tied back to Christ or it has been seen as a negative symbol. George Monteiro asks the questions, why is that “Fly” in the room, and why is death personified as the “King”? He looks back and compares this to the folklore legends. He examines the religious legend surrounding the death of Jesus Christ and the flies which gathered on Christ’s body…

Ryan Robinson Mr Scharfen Period 6 14 May 2016 Heart of Darkness Comparison After reading the poems Dante's Inferno, The Hollow men and watching the movie Apocalypse Now, i discovered that their are many themes that are similar to the Heart of Darkness. For example in the Heart of Darkness Marlowe, the protagonist says many things about human nature that directly reference t the poem Dante's Inferno. Or how Kurts, the antagonist in the Heart of Darkness, is inhumane and very similar to…

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago plays the villain who sets out to destroy the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. His appalling, horrific actions and malicious spirit often cause readers to wonder what Iago’s motivation is. While, the play does explain minor motivations for why Iago commits so much evil, these causes are not sufficient. Iago’s true motivation is pure evil because he is malicious, psychopathic, and devil-like; he will not stop committing sinful crimes and will never feel…

spiritual living grounded in the commandments. As a matter of fact, my own questioning of the existence of God derives from the same principle of a God who offers punishment for good deeds. As he said in 13:23–24 , "Make me know my transgression and my sin. Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy?" I, like Job have felt that…