Sin City

its lists of “laws” referred to as the Ten Commandments. Amongst this “laws” is another list that discusses attitudes and behaviors that Christians should avoid, called the Capital Vices or better known as the Seven Deadly Sins. It begins by listing of pride as its first deadly sin and often viewed as the most notorious one among Christians due to the idea that pride is the act of putting yourself above god. In the short story Revelation, devote Catholic author Flannery O’Connor takes a look at…

killed will never get to experience life because of the murderer taking it away too soon. For the deadliest sin, the murderers will face the most severe punishment — the wheel of fortune. The wheel itself will determine the person’s fate, good or bad. Although we don’t know what the punishments are, or which punishment the murderer will get, it all decides on fate. Fate decides the outcome of your sin. The outcome of the wheel will be unexpected, just like how the victim did not expect to die.…

thought was the devil, argue that he is not all evil. This leaves the reader wondering if Markheim is truly evil or not. Markheim is not evil. What makes someone evil is not being aware of the harm they have done and continue these evil “sins”. When we look back at all the people who were considered evil from school shooters to those who killed millions, these were truly evil people as they did not care. It was like a job…

said the minister. ‘Thou, too, hast deeply sinned’” (382). This scene distinctly resembles Jesus sacrificing himself to relieve all people of sin, where in the context of this narrative, Dimmesdale sacrifices himself to abate the sin of Hester Prynne. This scene also speaks to the blind following to Dimmesdale as a religious leader, as he was a man of deep sin. Another perspective may view Dimmesdale sacrificing himself to prevent Chillingworth from harming anyone else. Chillingworth’s cries…

Knowledge and truth combined together can lead to a very dangerous outcome. Stephen Vincent Benét’s post-apocalyptic novel, “By the Waters of Babylon” is about the protagonist, John, destined to be a priest and his journey to the forbidden land his civilization calls “The Place of the Gods.” Throughout the novel Benét entertains us with his vivid descriptions. John’s journey and the discoveries he makes reveal that truth influences his understanding, society, and actions. John’s quest to “The…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, ideas of love, guilt, sin, reputation, and alienation are shown throughout the story. One theme that is brought to my attention constantly is guilt. In The Scarlet Letter, guilt is destruction to the main characters of the story. Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale, are consistently reminded of the sins they committed and the fact that their past mistakes can only be relieved if they admit to their past. In my interpretation for “Guilt is…

shows the differences in God’s attitude towards humans and Satan’s. Lewis as well uses fear to attack human pleasures to demonstrate important differences between Satan and God. Lastly Screwtape uses temptation as a way to demonstrate the strength sins and distractions gives him to gain a patient's soul. Lewis’ crafty use of irony in The Screwtape Letters ultimately fulfill the book’s purpose: to show Satan’s efforts to fight God's love in order to gain the soul of a human…

Bradstreet and Edwards Compare and Contrast “The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without promise of obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.” (Edwards, 126) Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards were both very devoted to God , but had different views of him. Bradstreet, a…

The poem “January”, written by poet William Carlos Williams, uses imagery to paint a vivid picture in the mind of the reader. Williams also uses descriptive language and the metaphor of wind and the sentences the narrator is bound to, to exemplify the picture in the reader’s mind. A particular example of imagery in the poem is when William states “And the wind, as before fingers perfectly it’s derisive music.” In this quote, Williams expands to the senses of auditory and touch. He expands to…

Unfortunately, pride or self-conceit are vices that affect humans without exception. Lewis writes that all sin roots itself in pride. In reading this bold observation, one begs the question, “is pride really the root of all sin, or is the thought exaggerated?” Also are people today more or less focused on themselves than those in past times? How does one combat the sin of pride?…