Surfers Paradise

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein death is a recurring motif which is linked to destruction, revenge and monstrosity, however it is deaths inextricable link with life which challenged 20th century audiences and critiques. Victor Frankenstein conducted his experiment with the intention of creating life by bring together the world of the living and dead “appeared to me ideal bounds,” by overturning the limits of life he wished to be the first to create a formula for cheating death. Victor not only…

In this novel, Victor Frankenstein, the main character, proves to have a God-like superiority. Victor has created different Adam. This idea is emphasized when the Creature states that he feels like Adam, after he finishes reading Paradise Lost. "Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence" (80). God was the first to create life, thus showing Victor's God-like superiority. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, the main character, proves to have a…

Genesis is established as being the beginning of everything and being all good but there is also the portrayal and interpretation of evil in the creation. In the genesis of evil, Dr. Altizer explains that the origin of evil is “unknown and as orthodox as the origin of god” (Altizer 80). The journal explains how Genesis contains several indirect interpretations of the portrayal of evil in genesis. One of the first interpretations of evil is seen when Adam and Eve sinned in Eden and turned away…

The mood changes from a normal and mundane to cold and lifeless when the dementors attack. Dementors are soul eaters, when they kiss their victims, the soul of the victim is taken away. Without their soul, a victim of dementors will most likely have no love, no expression. They can’t ever get their soul back again. So, when the dementors attack in the alleyway, “The star-strewn indigo sky was suddenly pitch-black and lightless ---- the stars, the moon, the misty streetlamps on either end of the…

When left completely alone with the minds unrivaled creativity, is it possible to consider there is a “…mystery of something greater that ourselves” (Baird 2)? Within the article “Why We Need Silence (Not Cell Phones)” by Julia Baird, it is questioned why the technology of today has been of such critical influence of the new fad of being engulfed in sound pollution. Baird’s article is based from her personal feelings on the research done by British author Sara Maitland and Maitland’s own…

someone, and them turning their back on yours. It is something that can happen to anybody in the real life and Paradise Lost by John Milton, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and the hit TV series El Chema by Rafael Amaya all have the realistic and eye opening portrayals of betrayal and the impact it can have on the lives of the characters involved. Satan’s fall is a small portion of Paradise Lost and describes how Satan was sent to hell. The…

In the epic poem, Beowulf, the recurring image of darkness is often used as a portrayal of death and the unknown. The author also uses the same image to depict evil and sin and its relationship to Christianity. The underlying elements of Christianity within Beowulf can be attributed to the recent conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Through the persisting application of darkness, Beowulf addresses the presence of sin and the fundamental Christian beliefs in a savior and the…

obey the rules exist within the unity of the community, whereas those who disobey seem to create an individualistic representation of themselves outside of the conformity of the society. Dealing directly with the Satanic and Demonic, John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus seek to portray and define the characteristics of the character’s that perform such actions within their communities and their position in that world after the fact. Both…

The important role that healthy interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships play is depicted in the model of the Trinity. According to Darrell Johnson’s Experiencing the Trinity, “we are created and redeemed to enter into the love each person of the Trinity has for the other” (64). This statement encompasses both intrapersonal and interpersonal interactions. The Trinity is one; thus the love that each person in the Trinity has towards another person in the Trinity is the love that the Trinity…

John Milton 's epic, Paradise Lost, recounts the Christian Creation story, filling in the gaps with touches of misogynistic lore shaped by the culture of his time. Although it is difficult to conclude whether Milton 's sexist portrayal was intended to bring an awareness to the absurdity of gender roles or was intended to reinforce the patriarchal culture of his time, it is undeniable that the gender roles presented in Paradise Lost are still pertinent. Acknowledging that gender equality is the…