Tasmanian Devil

thing I found odd is the fact the devil wears glasses. They were rectangular frames large on his face. They only magnified his amazing eyes. " I don 't want it," I stared into his eyes. They were gorgeous. He staggered back as if I had punched him in the stomach. He looked as if he couldn’t catch his breath. At first he couldn’t form any words. "Why...but it is your soul. How could someone not want their soul back," he looked like he was going to cry. Does the devil cry? I almost felt bad for…

ever so heart wrenching cancer and mental disorders; and the old fighting between tribes and clans to the presence of gang-violence in our streets. All evils that have affected our ways in some way or ways. We would all like to think these things are devil-sent from the darkest gates of hell. “So times were pleasant for the people there/ until finally one, a fiend out of hell,/ began to work his evil in the world.” (Beowulf 9) The fiend of hell, referring to Grendel, was also thought to…

Pearl is often described as an “imp”, which is in simplest terms a spawn of satan. In fact there are even points where her own mother believes that the devil was inside of her daughter. Hawthorne uses this description of Pearl to really help illustrate the magnitude of this sin in this time period, so to many people Pearl was viewed as the devil. Although as we get to know Pearl we begin to see she is more than that. Her kisses can even be viewed as a symbol of acceptance and forgiveness. The…

Dantes Inferno Dante awakes and he has been moved to another stage in the levels of hell. A three headed dog named cerberus blocks the path of virgil and Dante but virgil pleases the dog and they are able to pass. They go into the circle of gluttonous. One of the people there recognizes Dante soul and he ask Dante if he recognizes him. Dantes does not and the guy respond his name is John he was a man with a political past. There were other people in the guy political past that has been set in…

Was Dante Trying to Scare the Hell Out of Us? (A discussion of how Dante’s The Inferno, is used as a moral propaedeutic) “Heaven would be wonderful, but it looks even more wonderful when there is also a threat of Hell. People probably believe in Heaven more when they have just been threatened with Hell.” (Heflick). People of the church are often known for their ability to make individuals who do not attend church feel lesser and more sinful than themselves. This seems to be the case because…

faith is what keeps one from temptation and the Devil. Goodman Brown has not been married to Faith for long which symbolizes he does not have strong faith in God yet. This helps the reader understand why he was so willing to leave his wife that night. Faith also represents an innocence untainted by temptation. When Goodman Brown thinks he has lost his wife Faith, he also loses his faith in God. One can see the precise moment he gives into the Devil when he says, “My Faith is gone! . . . There is…

Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter helps to construct the novel through his pursuit of evil. His name, physical appearance, and his actions show his negative intentions for Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale. His character is portrayed as an entity of the devil, who works toward the main goal of exposing Dimmesdale. Chillingworth is Hester’s husband, who she had planned to leave England and start a new life in Boston with. Hester and him are a part of the many people who emigrated from Europe for…

“Farewell, good strato. Caesar now be still: I killed not thee with half so good a will” (5.5.78). “Julius Caesar” is a historic Roman story about the genius scheme Marcus Brutus conspires against Caesar. Brutus conspires to kill Julius Caesar and deals with the consequences in a rather brutal way. Brutus is the definition of a tragic hero and demonstrates the qualities a tragic hero needs. A tragic hero is a character that makes a decision that leads to their fate.The characters actions often…

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,…

John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost” has been enjoyed by readers because of the different point of view in which he depicts Satan. People generally know Satan as the bad guy who opposes God and corrupts mankind, but Milton gave everyone a new perspective in which to look at Satan. Satan shows promise as a protagonist as he commands the world of Hell but also at the same time people still think of him as the embodiment of evil and all bad things. However, as the story progresses the…