The White Devil

shown through Jack and Ralph, Simon and LOTF and flies and butterflies, supports the Lord of the Flies as a religious allegory. Ralph and Jack’s constant conflict throughout the novel can be equated to the constant struggle between God and the Devil or good and evil. Jack is Ralph’s opposite.…

Edwards uses rhetorical devices to scare his audience from the path of eternal damnation and onto the path of boundless righteousness. He used imagery when he said, “It is that natural men are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell” and “the devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up” (Edwards 198). He says this to paint a picture to the congregation of how close they are to eternal…

Alfred Pennysworth, butler of Batman once said “some men just want to watch the world burn” in reference to Batman’s villain, the Joker. A similarly destructive attitude is festered in the antagonist; Iago of Shakespeare’s play Othello. Iago is motivated by an undeserved hate toward the protagonist, Othello, which leads to chaos and sparks a classic Shakespearean tragedy. Throughout the play, Iago allows jealous suspicion and anger to fuel a hate for the Othello. From Iago’s perspective, he…

that is a respected person within the village. Goody Cloyse reveals the old man as the devil and herself as a witch going to the ceremony within the forest. Brown is awaken by familiar voices and…

not merely sick; she is touched by the Devil’s spirit. At one time Ann Putnam cries out “The psalm! The psalm! She cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name!” (177). If one cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name it is thought that they are possessed by the Devil. Ann is pointing that out. What one says shows how they truly feel better than anything else. Just as these thoughts and speeches of Ann Putnam prove to be those of a wicked woman, likewise do her…

An Infernal Predicament Many people are intimidated by hell, yet Dante uncovers the after life, as he perceives it to be. Dante’s Inferno is an interpretation in guiding one through the importance of fulfilling a morally virtuous, Christian-belief enduring lifespan. Circle I, Limbo, is a valley filled with souls who allegedly never did anything morally wrong, but were not baptized and therefore not allowed into heaven. Dante’s beliefs in Inferno upon salvation, the afterlife and sinful nature…

Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s play is a conflicting character, his capability of words is tremendous and he is very ambitious, yet doesn’t take a minute to think which makes him a little strange, he is willing to do anything and lose everything in order to get what he wants from Lucifer even if that means he will waste powers that he has gained at great cost. When Faustus is introduced to the reader, he is just preparing to board on his career as a magician, and while we anticipate that…

Skyelar McQuillar Honors Comp & Lit 3A November 4, 2016 Is Being Famous a Faustian Bargain? In the play ‘Faustus’, the main character, Doctor Faustus made a deal with devil. Faustus was very knowledgeable but he wanted more, he wanted black magic. In order to get that he sold his soul to devil for 24 years in return for Mephastophilis as his servant. Faustus signs the contract in his blood and has second thoughts on what he just did. Faustus begins to learn new spells and uses his gift as…

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 remorse because he is consumed by evil. Othello tells the beginning and end of Othello and Desdemona. Othello is a general, and he recently gave an amateur solider, Cassio, a…

a peculiar characteristic given by Dante. The unusual picture of Satan is completed with “three faces on his head” where “with six eyes did he weep” (47). Each face was a different color. The middle was red, representing anger, the right face was white/yellow, representing impotence, and the…