Within Temptation

novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, we see the underlying notions of temptation when the main female character, Hester, a married woman, struggles with being in Boston, Massachusetts, without her husband. She was sent before him and dwelled there for 2 years in waiting. Her husband’s whereabouts unknown and she had not heard from him in all this time. Hester and Arthur faced temptation, sin, and ultimately, guilt stemming from their tumultuous affair and subsequent lives…

about quitting, which is when they move on to the second stage, contemplation. During this stage smokers come to a realization about the consequences of smoking, or have another reason for wanting to quit. At this stage, most smokers plan on quitting within the next six months. The next stage is preparation, and in this stage smokers are getting ready to change their behavior. During the preparation…

Temptation is a hard thing to deal with, especially if it involves something you really want. If you offer a kid a marshmallow, they are most likely going to eat it, but what if you make them wait fifteen minutes for the prize of two marshmallows instead? Would they wait? An experiment was done by Walter Mischel in 1968, and shows that the kids who wait have a better chance at being successful in life, than the kids who gave in to temptation. You will be surprised to know, that most kids did…

because that is what we are. Temptation disrupts that, yet it cannot change our worth in front of our Lord’s eyes. But that does not mean that one should go out into the world and do whatever one feels like doing. Yes, we were all born into sin and curiosity starting way back to when Adam ate from the forbidden fruit. Nonetheless, it does not make it impossible for one to avoid temptation and keep walking on the path of God. Jesus Christ himself has dealt with temptation and overcame it in the…

those experiences. Nathaniel Hawthorne, known for the use of sin, guilt, and consciousness, warns in “Young Goodman Brown” the long-term effects of temptation and the dark effects growing up under Puritan faith can have on an individual. Nathaniel Hawthorne reveals Young Goodman Brown’s (YGB’s) immaturity and stubbornness using religious temptations during Brown’s journey through the forest. Hawthorne uses strong literary devices to expose to the reader brown’s inability to grow up since Brown…

directed and released one of the most controversial films of the decade, “The Last Temptation of Christ.” While previous films surrounding Jesus portrayed stories that many evangelicals are familiar with, this took a completely different route. The film even begins with a disclaimer stating that it is not based off the gospels. It can be argued that this takes away from the true historicity of who Jesus was within the film, but the interpretation provided can possibly give audiences and scholars…

embalmed but makeup is not permitted. Within three days of death, bodies are placed in plain wooden casket boxes that are built by the community (McKenzie). Caskets are placed in the gravesite which is hand dug. Unmarked tombstones are on the grave with a map to identify where the deceased are located. The Amish communities are attempting to preserve their rich heritage and wish to…

commonly held religious beliefs or morals in England at the time. The idea was that people, especially women, should refrain from anything immoral, taking control of themselves in the face of temptation. Much of this had to do with sexual immorality, so it was also unacceptable for women to talk about such temptations regarding love and sex. In fact, for a woman to think about such things might even have been considered showing a lack of restraint. Two writers, Christina Rossetti and Emily…

powerful theme of temptation is also evident, and represents how evil can sometimes over power against good. A third parallel can be drawn on the idea that the boys are under the presence of God, but are left by themselves on this microcosm without a physical higher authority to guide them away from evil. In the text, Lord of the Flies, parallels between the novel and the story of, the Garden of Eden are evident through the use of similar relations to the environment, presence of temptation,…

way to his largest character flaw: greed; but, even though Shakespeare produced the story of Macbeth, the idea of succumbing to temptation existed hundreds of years prior in the third section of the book of Genesis. The Tragedy of Macbeth and Genesis 3 share some similarities as pieces of literature, but the most prominent of these features in the indulgence of temptation by the characters. However, before we can discuss the minor and major similarities of the characters, we must learn about…