He is most famously referred to as the “faithful martyr, where Satan dwells” in the book of Revelation (Revelation 2:13). It is very likely that if Antipas did not meet the apostle Luke who inspired and prepared the businessman for a life changing experience, Antipas would have remained the materialistic
Lord Henry is morally ambiguous in that he plays the role of the Devil on Dorian's shoulder through out the novel. He does not provoke Dorian specifically, but tells him philosophies and gives him books that corrupt Dorian and turns him into the creature the portrait shows in the novel. An example of the corrupting philosophies is evident on page 21, where Lord Henry first tells Dorian "Yes, that is one of the great secrets of life- to cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul." Dorian spends the rest of his life pondering this phrase and following it to the letter by indulging in both obscure fads for his pleasure and eventually using drugs like Opium. The book that corrupts him further is described on page 104.
In the beginning Poe uses “Prince Prospero” as an allusion to The Tempest and the Bible. According to Cheney Prince Prospero becomes an anti-hero, as an image of a man misusing his will as he attempts to shape reality; the “Red Death” becomes an anti-Christ,” and image of the cosmic force conspiring man’s failure. Charmingly Prince Prospero’s masquerade does not intimately unite earth to heaven, but intimately unites earth to “death” (Cheney). In the end the masquerade is not a new Eden, but a “valley of the shadow of death” (Cheney). Poe uses many things to describe symbolism in “The Masque of the Red Death”.
'Humiliation. In The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne adeptly employs rhetorical devices such as allusion, syntax, metaphor, irony and imagery. He dares to probe the deleterious nature of revenge and the duplicity of character in the Puritan society circa the late 1600’s. The Biblical allusions found in the Scarlet Letter are so great in number to the point of being obvious. First, Hester and Dimmesdale are comparative to Adam and Eve; after committing the infraction, she is cast out of the Puritan community and both are forced to live under the stress of their guilt and work to ease their consciences (Faira 1).
Creation once was something biblically pure and reserved for God but Victor ignores this and his work becomes a mockery of purity “I kept my workshop of filthy creation,” the oxymoron undermining the implied sanctity expressing the depravity of Victor’s ambition. The pervasive use of irony is evident in the juxta positioning of Victor denying his creation friendship and the companionship he seeks with Clerval “nothing could equal my delight on seeing Clerval,” he
As .... (688 3 ) Comparison Of Peale Family Painting And Freake Painting .... During the Puritan times, Children were viewed as essentially evil beings, condemned by the original sin of Adam and Eve, however, during the period of .... (779 3 ) The Scarlet Letter- Puritanism .... that Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts. By cleverly inserting examples of the Puritan times, his opinions permeate throughout the novel. (548 2 ) Puritans are Contradictory .... "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. " (Gen 1:27) In Puritan times, the dominating .... (978 4 ) 8.) What characterized puritan religion and government?
“Powers & Principalities.” Commonweal (2011): 14-17.Academic Search Premier.Web.21 Mar.2013. The author explores the modern concept of devil. He argues that author C.S Lewis has perpetuated the modern caricature of evil in his novel “The Srewtape Letters” through the real goals was to set evil within the terms of Christian apologetics. He also observes that in several motion pictures, such as “The Devil Wears Proda” evil is personified less as a cosmic power battling God for sovereignty than as a small-time dealer in individual favors as the source of humorous mischief. The Devil is no joke.
Mr. Utterson explains quite often, “I incline to Cain’s heresy,” he used to say quaintly: ‘“I let my brother go to the devil in his own way,”’ By referring to the tale in the Bible of Cain and Able, the reader can easily understand Mr. Utterson for who he really is. The second allusion describes the relationship of Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Lanyon explains to Mr. Utterson, “such unscientific balderdash,” added the doctor… “would have estranged Damon and Pythias.” He refers to the
Miller has portrayed the community of Salem as a town tainted by enigmatic irony as a result of the role reversal of good and evil, due to greed and autocratic power, aggravated by sexual repression, themes that are still prevalent in society today. Arthur millers dramatisation of the seventeenth-century witch-trials administrates the compelling theme of order and disorder, provoked by sexual repression. The Crucibles Setting, culture and congruence to historical events enhance the audiences understanding of the order and beliefs of the puritan’s in the small, relatively new community of Salem. Basing its
Banquo illustrated Macbeth’s subconscious belief that he was an undeserved kin, for he has played “foully.” Shakespeare uses Macbeth’s conscience to show how even the idea of power can be strongly manifested in someone’s mind and slowly corrupt any existence of principles and integrity, once again emphasizing the idea that “absolute power corrupts absolutely. “Another example of Shakespeare using Macbeth’s internal conflict to depict the theme, “absolute power corrupts absolutely” was after Duncan’s regicide. After hearing the witches’ prophecy, Macbeth contemplates on committing regicide on the King but once again his conscience constricts him from doing so. However, he is clearly vacillating with the thought of murder when he says, “if chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without stir. His inner conflict is shown explicitly in act 1, scene 7 when he weighs not only the detrimental political consequences of the murder but also the moral values involved.