This is clearly a battle between the two most significant supernatural beings in the Christian Faith. For each of the climaxes where the vampires Lucy or Dracula are killed, the crucifix plays a major role. The evil forces are scared of the crucifix; they cover at the very sight of it, for it represents God and all that is good and pure. The Devil hates what it represents so it tries to remove all signs of it. Even After Lucy died, Van Helsing placed "a small golden crucifix over her mouth" in attempts to save her soul.
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Shakespeare foreshadows the downfall of Scotland by including the unusual actions by animals. “A falcon tow ‘ring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d” (act 2, scene 3, Lines 14-15) This does not only echo the tragedy of Duncan but foreshadows the collapse of Scotland and Macbeth. A mighty falcon was killed by a mouse-hunting owl which is just the start of an unbalanced kingdom. Shakespeare strengthens the connection between the reader and his characters by comparing them to animals. “Yes; as sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion./ If I say sooth, I must report they
In the beginning of the book, right after the creation of the monster, Victor fled his home to get away from the creature, only to return and find that it had escaped. While in the mountains Victor is approached by the monster who begs for understanding from Victor, that it's killing of Victor's younger brother William Frankenstein was out of confusion and it was only intending to hurt Victor, as he saw him as his cruel creator. The monster then asks Victor to create him a female monster, equally grotesque to be his soul mate. If Victor was so passionate about his work you would think he'd keep his monster locked up or under some kind of control, but since victor left his monster free to roam, it left Victor not knowing any better. It is Frankenstein’s responsibility to teach the monster and see it as a friend.
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It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother---why, its brother gave you that scar.” Rowling, J.K., “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone” Pg. 106 The unicorn that Voldemort kills for its blood in the chapter “The Forbidden Forest” can represent the oncoming disturbance of peace and the rise of evil. The way Varela 2 that Voldemort killed a creature so pure can also show how evil he is. Voldemort killed the unicorn for its blood, so he can drink it and sustain his life. Unicorns symbolize purity, calmness, and life, when Voldemort killed the unicorn, it forewarned the reader that calmness and life were about to end.
Before disaster struck their tribe, the Danes were relishing a time of great prosperity. For this reason, Hrothgar decided to build the largest and greatest hall in all the land. Upon completion of the grand hall, destruction awaited. For when the tribe gathered to celebrate within it, and music began to play, a monster lurked. This monster was “A powerful demon, a prowler through the dark…a fiend out of hell, who began to work his evil in the world.
Overall Asian dragons are the ultimate and the most abiding symbol of good fortune that lies in the heart of Asian mythology. In contrast Western dragons are usually associated with evil. In ancient European myths they are known to take a flight at night just to terrorize the villagers and cause pestilence over the land. Also there are many myths and legends of dragon slayers such as Hercules and Seguird, who became saints after slaying the beast. As you can see the “dragon” symbolizes two very different things and two culturally different parts of the world.
The motion picture Beowulf directed by Robert Zemeckis has some significant alterations in plot events compared to the epic poem. The film does an excellent job showing the terror that Grendel imposes on the Danes with his monstrous raids on Herot. It also supports the epic poems famous battle between Grendel and Beowulf with the epic hero killing the monster. But following this battle, major plot events has some key changes contrary to the epic poem Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel. Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother in the epic poem but in the movie he makes a deal with demon leading to his downfall.
Throughout his adventures, Beowulf is fighting against evil, whether it is Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, or the dragon. Beowulf’s, journey to save a kingdom is threatened by evil. In the epic poem, there are many symbols of goodness. The epic hero, Beowulf is the essential source of goodness. Beowulf’s goodness is described in his battle against evil, symbolized by Grendel, one of the monsters defeated by him.