Cain Summary Summary (Masterplots‚ Fourth Edition) print Print document PDF list Cite While Adam‚ Eve‚ Abel‚ Zillah‚ and Adah pray to God‚ Cain stands sullenly by and complains that he has nothing to pray for because he had lost immortality when Eve ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge. He cannot understand why‚ if knowledge and life are good‚ his mother’s deed has been deemed a deadly sin. Abel‚ Adah‚ and Zillah urge him to cast off his melancholy and join them in tending the fields. Alone
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When John Milton begins the poem of Paradise Lost he states that the theme of this story will be “Mans first disobedience”. The ideas of obedience/disobedience were one of the most common themes seen throughout the poem of Paradise Lost. Within it‚ all sins are seen as acts of disobedience against God. The poem tells the story of how Adam and Eve disobeyed God‚ and even further describes Satan’s disobedience. Once the first disobedient act occurs‚ there are usually two moral paths that one can take:
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The Strength to Resist In a short story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck‚ the author makes use of literary devices such as symbolism‚ characterization and setting to develop and bring out the theme. The author reveals the topic of temptation by exposing the Garden of Eden to the reader‚ as he explores the in depth the nature of sin. Steinbeck managed to expand the story of Adam and Eve to a far more relatable setting and time period. A crucial theme in this story is that temptation will always
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Pandora was the first human woman created in Greek mythology. She was created to punish mankind for the gift of fire‚ given by Prometheus. Representing divinity‚ fire was an asset intended for the gods/goddesses. Once human men acquired this gift‚ the separation between the gods/goddesses and mortals was diminished. Zeus was outraged by this blurring of divine lines‚ and upon his order‚ Pandora was fashioned of “water and earthy” by Hephaestus. Athene‚ Hermes‚ and the other gods/goddesses of Mount
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Eden and Eve are depicted in Genesis as God’s creation that tends to his Garden. But the Serpent tricks Eve into eating an apple from the tree of knowledge; which God forbid‚ causing man’s fall . This is one of the most commonly known Biblical stories‚ as such; it is impossible to have an entirely consistent depiction of it. There are also various versions of the text itself. A discussion about the differences between them‚ and the causing factors‚ will entail looking at several sources. Two versions
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legendary figure and the deeds/adventures they encountered. A significant relation of the two stories was‚ they both had a God or God(s) which is the narrator of the stories. Another connection between the two stories was when Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit‚ sinned‚ was ashamed of being naked‚ and was excluded for the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 3:1-23). Inkidu was tempted by a women‚ slept with her‚ was ashamed of being naked‚ and the wild beast him (pg3&4‚ para 1-6). The
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flower but be thou the Serpent under it" (I‚ v‚ 66-67) The first part of the quote is a simile and the second part is a metaphor. Macbeth is reluctant to murder the king. But Lady Macbeth‚ driven by ambition‚ instigates him to kill Duncan when he is asleep. She tells him to put on an appearance of innocence but be as venomous as the snake that hides behind it. "be thou the serpent under it" is a metaphor because the word of comparison is absent and both Macbeth and Serpent are spoken of as one and
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inspired and taught by the gods and goddesses‚ for which they were the creators of the earth and life. “The earliest is Coatlicue‚ or “Serpent Skirt.” She had a human skull or serpent for a head‚ a necklace of human hearts‚ a skirt of twisted serpents and taloned feet‚” (Anzaldua 49). She was a woman‚ an Earth Goddess‚ the beholder of all. “Coatlicue‚ Lady of the Serpent Skirt‚ contained and balanced the dualities of male and female‚ light and dark‚ life and death‚” (Anzaldua 54). Since Coatlicue possesses
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tells the rose she is dying. Commentary While the rose exists as a beautiful natural object that has become infected by a worm‚ it also exists as a literary rose‚ the conventional symbol of love. The image of the worm resonates with the Biblical serpent and also suggests a phallus. Worms are quintessentially earthbound‚ and symbolize death and decay. The “bed” into which the worm creeps denotes both the natural flowerbed and also the lovers’ bed. The rose is sick‚ and the poem implies that love is
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a woman’s curiosity. In the Book of Genesis‚ Eve is created from Adam’s rib to accompany him in the Garden of Eden. God had instructed Adam not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The story culminates when Eve is deceived by a serpent‚ resulting in her taking fruit from the tree and sharing it with Adam. God is extremely upset and banishes humans from the Garden of Eden
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