Sin

American Literature based on strict Puritan beliefs. In both Literature works the authors introduce a character who goes against the Puritan beliefs and commit a sin of adultery. In “The Scarlet Letter” Hester experiences a feeling of shame, guilt, ignominy and isolation while enduring her punishment publicly whereas in ”The Crucible” Proctor’s sin of adultery is not publicly known but he punishes himself for his own goodness. Both Hester and Proctor have an individual acting as a threat and…

allegory, Dante changes during his journey from many experiences he experiences, including learning that the souls in Hell deserve their punishments, seeing the people inside of Purgatory being punished for their pride, and realizing that pride is his sin while he goes through the bottom section of Purgatory. In the second circle of Hell, Dante meets Paolo and Francesca, who says to Dante, “we are one in Hell, as we were above.” Dante feels great sympathy for Paolo and Francesca, and “fell, as…

and all the discoveries that were made during that time, with all this modern science and inventions, religion was still number one on the list. Religion was the essence of society at that time. Following the religious belief and not committing any sins. The people in the 17th century believed that religion was the solution to everything and it was a must to follow it. In the novel “The Scarlet Letter” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, showcases the universal truth that humans during the 17th…

Filled with regret and despair, the mariner is tasked to tell his tale of sin to others in order to cleanse his soul. In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge infers the importance to love all and respect all of god’s creatures. The journey the mariner parallels the journey of man dealing with sin and being freed. Throughout Coleridge work, we see the sailor bombarded with constant misery to atone for his action and the people around him suffer. The wedding guest hearing his tale can be a…

key theme that I found more interesting than the others that might be able to be taken from the text. I thought that god finding a balance between the sin committed and the degree of punishment you will suffer was interesting, it was weird to think that there was once a belief (or still is I’m not sure) that there are tiers of hell and based up your sin you will suffer a harsher fate than others. The key theme reminds me of the Hammurabi's Code "an eye for an eye", balance in life is seen as…

confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. –john1:9. Guilt is what takes place when a person realizes their failure. False guilt, which is what Satan is known to throw at us, is where the sin has been repented of and forgiven, but he still wants us to feel guilty or see ourselves associated with our pasts. We are speaking of false guilt in this teaching, because true guilt should prompt the person to repent and turn from their…

Harvesting Native Americans: The Theme of Unwilling Sacrifice in “The Sin Eaters” Sherman Alexie’s “The Sin Eaters”, a short story found within The Toughest Indian in the World, tells the story of a young boy named Jonah and his presentiment dreams about war that ultimately come true. In this short story, Native Americans from all parts of the country are stripped from their reservations, bused to prison-like camps, and utilized against their will by the government. When reflecting on this text,…

it. He quotes St. Jerome’s bible about man sinning and how it equates to death. “ 'The reward of sin is death. ' That 's hard. 'If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and there 's no truth in us. ' Why then, belike we must sin and so consequently die.” (1.41-45). Faustus eagerness for unlimited knowledge is failing him from seeing the truth in his words. Sin reward death yet Faustus sins by agreeing to contract with Lucifer. He does not have faith in the knowledge of religion yet…

selfishness"(Martin Luther King Jr.). This quotation from Martin Luther King Jr. reveals that man has a choice to be good or evil. Each individual has the potential to display goodness but they also have the potential to give in to sin. It is up to man to fight his own inclination to sin. In Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, he delineates that evil can come from within. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow discovers that the evil that ensued in the jungle did not come from the white man, but instead,…

starts lost in the darkness of the woods with a poet who portrays lost spiritual in sin. He says that he does not recall how he…