Sin

‘Three Compositions of Meekness Towards Man’ Thomas Boston suggested three elements of the meekness towards man in his famous book ‘The Beatitudes’. He claimed that meekness has the ‘bearing of injuries’, ‘forgiving of injuries’, and ‘recompensing good for evil’. Boston presented ‘bearing of injuries’ with four oppositions of the meekness, which are ‘hastiness of spirit’, ‘malice’, ‘revenge’, and ‘evil-speaking’. In the next level (‘forgiving of injuries), he mentioned that “A meek spirit is a…

“…and returned like a dog to his vomit, and went on in the ways of sin.” He is very clearly saying that while we cannot allow ours to become so pious we alienate everyone, neither can we set aside our spirituality and let sin overtake us. Examples of metaphors: On page 182 he states, “…ejaculatory prayer…” which implies an immense release of prayer for his soul. Also in page 182 he says, “…to…

“Every man must come to terms with death,” (Paulson, 2007). Death can be defined in different ways. Some would define it as the end of life. Others would say that it is akin to being asleep for after death, we are unconscious and oblivious of the time that has passed. The bible tells us this in Ecclesiastes 12:7, “The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”(NIV). When death is near our soul, whether physically or spiritually, is separated and from…

Henry makes him aware of his beauty, it becomes his most prized attribute, and, as a consequence, it becomes his most terrifying vice. Through the novel, vanity haunts Dorian, damning his actions before they are even committed – it is his original sin. It’s what motivates all of his actions, from his wish to be young forever in the beginning of the book, to his attempt to destroy the portrait at the end. Even his altruism his driven by the desire to improve his own appearance. After being…

The crucible symbolizes a trial of good and evil based on the scientific definition of measuring how pure something is. The outcome being to single out the bad people from the good. Reverend Hale acts as a guilt-ridden figure seeking redemption for his wrongdoings. He is a man of moral integrity. Who is at first naïve and misguided but later becomes distrusting of the court and realizes the court is corrupted and his beliefs shift to perceiving life as the greatest importance. Through the use…

The major conflict of Everyman can be subjected to the protagonist and antagonists super objective. The protagonist is Everyman and by assuming that he is in the prime of his life, he tries to bribe Death because he assumes that he had more time to do virtuous acts. The antagonist is God and his servant, Death, acts out God’s will of good deeds in the world. The dramatic action can be referred to as the plot or action of the story. By this, having Everyman go on a journey to find accompaniment…

13. Pandora’s Box Pandora’s Box was a box given to Pandora, which contained all the evils in the world. 14. Prometheus and the gift of fire Prometheus, a titan who was known to be a trickster, had given mankind the gift of fire and the skill of metalwork. As a result, he was punished by Zeus, who chained Prometheus to a rock while he had his liver eaten by an eagle every day. 15. Sisyphus’ curse Sisyphus was a smart, but evil man. He tried to trick the Gods especially Zeus. As a result of this,…

stands in a grey middle ground that doesn’t seem like it’s been developed. The narrator’s unstable stance can be seen in the following quote: “At the least, we can promise ourselves that pleasure which is wickedly said to be in sinning, for a literary sin the divergence will be” (Melville 1596) In this quote the narrator apologizes for diverging from the story. The word choices that he uses like “wickedly” and “sinning” are exaggerated from the act of simply diverging. This is interesting…

He was afraid of that sack, yet wanted to fall through” (99). The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, is the story of a man who cares for nothing but worldly achievements and self-seeking happiness. Completely engrossed in his career, Ivan gives no thought to his spiritual life, and, as a result, the idea of death never crosses his mind—until death knocks on his door. When death stares Ivan in the face and laughs at his helplessness , Ivan can do nothing but pity himself, seeing no escape from…

In Crime and Punishment, the murderer is really a saint, and the prostitute is really an angel, and the husband is really a specter, and the punishment for confessing a crime is actually liberating, and the perfect beauty is within the accepting of one’s own loving, social nature. But the unattainable is living a self-oriented existence that rejects both human companionship and the loving qualities of one’s human nature. Although the narrator at first appears to depict Raskolnikov as the…