Also he says “you hang by a thread with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it and it and ready every moment to singe it” meaning that if sinners keep sinning the flames of hell will burn the only string they have to righteousness. He also tells them that if they keep disobeying God that he would “withdraw his hand, they would avail no more to keep you falling than the thin air” and at any moment that God feels as though you do not deserve to be in heaven he will drop you to the pits of hell. In addition, Edward also uses powerful diction that emphasizes God’s power. For example, he is a “sovereign” and has complete control over mankind. God is also very “discontent” he sees that mankind is not following the puritan community and feels as though they shall be punished by not being accepted into heaven but sent to hell, lastly God was “inconceivable”.
Nonetheless, the revenge takes over Chillingworth’s life describing, "…That old man's revenge [is] blacker than my sin. He [violates], in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart…" (141). Chillingworth is an example of the darkness Puritans possess as they punish others for not following the laws of society. Just like the Puritan community, Chillingworth wants to make Dimmesdale and Hester regret the sin they have committed and go back on a path of religious devotion to God. Subsequently, not
They are either feeling guilty because of their subconscious or they are being punished by a being of “higher” power. Gary found out that there are consequences for not obeying “Gods Law”, the same goes for Adam and Eve. So overall the moral of the story: if you don’t obey, you will pay. Gary knew what he had done was wrong, he says “I knew sin was what you took and didn’t give back”, and he was
The Monsters vulgarity and the Replicants perfection does not define them their reaction and action and the ability to think morally and ethically makes them human. The audiences predetermined ideas on a villain is flipped as the monster and replicants become the most relatable and the creators become demons. This makes the audience reconsider their ideas on what it is to be human, who can say what defines humanity when the humans act like
Some of the most important climactic scenes of the poem are Beowulf's fights against three different monsters; these creatures are vicious and bloodthirsty, deserving of death at the skillful hands of Beowulf because they are condemned by God - or at least that is what readers are led to believe. As the hero, the entire story is appropriately tailored to exalt the incredible Beowulf in his prowess and might. However, it can be argued his heroic pedestal has skewed the story in favor of Beowulf when in reality such praise may not have been justly due. A closer inspection reveals that in reality, these monsters are perhaps not so monstrous after all; the poem's plot represents them as barbaric, imposing forces that Beowulf heroically exorcises for the safety and preservation of the community, but if we examine the poem in the lens of possibility that Grendel's race is in fact human, Beowulf's supposed heroism suddenly appears ugly and discriminatory. By the scarce description we are given of two of the three beasts Beowulf encounters and subsequently defeats – Grendel and Grendel's mother – it is difficult to determine whether they were in fact
His accusers are called “wicked” in the first line while they are known as “workers of evil” in the second. These synonyms reiterate his stance towards those who have sinned who speak peace with unfaithful hearts. The psalmist is saying that people can speak about peace and God but peoples intentions will not always coincide with what is right. The use of synonymous parallelism is used once again in the fourth verse. Both of the lines emphasize repayment, as the deeds of the wicked should receive punishment that is justly deserved.
Natural imagery is explored when describing Old Hamlet’s “blossom of [his] sins”. This can be interpreted that his sins are not imperative, compared to the “damnèd incest”, which goes against the bibles. Additionally plosive sound is portrayed, as “damnèd incest” as a hissing, snake-like, harsh sound to it. The “life” of Old Hamlet in the present is described as “horrible, oh horrible, most horrible”. This is significant of the incest, the murder, considering that he is the king and the king was always believed to be chosen by god himself or possibly the fact that he is in purgatory as he left “unhouseled, disappointed [and] unaneled”.
These mataphors sent a message to his audience back then, and convey a powerful meaning to society today. Jonathan Edwards uses very intense metaphors to depicct the reoccuring idea of God having the ultimate decision. One of the metaphors in teh passage is that "natural men are held in the hand of God over the pit of hell." The word "pit" gives hell an endless depth, which goes along with the use of "hand" and to make it seem that this small part of the body is the only thing saving everyone. The reason for the author choosing these words is to establish hell's gruesome quality.
Believing that their gods had great powers and controlled their world, they than knew what they had to live up to, and provide. They concluded that their hardships and misfortunes were the result of human deeds that displeased the gods - in a word, sin. They believed that when someone displeased their gods, these gods let demons punish the offender with sickness, disease or environmental
Deliberately using human reason to corrupt others leads to betrayal, condemnation, and silence. Dante Alighieri uses his Divine Comedie, The Inferno, to portray the sins man commits in life and the punishments man deserves. In the early circles of Hell, the persons damned are able to speak and express emotions. Cantos four through eight contain sinners who threatened social order and could not control their desires. Dante expresses his opinion of sins when he places the lustful, the avarice-filled, and the panderers in upper Hell.