Jenna Erickson THEO 104-D14 5/4/15 Reflection Paper 2 I. Introduction For my second reflection paper, similar to my first, I am choosing two topics in which can somewhat go hand in hand with each other. The two topics I am choosing are: Creation and the Fall of Man. In today’s primarily secular culture, the teachings of creation and the fall of man are topics that are too commonly misrepresented and misunderstood amongst many. Both creation and the fall of man are fundamental foundations to
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lose their innocence and become aware of their nakedness, and start arguing. The Son of God comes and judge them, Sin and Death enter Earth, and Satan and his followers are turned into snakes. Archangel Michael is sent to expel Adam and Eve from Paradise, and he tells them about the future, and the events which will follow now they have sinned for the first time, and the salvation of mankind as the Son sacrifices himself. In the end, Adam and Eve leave the Garden. Book 1 Milton invokes the
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In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Frankenstein creates life like God did in the Bible when he created Adam. God created Adam from mud while Dr. Frankenstein created his “demon” from dead body parts. God also gave his creation intelligence; immortality and domination over other creatures while Dr. Frankenstein could only provide immortality. In today’s society people are trying to possess the ability of creation and cloning which are privileges no human should have. In the Bible God created life
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In Paradise Lost, poet John Milton focuses on telling the story of the fall of mankind to his readers, specifically the temptation of Adam and Eve by the devil at the beginning of creation. By caving into sin and disobeying God’s commands by eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve lose the beautiful paradise in which they live and become aware of the presence of sin in their lives. Adam and Eve’s disobedience becomes even worse when one realizes that their mistake will not only
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Victor Frankenstein decides to study that topic and devote his life and studies to creating artificial life. Actual artificial human beings were they can talk, breathe, eat, and everything else a regular human can do. So he travels to many graveyards looking for the perfect body pieces and internal organs. He finally pieces them together after sleepless nights... And it turns out to be horrifying monster. I am Frank Padron, this is Frank's Talk show and let's get into this topic. The first out of
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or Modern Prometheus, is a daring tale of the creation of life gone wrong, inspired by the many alchemists and scientists of the time. From a young age, Shelley was exposed to the concept of social engineering and social and moral issues. When she married Percy Shelley, he brought about the ideas of man playing God. A man with a deep interest in chemical experiments, he exposed Mary the whelm of chemical experimentation and natural philosophy. Many will agree that Shelley’s
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life's principles. Victor Frankenstein's mistakes caused him to be the person responsible for the deaths within Mary Shelley's novel. Initially, Victor Frankenstein desired unknown knowledge which was not thought about carefully. When Victor made the decision, bringing life to a being, he did not consider the consequences of creating a
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During my childhood my aunt played a really big part in my life, and she influenced me and taught me to be a better person. One novel that explores the importance of a positive influence is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, talks about a young scientist named Victor who at first started as a normal kid from a noble family. He gets interested in studying natural philosophy, chemistry and alchemy. Soon after, Victor's mother dies of scarlet fever. Which brings him great sadness, and he turns to his studies
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However, the noble origins of the quest mean very little in the end as “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions” (St. Bernard Clairvaux). Just as his creation does, Frankenstein falls from grace and takes up the quest of Satan. After the murder of his bride and subsequent death of his father, Victor gives in to the darkness, until “revenge alone endow[s] [him] with strength and composure” (Shelley 140). He vows vengeance, promising the object of his rage torture and death (Shelley 142), just
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Society creates unspoken rules and standards of living and those who do not adhere to the rules are considered monsters. It is for this reason that the responsibility falls on society for the creation of monsters since society is responsible for creating the rules and standards in the first place. In literature, and the modern day, it is the creation and expression of superficial standards that creates monsters. In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein attempts to create a man but
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