fiction It all started so simple, we were lovers who had it all. Sure, like most relationships there were ups and downs but I could have never imagined this is where it would end up. I wake up tied to a bed. ‘Kinky’ I say to myself. But then the memories of last night all start to flood into my mind. This is not a scene from 50 shades of Grey, but I, in fact am actually being held prisoner by the man I thought I had loved. Instantly my body is over come with fear and adrenaline. I resist
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How has Milton’s Paradise Lost shaped modern depictions of Lucifer? John Milton’s Lucifer has become so prominent in modern discussion of hell and sin that it is often confused with the theological account of the devil. Luciferian characteristics or depictions of Lucifer himself can often be linked back to Milton’s Paradise Lost and I will discuss multiple ways that Lucifer has become integrated into modern popular culture. From DC Comics’ Lucifer Morningstar to Walter White in Breaking Bad, I
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In the short stories “A Softer Devil” by Derek Robertson and “Spilled Salt” by Barbara Neely, the titles of the stories affect a possible suggestion of the stories development, they depict the two offenders through their symbolism and also give the stories a religious meaning. First of all the beginnings of the short stories start with an event that, regarding the titles of the stories, could possibly turn into an opposite direction. The beginning of “A Softer Devil” starts with a very negative
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We Ate the Acid: A Note on Psychedelic Imagery “Symbols – symbols every where. All along my journey they flashed forth the apocalypse of utterly unimagined truths.” – Fitz Hugh Ludlow Psychedelic art typically contains a number of recurring motifs. Examples include circles, spirals, eyes, concentric shapes, grids, landscapes, nudity, long hair, skeletons and mushrooms. Other common motifs are various kinds of non-human animals, vegetation, space scenery and mandalas. And when humans and objects
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The human body has always interested me. The way that it dramatically changes throughout life and events that we are not able to control. Dante endures a similar fascination with the human body and its changes a parts on his journey through hell through the Inferno. Even reading this a second time, I was able to make even more personal connections with the book than I previously had. I have had many experiences where my view of the human body was being ruined by uncontrollable forces. Much like me
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His boney hands. Do. Not. Belong. There. You whip your hand around to smack the pervert across the face, only to be met with your hand stopping near inches from his face. No hand stopped you, no other physical entity stopping it from reaching his skull. It just kind of...hovered there in a slightly red light. Your face contorted to that of confusion and struggled. It was no use. You couldn’t wiggle free. Your eyes caught the skeleton’s. That ass was smiling. “Let...me...go!” You try to struggle
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In the texts The Divine Comedy, On Law Morality and Politics, and Revelations of Divine Love, there is a central theme of divine justice. In Dante’s Inferno, divine justice is God’s will for mankind and the order of the universe. In Saint Thomas Aquinas’ text, divine justice is the consequence of straying away from divine law. Finally, in Julian of Norwich’s work, the purpose of divine justice is to earn God’s mercy and eventually reside in his presence. Using different understandings of divine law
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thunderstorm” Tom was never seen again, and the townspeople were relieved. Irving told a story about a man and how his greed led to his downfall. He used the man’s actions and words to show how his want of money led him down a slippery slope to hell. By using this theme Washington hopen to show his readers that greed had a very negative effect. After all Tom Walker’s fate would have been very different if he was not guided by
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Hawthorne not only created Chillingworth to look like the Devil but he also made him act like the serpent from Hell. The Devil is said to act like a parasite as he sticks to man and tempts him with sin. Similarly, Hawthorne payed homage to this analogy of the Devil by creating the ninth chapter of his book “The Leech” and he talks about how Chillingworth took it upon himself to take care of Dimmesdale. In the chapter, none of the characters actually call Chillingworth a leech but the narrator told
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Son of Satan Narrator: The story takes place in America in the summer. The three boys in the story are in age of eleven to twelve years old. Character: All the characters are round because they have a description. Morgan and Hass are both presented like the best friends to the narrator and as some sort of minions, so that makes the presentation of them bad to my. Simpson is presented as a wimp. He is a freckled boy who is a loner. The father is presented as some sort of military dad. He is
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