The Female Image in Paradise Lost In Genesis chapter 3 verse 20 it states that Eve, in Hebrew Chava, is mother of all life. ... Although Sin is described as beautiful from the waist up feminine beauty it assumes a negative connotation in Paradise Lost. ... In both transgressions in Paradise Lost by Sin and Eve the women are both condemned to pain while performing the one act that only women can perform. ... Both female characters in Paradise Lost result in some type of death. ... Only in Paradise Lost, the effect is negative. ...

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First, the land, animals and natives complement each other as though they were living in a paradise. ... This is important due to how Dinesen keeps connecting the landscape to a godly paradise. ... Lulu came in from the wild world to show that we were on good terms with it, and she made my house one with the African landscape, so that nobody could tell where one stopped and the other one began " (p.76). ... Within the text, Dinesen equates her farm with a form of paradise. ... At the end of the book when the narrator is forced to leave the farm, the tale turns into a tragic account of paradis...

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The western theory of utopia originated in the ancient world during the Greek Mythology era where legends of an earthly paradise lost to history, combined with the human desire to create or recreate an ideal society [Nat14]. ... Thomas More uses Genesis chapters one and two as the back drop as he describes the flawless environment. According to More, God provided humans with their every necessity in this paradise. ... Thomas More describes the aforementioned chapters of Genesis as a nonexistent perfect society. ... Therefore, knowledge is the key to the turning point of life and the bridge to ...

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The western theory of utopia originated in the ancient world during the Greek Mythology era where legends of an earthly paradise lost to history, combined with the human desire to create or recreate an ideal society [Nat14]. ... In the book entitled "The Utopian Reader," Thomas More writes about an earthly paradise (Eden), the first inhabitants of this paradise (Adam and Eve), and the origin of the fall of man that led the end of their utopian existence (sin). ... Thomas More uses Genesis chapter 1 and 2 as the backdrop as he describes the flawless environment. According to More, God pr...

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Originally written by Wu Ch"eng-en in the sixteenth century, which consisted of one hundred chapters but was traditionally cut-down to various lengths to suit different audiences. ... Keeps trying to find the Western paradise he faces many obstacles he ends up going back where he started and try for a second time. ... They than arrive to the Western Paradise where the pilgrims went back to China and Tripitaka brought his disciples to the emperor who than treated them as servants. When the emperor had the Grand Ceremony the true scriptures were read for the first time with the result that t...

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With just this one word, the reader can grasp the tense mood of this section. ... Alba would slip down through a skylight and land noiselessly in that paradise of long forgotten objects- (p269). Before Clara's death, even the basement of the big house on the corner was shown as a "paradise,"" a heaven, to Alba. ... The house lost its magic; its spirits were gone. ... Hence the name of the chapter is the "Epoch of Decline."" ...

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However, the first chapter of Ecclesiastes, a book in the Bible, states, "For in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow."" ... Also, when he ultimately learns of the real world, he has been stripped of all he loves and his beautiful wife has lost her beauty. And finally, the Bible's statement is even further supported by a previous book, the Book of Genesis in which Adam and Eve are cast out of paradise after partaking of the Tree of Knowledge. ... As one learns of the unfairness of the world and cruelty of the people in it, the one must learn to adap...

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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, a famous writer, known by his famous works The Great Gatsby and Side of Paradise he spent tons of his life writing. ... His family was middle-class, but his family lost their jobs causing for him to be moving around the country and eventually out of the country in need of his family to find occupations. ... An example of his unique sentences of the fourth paragraph of chapter one of The Great Gatsby he says, "If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of...

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Between 1402 and 1403, he sculpted the second door of The Doors of Paradise, called The Sacrifice of Isaac and entered it into a contest, but lost to his competitor, Ghiberti. ... The cupola of the Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, was one of Brunelleschi's most famous and difficult tasks that he overcame. ... The cupola is a big dome that covers the Santa Maria del Fiore and considering how difficult it is to design one so big and sturdy, especially in the time period Brunelleschi was in, was a difficult task to complete. ... One of Brunelleschi's most famous masterpieces was th...

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A similar idea also occurs in legends of worldwide currency, the best known of these being the Greek, and the medieval Norse, Celtic and Arab legends that describe an earthly Paradise in the Western or Atlantic Ocean. ... This idea of the difference between utopia and dystopia being the author's point of view is very interesting; the implication is that one person's idea of perfection is anothers nightmare. ... No one wanted to take a chance on a novel about past, present of future censorship. ... Frank Herbert's Dune (1965) is one of the best examples with its portrayal of ...

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Genesis reflects how one ancient people explained not only their own beginnings, but also the creation of the world. The first few chapters also introduce the "fall" of humanity. We were created along with the rest of the world and were in paradise, until the opportunity to gain knowledge arose. ... Innocence is lost and experience is gained which leads to an increase in knowledge and the attainment of wisdom ultimately leads to the decay of man. ... After reading, Paradise Lost, an epic poem about Adam, hell, and original sin, the creature states, "Like Adam I was apparently united by no ...

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The Director in chapter 3. ... ": Mond in chapter 17. ... But by doing this we have lost a kind of deeper happiness or "true" happiness as John referred to as but more importantly we have lost our sense of individualism, "Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability!": The Director in chapter 1. ... The Savage in chapter 17. ...

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Shelley was obviously influenced by the idea of Romanticism and the importance of imagination and creativity and people such as her father William Godwin, who was a social and political journalist and mother Mary Wollstonecraft, who was one of the first feminists would have heavily influenced her. ... Shelley includes references to Percy Shelley's poems and other Romantic poems such as the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Milton's 'Paradise Lost', the references to these show to the reader the Romantic view of the importance of emotions...

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The meaning given today to the word "hell" is that portrayed in Dante's Divine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost, which meaning is completely foreign to the original definition of the word. ... So, what is the 'Lake of Fire" of Revelation chapter 20? ... In one of his illustrations, Jesus spoke of a cruel slave as being 'delivered to jailers' (Greek, basanistes', which actually means "tormentors" and is so rendered by the KJV at Matt. 18:34). ...

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His father soon lost a job when Fitzgerald was young, and that is when F. ... One of them told F. ... Scott published his first novel, This Side of Paradise. ... When it came down to their work each man worked rigorously to make sure that each chapter was perfect. ... The work of Fitzgerald will never be lost, and every time one of his novels is re-examined there is more depth and beauty in them than there was at first glance. ...

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After the battle takes place, the dwarfs seem to not be able to see that they are in paradise. ... The ignorance and fear that overtake the dwarfs prevent them from entering paradise. ... When Lewis" mother dies, he becomes lost and confused. ... During a number of consecutive chapters, the passion is expressed symbolically and extremely accurately. These chapters parallel the events leading to Christ's crucifixion and Aslan's sacrifice. ...

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"The Man of Laws Tale" is one of a saint's legend. ... In the final chapter, the King is dying and wishes for his sword Excaliber to be thrown into the water. ... Many of the knights die on their quest but one knight finally finds it and brings it to Arthur that cures him instantly once he drinks from it. ... "The Wife of Baths tale" is also one of adventure. ...

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He also shows how no one understands Jesus or who he is. ... The first theme in the Gospel of Luke is divine plan which is obviously displayed in chapter one when the angel Gabriel came to Mary to tell her about her pregnancy. ... For example in chapter two of Luke verses 41-52, Jesus is a boy who gets lost for three days and his parents get really scared, just like normal parents with a normal son. ... For instance Luke tells us that Judas brought the priests' soldiers to capture Jesus and that the one soldier cut off Judas' ear. ... In Luke, the thief says to Jesus to remember hi...

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In "Lord of the Flies", the opening chapter introduces us to the characters and the conflict and poses a question: If people were dropped on a distant island that offered plenty of food and no dangerous conditions, would the experience be a good one or a bad one? ... Although a plane that was under attack during an atomic war dropped them, Ralph thinks he is in a paradise. ... As the story progresses, we find that the natural state of man is not a good one. ... While she was pregnant, she visited a Savage Reservation, hurt herself in a fall, and got lost, missing her return trip to London. .....

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Marco Ianno in chapter 10 Marco is described as "A new voice, coming from the rear of the hall. ... A former teacher highly respected for his work about demons and specialization in John Milton's work's Paradise Lost that had taking him to the Ivy League and conferences around the world. ... This can be seen when: one of the ghosts that appears to Cole is a little girl named Kyra that is looking for help when she is murdered. ...

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The first child I will mention is discussed in the "Peasant Women Who Have Faith" chapter. A peasant woman goes to see Father Zosima because she has lost her son. ... This woman had already lost three other sons and just couldn't stand to lose another. Father Zosima tells her a story about a saint who comforts a grieving mother, like herself, who had lost her only child. ... He understands that men themselves are to blame, because they were given paradise and they traded it away...

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One can argue that Victor himself is a kind of monster, as his ambition, secrecy, and selfishness alienate him from human society. ... Whereas the reader expects Victor to reflect the joy of having finally reached his goal, his reaction is one of horror. ... While one may assume that his repulsion is due to the physical appearance of the wretch (56), Victor had created the monster and thus knew very well what the creature looked like before it awoke. ... Here, the reader gets a broader view of Victor's characteroone that involves consideration of his loved ones. ... His previous failure t...

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Frankenstein begins his story in Geneva, at home with his family, during chapter three, his mother dies of scarlet fever after attending to Elizabeth, whom she contracts it from. ... The monster is brought to life in Chapter five, "on a dreary November night, again this adds to the stereotypical image of the horror genre. ... During chapter 24, Walton takes over telling the story, and again Shelley uses epistolary form for him to do this, as Walton is again writing to his sister. ... The monster would collect food for the family and was repaid by them with "Paradise Lost, a volume of Plutarch&...

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Since God created every one, the people of all religions are children of God. ... The Jewish bible has become the Christian Old Testament but the Christian bible has incorporated new chapters that include Jesus' teachings and writings by Christian apostles. ... Kosher lost its importance. ... The middle position of a Muslim sinner, neither condemned to hell nor rewarded with paradise. 5. ... What the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions have in common: All three religions believe is one and only one God. ...

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