Satan

Iago as a Satan Figure in Othello      The play "Othello" by William Shakespeare is based on an Italian story in Giraldi Cinthio's Hecatommithi (Groliers). In "Othello" we encounter Iago, one of Shakespeare's most evil characters.  Iago is an ensign in Othello's army and is jealous of Cassio's promotion to Lieutenant. Through deception and appearance, we see unfolded a plethora of lies and clever schemes. The astonishing thing about Iago is that he seems to make up his malicious schemes as

The Powers of Satan in Paradise Lost Since the beginning of Paradise Lost, a reader can witness the dramatizing power possessed by Satan, and how he takes advantage of this very power in order to satisfy his own causes. One such property of Satan's fantastic powers is his ability to manipulate any individual into a false belief of who he really is, and therefore prevent a habitant of paradise from discovering his true purpose that is hidden behind his actions. One such example of this,

senses of anyone. Satan is part of the wrong moral senses, but during the novella, Twain makes Satan sound right and sensible sometimes. Twain even creates an image of Satan a bit similar in some ways to us. Humans just like Satan want pretty often to impress and be the best of the best. Some of the characteristics that humans have that are alike with the personality of Satan are hypocrisy, sarcasm, irony, and foolishness. Often, we use hypocrisy to get whatever we want. Satan is hypocrite with

The novel A Delusion of Satan written by Frances Hill describes the history of the Salem Witch Trials (“Salem”) in 1692, the causes and effects of the witch hysteria, and the biographies of major characters associated with the trials. In the novel, Hill started out explaining the Puritans’ beliefs and customs, the gender roles of men and women in Salem and why women were easily accused of being witches and practicing witchcraft in the 17th century. During that time, women were easily accused of practicing

to ruin peoples lives. Even before independence the first witch hunt among the Puritan colonists had occurred. While many people today have a general understanding of what occurred in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, Frances Hill, author of Delusions of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials, went deeper to find the true story of the havoc that fell on the small town. Hill uses this book not as a way of persuasion to one side or another, but as a means of giving her readers solid facts about

     The word cult is defined as an alternative religion. Most cults are started because someone doesn’t like the way the world is, and feels that his/her church isn’t doing anything to make it better, so they leave and create what they believe to be the perfect religion. Then this person strives to make others believe as they do so they will join (Miller, 1991, p. 15). There are somewhere around 3,000 to 5,000 of these cults throughout the United States, but only 75 to 100

Santa Clause is described as to little children. God does no wrong and is incapable of committing a sin; He is a picture perfect being. Satan is God’s archenemy and polar opposite, he’s popularly known for his evil ways and the fiery inferno that he inhabits, described in the book Dante’s Inferno. Rarely do people confuse the idea that God is the hero and Satan is the evildoer that needs to be extinguished from the world. I can safely say that in terms of Christianity and its beliefs there is no

Lost is an epic written by John Milton that describes the fallen angel Satan and the fall of man. The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky is about an archbishop who talks with Jesus and wants to burn him as a heretic. Paradise Lost and The Grand Inquisitor both discuss free will and the stories of two benevolent characters that use their free will to choose evil. In Paradise Lost and The Grand Inquisitor, the main characters Satan and the Grand Inquisitor are evil because they use free will to choose

A Delusion of Satan was written in 1995 by Frances Hill, and published by Da Capo Press. Frances Hill, an accomplished writer and journalist from London, has been writing for a decent period of time. Aside from publishing two novels, Hill has written fiction reviews for The Time (London) and has worked as a reporter in in both New York and London. With such an accomplished journalist, reporter, and writer, we are due to receive a good read in A Delusion of Satan. Set in the Colonial American

I am dead. That is the easiest way to explain the predicament. All I know is that I’m standing in the lobby of a rundown hotel and a man with his gaze fixed upon me. His recently shaved head, dark eyes, and his braided beard gave him a sinister look. He was wearing a black coat, and his hands were resting on the front desk, and if you looked closely, you could see a simple pentagram poking out of his coat. If you looked at him once, you’d think he was a Charon, if you looked twice, you’d see