Satan

world given." He has given up and welcomes the devil. I think one of the biggest symbols in the story was Satan himself. When we hear the word Satan we think, hell, fire, he it the symbol for ultimate evil and Brown himself continues that tradition. Satan represents a number of things in the story like evil lies within all of us. When Goodman Brown first had a meeting in the woods, Satan is described as an older version of Brown, "apparently in the same rank of life as Goodman Brown, and bearing

world?” the author ultimately suggests that the nature of the world is in the hands of a higher being (which is defined as the Hebrew God in this context). Such ideas are referenced in the author’s supposed retelling of God’s conversation’s with Satan (source of evil, limited and controlled by God) concerning Job’s fate in Job 1:6-12. This is an idealistic thought because one’s belief in the Hebrew God indicates that one believes beyond

Why is Adam the most to blame for the fall of humanity? Adam is depicted as the main reason for the fall of humanity, because Adam had many opportunities and qualities that Eve never possessed. First, readers see Adams faults when the author writes, “What weakness offered, strength might have refused,/ Being lord of all, the greater was his shame,” (Lanyer 35-36). Here Adam is presented as a failure, due to his inability to remain strong like God created him to be. Weakness is not a quality

Satan the Epic Hero In John Milton's epic poem, , he recreates the Genesis story of the fall of man, as it was caused by Satan. It is Satan's fatal flaws of pride and ambition that led him to battle with Heaven, and even though he was defeated, he would not give up his battle against God. Ultimately, he did accomplish both the instilling of sin into man and the promise of doing evil against both God and man for an eternity. On the other hand, throughout the epic poem, we also observe Satan struggle

Even though Satan and Lucifer may seem like synonyms, there is a slight difference in their definitions. Satan is defined as “the adversary of God and lord of evil” while Lucifer is defined as “a fallen rebel archangel, the Devil.” By these definitions it is possible to give either name to the Accusing Angel.

Satan was a fool to be making substantial amounts of mistakes in the past and to have betrayed numerous important people of -who they said did not deserve this- . After everything Satan had done there was a realization of how mostly everything that Satan had chose to participate in had factors of all the deadly sins: Wrath, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Anger, and Sloth. The first time Satan had betrayed someone was with God, the all knowing God. God had had an opinion (or view) that Satan did

characteristics and plays the role of both creator and destroyer. The book of Job begins with God’s boastful bargain with Satan, which subsequently leads God to allow the total destruction of Job’s family and livelihood. Job is even attacked physically with “loathsome sores… from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head” (Job 2:7). In an uncharacteristically immoral decision, God gives Satan the power do

animals and servants. In the heavenly court, God talks about how good Job is, but Satan asserts that Job’s fear of God is based on his prosperity; therefore Job will curse God when everything is taken away. God allows Satan to test Job by taking all of his possessions including his children. Job grieves but does not blame God. Satan again argues that Job will curse God when he loses his health; thus, God lets Satan test Job. Job gets covered with boils, and Job’s wife urges him to curse God and die

declar’d…” (V 764-65). But why does Satan do this? What is it in Satan that causes him to “look up” to God? Is God a tyrant yet a role model to Satan? I propose that Satan’s drive is something more than just an act of pretending; maybe, it is rather a means of trying to grasp what he has been taken away from him. Or, we can say that Satan was more. Perhaps he came to existence not in the mold of angel, but as a divine tool. There must be a reason as to: why Satan was considered God’s “first and favorite

Throughout the Book of Job, Job displays strength and perseverance even while being faced with extreme hardships such as the death of his loved ones and gruesome physical pain. Readers question God’s whereabouts, his relationship with Satan, and his true intentions while Job is experiencing heartbreak and torture. God’s actions in the Book of Job cause him to be portrayed in a new and unexpected light, a darker one. Some people would consider God’s reasoning for Job’s pain and suffering acceptable