According to the PewResearchCenter, about 70.6% of Americans are Christian. This shows that more than 50% of Americans believe in Jesus. Similarly, more than 50% of Americans believe that Lucifer, the fallen angel is the Devil. Kim Addonizio writes a poem, in which she speaks about Lucifer the devil. She writes in Lucifer’s persona in which he explains why he should take over God’s role. In the poem, “Lucifer at the Starlite” by Kim Addonizio, she proposes the idea that Lucifer the Devil is taking over God’s role through the use of controversial topics and symbols to relate to the reader. Also, she uses sarcasm to make the reader critically think. It is important to note that she uses these literary devices in her poem, because it grabs the …show more content…
To start off, Addonizio connects to the readers by speaking about controversial issues such as the Iraq war and global warming. As stated in the poem, “To our boys and girls in the war, grinding through sand, to everybody here, our host who’s mostly mist, like methane rising from retreating ice shelves.” (Addonizio) She states that our host, which is God, is mostly mist. In this line, she is comparing God to mist. Mist is almost impossible to see, so in the line Addonizio is saying that God is not there. Additionally, the poem speaks about the soldiers fighting in the Iraq war. She references to the soldiers fighting in the Iraq war, because it is a controversial topic. Many people supported the Iraq war, but at the same time people disliked the war. She uses the controversial topic of the Iraq war to connect to her readers. It helps the reader focus on the statement, because it is a controversial topic. It gives the readers the sense that God is the reason why the Iraq war happened, because he was never there to prevent it. Adding on, in the second line, she speaks directly about the global warming issue …show more content…
In the poem, Addonizio references to the CEO and details. As stated in the poem, “The CEO has lost touch the details. I’m worth as much, but I care; I come down here, I show my face, I’m a real regular.” (Addonizio) Addonizio writes in Lucifer’s voice in which she states that God has lost touch with his followers. Adding on, Lucifer speaks in the voice of a politician when he says that he is a real regular and comes down to show his face. Similar to a politician running for office, a politician goes to each state to establish a baseline with his voters. The politician will go to each and every state to relate to his voters to obtain more votes to win the election. Likewise to Lucifer, he should take over God’s role, because Lucifer can relate to the people. Lucifer claims that he comes down to show his face to relate to the people. Lucifer states that people should like him more than God, because he shows his face more than God. She uses the CEO and details as symbols, because many of her readers can relate. In the work field, the CEO is the big boss and the details are usually the people working under the CEO. In this poem, the CEO serves as a symbol for God and the details serves as a symbol for his followers. Addonizio uses the symbols in her poem to connect to the reader since they can relate to the big boss CEO and the small detail workers. Also,
Lucifer in other words knows as Satan had three faces, three sets of wings attached, each face had two eyes in which constantly shed tears, each mouth also chewed a sinner. To illustrate, in Canto 34 it states, “ When I beheld three faces on his head! The one in the front vermilion was, two were the others, that were joined with this above the middle part of either shoulder And They joined together as a crest” ( Pg. 47. line 36). Moving forward, Lucifer is the biggest sinner because he was once an angel and he was no longer that angel because he went behind Jesus back and perform acts that Jesus nor God would permit. To show, “ in Canto 34 it states, “ The creature who once had the beauteous semblance” (Pg. 47 Line 18). To explain, Lucifer is the angel who rebelled against
Evil can be a difficult thing to speak on, as it makes people uncomfortable. There is inherent evil in everyone, and Philip Zimbardo presents a compelling and frighteningly true case showing this. Zimbardo is the psychologist who headed the controversial Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971, and was also an expert witness at Abu Ghraib. He has a book out called The Lucifer Effect, which explores the evil’s of the human mind, and how people will change when put into the right (or wrong) situations. Needless to say, Zimbardo is more than qualified to seriously explain the evils of the human mind.
In this passage Satan comes to the understanding that if he were to be given a chance for forgiveness, he would simply fall again twice as hard, which is exactly what occurs in I, Lucifer. He accepts the trial run on earth and at the end of the month rejects it, dooming himself again, and having to face the pain of his fall anew. While Satan's accounts of his fall, the garden of eden, and other biblically based stories seem plausible enough, he is still shown throughout as a completely unreliable narrator through obvious and intentional contradictions. This directly conflicts with Milton's narrator who claims divine inspiration for his work, suggesting a very reliable narrator. Due to this discrepancy in narration, I, Lucifer serves as an intriguing foil to Paradise Lost that continues the c...
In John Milton’s, The Paradise Lost, Milton’s representation of Satan makes us uncomfortable due to the recognition of his humanizing and relatable reaction to what happened to him. The reader expects Satan to be an evil, and malevolent figure who does evil acts because he loves it and there is no defense for it. While these aspects are prevalent in his character in the poem, Satan does not come across as a completely wicked person but instead, a victim. The representation of Satan has a personifying quality that any of us may have and do not want to admit. In book one, Milton’s portrayal of Satan makes us uneasy because we relate to his actions, which are ordinary human responses to similar situations. It is troubling to say that in this particular poem, Satan resembles humans. However, our human nature is to have an instant reflex to justify our actions without taking any responsibility, which resembles the way Satan justifies his mischievous acts in this poem. Most of the time, we would never think of Satan as a victim; yet, we find ourselves discovering our human nature in Satan’s rationalizations. So, what humanizes this monstrous figure? After thoroughly reading book one, there are many instances when Satan justifies what he has done to make sense of it. Satan believes that God deceived him because he did not know how much power he possessed. According to Satan, God did unjust things that justified his actions. Satan has a whole rationale that God had arbitrary power that caused Satan to become the way he is in the poem. This perception serves as Satan’s foundation on behalf of his justification, which we all can relate to because he does not take responsibility but pr...
Bad system creates the bad person. This is the meaning of the lucifer effect. The lucifer effect was the research on and the situations that come with a bad environment. The situations that were used in this experiment were verbal abuse war experiences and environmental issues.An example would be in Abu gharbi “Cruelty became sexualised: one guard sodomised a male prisoner with a chemical light; another raped a female detainee. Bush, grandstanding in typical fashion after the event, vowed that the 'wrongdoers will be brought to justice”
“When he falls, he falls like Lucifer.” A direct reference to the bible, Lucifer is the fallen angel of God who then becomes the leader of the underworld. By using such a strong allusion, Shakespeare is trying to send a clear message about Cardinal Wolsey and what will become of the king with the loss of Wolsey’s place in the court. Wolsey seems to be implying that without his help the king will be left “never to hope again”. The use of Lucifer as an allusion for the king can also be taken into some meaning of what has become of Cardinal Wolsey. Similar to himself, Lucifer once has an esteemed position as the right-hand man of God, who was banished from the kingdom to become worthless and unimportant. This can be described as Cardinal Wolsey’s position too, who held an important position in the court only to become worthless to the Courts and also to the
Here the creature tells Frankenstien that he is the fallen angel. This means that he believes that Frankenstien could have done a better job raising him. The creature indicated that he was born good and virtuous, but lonliness and misery due to the alenation he receives from mankind, have made him feel like a monster. Society sees him as a monster and makes him feel like one, so now he will begin to act like one. The creature then begines to tell Frankenstien the tale of what he has done and hoh he has managed to survive the past few years.
As the first poem in the book it sums up the primary focus of the works in its exploration of loss, grieving, and recovery. The questions posed about the nature of God become recurring themes in the following sections, especially One and Four. The symbolism includes the image of earthly possessions sprawled out like gangly dolls, a reference possibly meant to bring about a sense of nostalgia which this poem does quite well. The final lines cement the message that this is about loss and life, the idea that once something is lost, it can no longer belong to anyone anymore brings a sense...
First, it is important to note that throughout Inferno, Dante (as the author) uses four different terms to refer to the king of hell; the names used are: Lucifer, Dis, Beelzebub, and Satan. In Canto 34, the first three terms are each used once. According to the notes in Allen Mandelbaum’s translation of Inferno, The first term Lucifer, means “light bearer” and was used to describe “the most beautiful of all the angels before he rebelled against God.” After his Rebellion and expulsion from heaven, “Lucifer was renamed Satan” (fourth term). The second term Dis, was “used by Virgil in the Aeneid to describe Pluto; Dante then adopts this term to refer to Lucifer instead.” Lastly, the term Beelzebub, comes from the bible where it was “the name given to the chief of all devils in the Gospels.” The term Beelzebub also refers to “a false god who is powerless in front of the true divinity.” Lucifer’s appearance is described in great detail in what seems to be an effort to emphasize the theme of deceit; After all, it was Lucifer’s betrayal of God that landed him, a once beautiful creature, in a pitiful place and what gave him the most repulsive physical features. In lines 28-37, Dante (the pilgrim) narrates the sight of Lucifer in the
"Lucifer in Starlight," written by George Meredith, concerns the differences between nominalism and realism in terms of morality and will power. The central theme of this poem revolves around the notion that Lucifer has no place other than hell, and any attempt at returning to heaven is impractical. Meredith combines irony, along with his own distinctive tone and style, to portray his idea of natural law. As with any poem, the title can sometimes be a reference to other works of fiction, the Bible, mythology, or famous figures. In this instance, it's the Bible.
The poem Paradise Lost by John Milton tells the epic story of Satan's demise and the fall of Adam and Eve. Satan, disgraced and in hell after a war between his devils and God's angels, works to destroy the purity and good of God's newly created Earth. As he schemes, Adam and Eve live in perpetual peace and happiness in the Garden of Eden as rulers of the Earth. Throughout the progression of the epic, it becomes evident that Eve and Satan contain many similarities. The correlations between these two characters help the reader understand why they act the way they do but also see the devastating consequences of those actions. Eve and Satan are both tempters and use the same arguments to persuade their victims; they also hold subordinate positions and want to elevate their statuses.
In Milton’s Paradise Lost, the readers are presented the perspective side of Satan to the biblical story, Adam and Eve. Over the past centuries, there have been numerous stories about Adam and Eve, but there was never a view from the devil himself, Satan. Satan started as a confused and angry person in the beginning. As the story progressed, Satan’s character became stronger and powerful. Toward the middle of the story, Satan acted almost as a political figure; he knew when and what to say to persuade other angels to follow him. Some reader suggests that Satan is the protagonist of the story because he struggled to combat his mistrusts and weaknesses. Nonetheless this goal was evil and Adam and Eve turned out to be the pure heroes at the end of the story while they help begin to fix humankind’s evil fate. There are several reasons why Milton focused so much Satan and gave him all the good lines.
In the eyes of a non-religious person, the figure of Satan might appear as an obsolete, mythical character of an antiquated view of the world. However, upon immersing oneself in the study of this persona, one can observe the strong belief in its power and the influence that the figure of Satan represents in the religious world. One might wonder how such a feat is possible even after hordes of scientists and academics objected to the existence of such a fabled character. Moreover, many theologists advanced theories that strived to diminish the importance of Satan in order to achieve a more monistic religion. It would be normal, nowadays to find the figure of Satan relegated to the status of a mere myth of the old times much like the ancient
Mankind lives in a physical, tangible, material world, which is influenced by the invisible, spiritual world around us. The present day spiritual world is just as existent as it was nearly two thousand years ago when Lord Jesus walked the earth. The Old and New Testaments reveal to us from time to time, glimpses of this spiritual world. These Testaments provide us with the most factual information regarding Satan. Unfortunately, many have been misinformed and do not thoroughly comprehend Satan’s origin and what his purpose concerning the spiritual and physical world. There is a great need to set the record straight regarding Satan especially in our hour with its present angel craze, channeling and a belief in spirit guides. I chose Satan as the subject of my paper because I am one who does not thoroughly comprehend who he is and what his purpose in both the spiritual and physical world is.
...s. This is quite different from the popular conception of Satan during the Renaissance that can be seen in Giotto di Bondone’s painting, “The Last Judgment.” Giotto gives Satan a very dominant role in Hell and portrays him as very violent and gruesome. Dante’s “Inferno” changes the way that people think of and view Satan. For example, painters William Blake and Nardo di Cione depict Satan as he appears in “Inferno.” Dante greatly influenced both the Renaissance understanding of Satan and also Christian theology in general.