Essays about: "seven deadly sins"

Found 2 essays containing the words seven deadly sins.

1. 1. The Circle of the Seven Deadly Sins In Daniel Defoe's "Moll Flanders"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Sofia Lehtonen; [2012-04-27]
   Keywords : Daniel Defoe; Moll Flanders; seven deadly sins; the circle of the seven deadly sins; puritanism;

   Abstract : In this essay, I explore how Daniel Defoe in his novel "Moll Flanders" makes Moll Flanders represent the seven deadly sins. As I argue, the circle of the "seven deadly sins" is a concept in Defoe's novel. Defoe represents Moll as a symbolic and embodied version to represent the "seven deadly sins". READ MORE

3. 2. William Kennedy’s Ironweed : Francis Phelan’s Purgatorial Journey Back Home

   University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : jonas hedin; [2007]
   Keywords : Ironweed; Divine Comedy; Purgatory; Journey;

   Abstract : In the essay “William Kennedy’s Ironweed: Francis Phelan’s Purgatorial Journey Back Home” I intend to show that William Kennedy has borrowed his narrative structure and symbolic language in the novel Ironweed from The Divine Comedy. I will also try to show how William Kennedy has used these allusions to enhance the imagery of Ironweed and the protagonist Francis Phelan’s wandering through the novel, and his return home. READ MORE