... haunted the moors, the wild marshes, and made his home in a hell, not hell but earth." This immediately reveals that Grendel is a creature of darkness that thrives on depraved pleasures, and the reference to hell inevitably associates him with Satan who is the evil character in the Christian faith. Also, the ... symbolizes the pharasees who are mentioned in the Bible in that he is jealous of Beowulf and therefore attempts to belittle and test his credibility just as the pharasees doubted the works and biblical knowledge of Christ. His jealous heart is revealed when he says to Beowulf, "Y...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... trumpets had driven him forth from the darkness of sin into the light " [Joyce: pg. 88] Thus the cleansing process of confession allows Stephen again to return to the fidelity of the Church. Through this amalgamation of religious, family and Irish nationality, which is perceived to be "interdependent aspects of a single repressive force with the Church at the heart of this complex " [64], Stephen is ... constantly deemed to be in a struggle between his heretical ambitions and his ties to orthodoxy. The consequences of Stephen leaving the Church ... would thus constitute more than a deci...

• Word Count: 2014
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate