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    twelve stars. So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman is portrayed as the goddess Leto and her son is portrayed as Apollo. The red dragon represents "The Devil / Satan” the red dragon tries to devour Leto's son the second he is born but he is unsuccessful. Because he wasn't successful he tries to go up to heaven and get him but Michael and his angel's battle with him and win. The red dragon and his angels

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    have many mental and circumstantial similarities as well as archetypal. The Basilisk, one of the creatures from Greek mythology is similar to Grendel because they are both archetypes of The Devil Incarnate. The Devil Incarnate is an archetype of a monster or villain that is considered to be related or to be the Devil. Both Grendel and the Basilisks are used as symbols for Satan and are both connected to the bible. Grendel is the descendant of Cain while the Basilisks has been mentioned as the snake that

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    flabby devils in Africa. The flabby devils are things or people who don't care about other people or is shown that they aren't correctly looked after. In the novel the flabby devils are the companies and colonist represented by individual members such as the  general manager, the brick maker, the chief accountant and etc. Marlow has seen devil of greed,violence and hot desire before, but the reason why he is so appalled  is because he had never seen anything like this strong, lusty red-eyed devil before

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    image of the devil, created by the Medieval church in order to personify evil, traditionally exhibits attributes to everything that contradicts Christian dogmas. The devil creates an image of Satan, referred to as the fallen angel, in the Bible. They rebelled against God and casted down. However, the Church admits that the devil differs from Satan and might represent another creature, evidently with the essence preserved. Among all the European countries, the most vivid image of the devil roots in the

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    A “ Faustian Bargain” which can be best described as a deal with the devil at is evident in many films. In Ghost Rider, this can be seen when the main character, Johnny Blaze, makes a deal with Mephisto who cures his father in exchange for his soul. Mephisto displays the archetype of the devil. The overall effect of the Faustian Bargain on humanity is that it could result in improvement due to gain n value from successful and can result in an unexpected negative outcome to occur which an lad to

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    Arnold Friend is the devil is his appearance. If Arnold was the devil he would have to hide what he looks like so Connie would not know who he really was. Arnold’s “whole face was a mask” (par 110) that looked “as if he had plastered make-up on his face” (par. 110). If Arnold Friend were the devil it would make sense that he would be wearing a mask to hide his devilish features. Arnold also was “wearing a wig” (par. 94) to hide his horns on top of his head. If he were the devil, then he would have

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    “The Number Devil” is a fictional story where a kid is taught all kinds math objectives by someone in his dreams known as the number devil. He teaches everything he can all within twelve dreams. In these twelve dreams, the kid is taken to many adventures to learn everything he was taught by the number devil. Robert is a normal school boy who finds math very boring and hard to understand. He hates having to do math because it's something that he can’t his head around. Robert has strange dreams

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    Arnold Friend, who is considered the antagonist of the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates , I believe is the devil. A devil is considered to be ugly, scary with horns on the top of the head. The character in this story Arnold Friend fits all of these characteristics. He is portrayed as being short, looking scary, and having a fake appearance. Arnold appears to know everything about Connie’s family. He can always answer where they are and who they are with. With

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    The Devils Highway By Luis Urrea The book The Devil’s Highway by Luis Urrea is based on a true story. It tells the tragic story of a group of Mexican immigrants who try to cross the U.S border. Although many Mexicans have died in the desert trying to cross the border previously with this particular story is unique in that it was such a large group that traveled and so many of them died. The title of the book “Devils Highway” is the name of the part of the desert these

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    Satan, Mephisto, Lucifer, the Devil, antichrist, all these names signify the prince of darkness, the monster. Throughout history, in art and literature, depictions of the devil has changed. I will be analyzing three pieces written in different centuries to point out the changes in depictions. And also, analyze what was going on during that time period and also where it was written. This will help explain why these depictions are what they are and why they have changed over the years. In the end will

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