William Adams

“Adam’s Curse”
William Butler Yeats 
 William Yeats’ “Adam’s Curse” is a poem that addresses a profound truth of time. Any human accomplishment such as poetry, music, or physical beauty requires much labor and is appreciated by few. He says this through an emotional recollection of a conversation between himself, his lover and her friend. I believe the meaning of the work lays waiting like a net, waiting to catch the reader at surface level. The poem is simplistic in nature, which is quite atypical

Giles Milton’s novel, Samurai William, the reader is taken to the other side of the globe to experience the history of old world Japan. Though out the book, Milton provides reason for complex historical events and actions, while still communicating the subtleties and mysterious customs of the Japanese. The novel also closely examines the wide range of relationships between different groups of Europeans and Asians, predominantly revolving around the protagonist, William Adams. The book documents the successes

William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, once said, ”man produces evil as a bee produces honey.” While humans are capable of being good and bad, Golding believes that a human’s natural instinct is evil. No matter how good someone will try to be, falling to evil is easier than it is to be good. In Lord of the Flies, Golding explores this idea of good versus evil by depicting a group of boys stranded on an unknown island. Ralph, a boy elected as chief, tries to maintain a sense of civilization

Copious amounts of teenagers today have a habit of questioning books that are too ‘old’ or ‘stuffy’ to apply to their everyday lives. Some of them may find correlations to works by William Shakespeare or Jane Austen, but what about the other books, such as those from the Bible? Usually regarded as too religious to have any connection to life, teens ignore these texts in favor of ones that they feel can integrate into their lives with much more ease- even though some books in the Bible can actually

The tree within the garden was created by God before he created two beings named Adam and Eve. After his creations were complete, God specifically tell Adam and Eve “Thou shalt not eat of it” (17) in reference to a tree in the garden. The beings break God’s one restriction and “ate the fruit of the tree” (11) caving into their desire to be as Gods, leading God to create punishments for all the beings who come after Adam and Eve. One punishment created by God is pain in childbirth. Another punishment

Many teens today have a habit of questioning books that are too ‘old’ or ‘stuffy’ to apply to their lives. Some of them may find connections to works by William Shakespeare or Jane Austen, but what about the other books, such as those from the Bible? These are usually regarded as too religious to have any relations to life, but that is not necessarily true. Take, for example, Genesis. Although it is thousands of years old, the stories, themes, and modern-day allusions contained within it can still

made man. “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’”(NIV Genesis 2:15). Thus, He made Eve from the rib of Adam. God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge but the evil serpent, who was craftier than them, tricked Eve into eating the fruit. Eve later convinced Adam after having argued with him and he gave in. Both were punished by God for having gone against His word and would suffer the consequences of it. “So the Lord God banished

The story of Macbeth and Adam and Eve are very comparable. While Lady Macbeth is tempted by the Three Witches, Eve is tempted by the devil in disguise as a serpent. Both these female characters convince their 'superior' lovers to do something sinful. In the case of Macbeth, killing King Duncan, while in the case of Adam and Eve, eating from the tree of knowledge. Conclusively, Lady Macbeth becomes insane while Eve is banned from the Garden of Eden. Though these stories are similar in their storyline

other people consider murder, adultery, theft, etc as sins too. In the Tokens of Trust by Rowan Williams he illustrates the language of the “orginal sin” “ is a tangle that goes back to our very roots of humanity”. According to the Marriam-Webster dictionary sin is defined as an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law. The story of original sin takes place in the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve are the only humans on earth at the time God tells them that they could eat from any

has made human in his own likeness. He made the first human that has ever walked on this earth, and his name is Adam. Later on, God thought that man shouldn’t be alone. “The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him… Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.” (Genesis 2). Adam and Eve lived in a place of paradise which is called The Garden of Eden, they were free to explore and enjoy the