Tracing Religion through lit
Throughout history, various writers have written stories, poems, and letters about God and religious concepts. Some of these concepts may have been held throughout time but certain people put the beliefs into passionate words. These writings explore various aspects of religion and God. Some are about evil and its existence along with good and some question the way religious institutions function. In this essay I will detail examples of some of these literary works and their outlook on God and religion throughout the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Modernism periods.If one looks for thoughts on religion and God in the Enlightenment, there is no better and more shining example than the Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz's Reply to Sor Filotea de la Cruz. In this letter of personal apology she addresses many well thought and inarguable concepts on God and Catholicism. She had problems because she was a woman who was well versed in the biblical works and very learned in concepts of knowledgeable study. She believed she should not be rebuked for studying and expressing her personal opinions, which she never meant to be published, because she was intelligent and well educated enough to understand them to an extent surpassing
The story's religious tie-ins come in some obscure and easily identifiable forms. The poem's main body describes evil thoughts, actions, intentions, and overall sickening natures of humans. Some were searching for truth in God's word, some were talking about the hypocrisy of man, while others merely used allusions to connect religious themes to a story. In conclusion, all 4 periods had reference to religious and themes about God and the universe. Instead of focusing on God and the goodness of discovering his love he focused on the evil that must exist for all the good in the world. At the age of 4 he claimed to have seen God and at the age of 10 he conversed regularly with angelic beings. And Did those Feet) From the poem you get a sense that he's truly questioning the story in earnest thought. Blake was a very interesting person. "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's Mountains green?" (548; William Blake. This poem is a brutal and condemning view of the evils in everyone and goes as far to apply it to the reader. The end of the poem is what really made me interpret that this is more than just a poem about the evils existing around us. The writings of each time conveyed a different mood and approach to expressing the thoughts of the authors.
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