Lord Of The Flies: The Theme Of Religious Persecution
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Like many excellent works, William Golding's novel, The Lord of the
Flies can be read on many different levels. It is possible to read the
book literally, as a mere story about boys marooned on an island. It is
also possible to read the book as an indictment of the nature of man - as
being pure ....
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.... once the boys arrived, they left a scar on the island, in much the
same way Adam and Eve left a scar in the Garden of Eden. Another religious
element Golding uses is in the title of the book. ‘Lord of the Flies'
translates into ‘Beelzebub' in Greek - a name for the Devil. This suggests
the entire book is about the epitome of religious evil - the Devil himself.
A final religious element is well hidden. The "stick sharpened at both
ends" exists not only in Golding's description of th ....
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