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Marlowe's pageant of seven deadly sins

 All Seven Deadly Sins conjured up by Mephistopheles' demon associates to entertain Faustus are an allegory in the most literal meaning of the word. An allegory is a tangible, physical representation of an abstract notion. And in this scenario, the seven deadly sins (which, if not repented of, will permanently alienate a person from God) appear as real individuals. Pride, Covetousness (Greed), Envy, Wrath, Gluttony, Sloth, and Lechery (Lust) parade in front of Faustus in the strangest parade ever marched. They talk about their ancestors—where they came from and who they are—as well as their distinguishing features. Their ancestry may sometimes serve as a metaphor for how sin takes root in the soul.

LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY

      Lanier Anderson is a cofounder of Stanford's Philosophical and Literary Thought programme and a professor in the Philosophy Department. He claims that philosophy and literature are not that different after all, and that both may be demonstrated using the same book. Plato's dialogues, Borges' short tale "Pierre Menard, Autór del Quixote," which investigates the idea of authorship, and Camus' work The Plague, which investigates the perception of freedom, are all examples of this accomplishment. He is a professor in the Philosophy Department at Stanford University and the originator of the University's Philosophical and Literary Thought programme, which aims to break down boundaries between educational disciplines.       Lanier Anderson is a professor in the Philosophy Department at Stanford and co-founder of the university's Philosophical and Literary Thought program. He argues that philosophy and literature are not that great after all, and t...

LUCILLE CLIFTON

 BIOGRAPHY Lucille Clifton, whose real name was Thelma Lucille Sayles, was an American poet who wrote about family life, race, and gender. She was born on June 27, 1936, in Depew, New York, and died on February 13, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland.      She attended Howard University from 1953 to 1955 and graduated from Fredonia State Teachers College (now State University of New York College at Fredonia) in 1955. She was born into a slave family. Three years later, she married Fred James Clifton, and her first book, Good Times, a collection of poems, was released in 1969.      Reed presented several of Clifton's poetry to Langston Hughes in 1966, and Hughes included them in his collection The Poetry of the Negro. The Cliftons relocated to Baltimore, Maryland in 1967.Good Times, her debut poetry collection, was released in 1969 and was named one of The New York Times' ten finest books of the year.       Clifton was poet-in-residence at ...