How does the beast appear as the devil in Lord of the Flies
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- Created on: 11-03-13 16:52
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- The Beast
- "Lord of the Flies"
- Literal translation of Beelzebub, a name for the devil
- Evil lies within every heart
- "Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill! ... You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?
- Through this, he become a manifestation of the beast, a symbol of evil and danger caused by fear
- He also becomes a Satan figure, evoking the beast in all of them
- Appears devilish by taunting Simon
- Through this, he become a manifestation of the beast, a symbol of evil and danger caused by fear
- "Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill! ... You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?
- Has some "fun" with Simon
- "We are going to have fun on this island"
- Foreshadows Simon's death
- Through this, he become a manifestation of the beast, a symbol of evil and danger caused by fear
- He also becomes a Satan figure, evoking the beast in all of them
- Through this, he become a manifestation of the beast, a symbol of evil and danger caused by fear
- Foreshadows Simon's death
- "We are going to have fun on this island"
- Biblical References
- Simon's glade = Garden of Edan
- Invasion of the Lord of the Flies reflects when Satan came as an animal to the garden
- The beast and the fear it causes leads to evil within the boys
- Simon's glade = Garden of Edan
- "Lord of the Flies"
- The beast represents the primal instinct of savagery that lives within the boys
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