The types of relationships that people have

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Cammie Bean        Exam 3        5/2/2007

Unit 5-6        Masterpieces of Lit        K. Leonard

Relationships

        There are many types of relationships that people have.  A relationship is defined as a state of being related or interrelated.  The three main themes, or relationships discussed are our relationship with the supernatural, our relationships with each other, and our relationship with the self.  

        The first relationship is the relationship that we have with the supernatural.  In the text Paradise Lost by John Milton, it shows us the relationship between Satan, God, and humans.  The story mainly takes place with Satan coming down to Eden to get revenge.  It begins out by showing the consequences of Adam and Eve’s disobedience by eating the forbidden fruit.  “Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe, with loss of Eden, till one greater Man…”(Paradise Lost, p. 3001).  This shows the relationship with the supernatural by showing how Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s orders of not to eat from the forbidden tree and they did and then Satan came down to Eden to be revenged on men.  Satan once lived in happiness; he was full of joy, and surrounded by pleasure.  After he had forsaken God, he was punished for his unfaithfulness to the worst extremes.  That is why he has come back to get revenge on God by hurting Adam and Eve, God’s creations.  If you believe in God and follow him and obey his rules then you will forever live in happiness and reap the fruits of life, but if you don’t then you will end up like Satan and Adam and Eve and be punished by having no luxuries and living in well, Hell.

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        The second relationship is the relationships that we have with each other.  In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, it shows the relationship that one must prove themselves to other people in order to gain respect and even sometimes wealth.  Like Sir Gawain is the nephew of King Arthur and since he is a knight, he has to defend and protect the king.  He also has to give his life if need be.  That is a relationship that should be a great and powerful one because of who it is between and how it develops.  “I would come to your ...

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