East of Eden

Title: East of Eden
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 635 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)

East of Eden

In John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, one way that the author uses biblical imagery is through numerous people who represent various biblical characters. At times this is an effective device in the novel, and at times it is ineffective. Examples of this biblical imagery can be found throughout the book, whereas many new characters that are introduced continue the representation of a biblical archetype, or begin representing a new archetype. Many pairs of …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 635 total…existence. Upon examining the life and actions of Cathy, it became apparent that she is representative of evil, and could be likened to the devil. John Steinbeck has produced a novel that includes many biblical archetypes and as a result contains many themes. Steinbeck was able to clearly develop these archetypes by using many characters that represented various biblical characters. Without the use of biblical imagery the themes of the novel would be very nebulous.

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