Foster
The simple term that Foster uses for when the Bible is shown in literature through imagery and names
What is a Biblical allusion?
Stamp Paid and Baby Suggs's values are driven by this major religious text.
What is the Bible?
In Paradise Lost, this Biblical story is mirrored through Eve’s temptation: portrayed using language representing a garden, a serpent, and forbidden fruit
What is the Garden of Eden?
Foster says that a character going under water is usually symbolic of this.
What is a baptism?
This character is depicted to love stairs, a euphemism to the descent into Heaven.
Who is Beloved?
In Frankenstein, the monster compares himself to “the fallen angel” who became “miserable and wicked,” referencing this biblical figure.
Who is Lucifer?
Foster says that these biblical allusions can include more than just Christian references but can also include _____________.
What is any religion?
This Biblical allusion is depicted to arrive at 124 that caused Sethe to sacrifice her children.
Who are the four horsemen?
In The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to take her sister’s place, representing this biblical idea of someone sacrificing themselves for another.
What is a sacrificial character?
Foster says that when a character has some kind of renewal or revival it can represent this.
What is the resurrection of Jesus?
The great feast when 124 hosts a neighborhood gathering represents this Biblical story.
What is Loaves and fishes?
In The Chronicles of Narnia: This Biblical act of creation is represented through the Magician's Nephew, a world sung into being by a lion
What is the creation of the new world?
Foster says that Biblical names give chapters this.
What is moral significance?
This character represents a strong spiritual guide throughout the book that Sethe tends to highly depend on.
Who is Baby Suggs?
In Jane Eyre, this Biblical book is borrowed from when the “the wicked go astray from the womb” is invoked to describe a cruel aunt.
What is Psalms?