In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 19, God tells his servant Lot that the city has become co

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Lot's Wife
In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19),
God tells his servant Lot that the city has
become corrupt and that he is going to destroy it
almost immediately. God sent two angels to Lot
and his family who warned them of Gods wrath to
come. The angels urged them to leave, saying,
Flee for your life do not look back or stop
anywhere in the Plain flee to the hills, or else
you will be consumed. Once Lots family had
reached a safe city, God destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah and anything living in them, but as Lot
and his family were leaving, Lots wife looked
back, and she became a pillar of salt. The
literary allusion to Lots wife relates to her as
a symbol of indecision and/or possibly
disobedience. Characters might not fully grasp
the new present and may hold on to their past.
(ex. Grapes of Wrath)
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Medusa is the mortal monster of the three,
winged, serpent-haired demons, Gorgons. The
Gorgons where so hideous and evil that a look at
either of their faces would turn any many into
stone. Medusa is said to have been a once
beautiful mistress that was later cursed by
Athena for adulterous acts against her. King
Acrisius sent his daughter Danae and her son(also
son Zeus), Perseus away to King Polydectes in
fear of prophecy about Perseus. Polydectes began
to fall in love with Danae and wanted to be
with her alone without her son, labeled as a
redoubtable protector. So Polydectes sent
Perseus to fetch the head of Medusa in hopes of
sending him to his death. By looking through the
reflection of his shield he was able to behead
Medusa and later use her head to defeat
Polydectes. Medusa is often a symbol of the male
fear of the devouring female sexual potential.
She often referenced to evilness of female
seductiveness.
Medusa