C.S. LEWIS vs BYRON. THE ART OF TEMPTATION
This article focuses on the theme of the temptation that the forces of darkness exert on the human being pushing people towards evil and thus ruin their lives, along with the permanent loss of eternity. This theme, masterfully addressed in C. S. Lewis's “Screwtape Letters”, has a notorious precedent in Lord Byron's dramatic poem “Cain”. The parallel presentation of several similarities and, especially, differences between the two literary works is the premise of this article. The core of this article is understanding the fragility of solitary mind in front of temptation that comes from luciferic strategies.
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