The Seven Deadly Sins in Literature The seven deadly sins of the Catholic Church are very apparent in literature, such as Hamlet, Dante’s Inferno, Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, House of Cards, and Oblomov. Characters from these books show these traits often, and sometimes more than one at a time. While the idea of going to hell is a prevailing thought for most of these characters, none seem to do much to avoid it. While focused on their particular task, these characters create a wake of destruction
thoughts of the modern age. There are new ways of assessing the life like the individualistic and the empirical perspectives that attacked hierarchy, race, and class. There is also a preoccupation with inner-self and the consciousness, the disillusionment, and the loss of faith. Meanwhile, in literature, there was a rejection of the ideal hero in favor of the realistically flawed hero like Prufrock. In words of Vanspanckeren in the description of
Paper Topic #1 Gustave Flaubert’s, A Simple Heart, is one of the most realistic pieces of literature out there. A few of the main themes in this story are disillusionment, frustration and resignation. Realism is an enormous part of this story and in literature as a whole. Realism in literature focuses on middle and lower class characters because the authors were customarily middle class. Realism in literature is also depicted by art imitating life, meaning that art is not always beautiful but in