Showing papers by "Northrop Frye published in 1956"
TL;DR: In the second coming of Christ, as prophesied in the Book of Revelation, the defeat of Satan as tempter fulfils the prophecy in Genesis that the seed of Adam shall "bruise the serpent's head"; the imagery suggests the romance theme of a knight-errant killing a dragon and is one of several such images in the Bible as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: HE second of three main episodes in the agon of Christ and Satan is presented in Paradise Regained. First is the original war in heaven recounted in Paradise Lost, and third is the final binding of Satan in the second coming of Christ, prophesied in the Book of Revelation. The defeat of Satan as tempter fulfils the prophecy in Genesis that the seed of Adam shall "bruise the serpent's head"; the imagery suggests the romance theme of a knight-errant killing a dragon and is one of several such images in the Bible. Besides the serpent in Eden, the Old Testament speaks of a dragon or sea monster, called "leviathan" or "Rahab," who was defeated once at the Creation
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