The old man gave Santiago stones from a jeweled breastplate which he called Urim and Thummim. These were considered to be tools of divination (providing divine answers to questions). While the history of how Urim and Thummim were used differs, in the novel, Santaigo was able to cast the stones to divine what he should do. In this way, it would be attributed to God's will for Santiago whatever the stones showed, and he was to follow the "advice" of the stones to determine his higher purpose.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
In Act III, scene 2, why may the establishment of Claudius's guilt be considered the crisis of the revenge plot?
The crisis of a drama usually proceeds and leads to the climax. In Shakespeare's Hamlet , the proof that Claudius is guilty...
-
The topics that are the focus of your paper seem to take US history from the time of early imperialism under Teddy Roosevelt in ...
-
No, not really.Consider these lines: "Naught's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content: 'Tis safer to be ...
-
When the little boy Pip meets the escaped convict Magwitch he is overwhelmed by fear and guilt. The first words uttered by the terrified Pip...
No comments:
Post a Comment