Peter Abelard: The Essential Theological and Philosophical Works Literary Elements

Peter Abelard: The Essential Theological and Philosophical Works Literary Elements

Genre

Philosophical book

Setting and Context

The book is written in the context of philosophical and educational practices.

Narrator and Point of View

First-person narrative

Tone and Mood

The tone is curious, and the mood is optimistic.

Protagonist and Antagonist

The narrator is the protagonist of the book.

Major Conflict

The main conflict is when the Greek philosophers are introduced to Europe by the Muslims. The arrival of the Greek philosophers led to a series of endless controversies.

Climax

The climax is when Greek mythology becomes a concrete foundation of theology.

Foreshadowing

The climax is when Greek mythology becomes a concrete foundation of theology.

Understatement

The meaning of human life is understated. In the broader perspective, human life is about understanding God, but is not entirely based on religion.

Allusions

The story alludes to the human understanding of God.

Imagery

The imaginary images of what happens when infants die paints a clear picture of where they go after death. Sight imagery enables readers to conclude that when infants die, they go limbo, but not in union with God.

Paradox

The primary paradox is that infants do not reunite with God when they because they are deemed unclean.

Parallelism

Muslims and Christians’ philosophies about God are parallel to each other.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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