Cain+and+Abel

I Cain't think of a Creative Title... Adam and Eve have two sons. The first of the two is named Cain, and the second is Abel. Cain grows up to be a farmer, and Abel becomes a sheep herder. Cain sacrifices his crop yield to god, and Abel sacrifices some of his sheep. God is much more pleased with the offerings of Abel, and he takes no regard to those of Cain. Cain becomes angry, and one day asks his brother to go out to the field. Cain kills his younger brother. God punishes Cain by making the ground no longer yield crops like it used to, and he is to become a wanderer for the rest of his days.
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 * The theme in this story is that jealousy and hatred toward others can get the better of us and lead to bad actions, and ultimately bad consequences.


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 * ** Lit **** erature ** || * "The Mayor of Casterbridge"- Thomas Hardy
 * "The Book of Lies"- Brad Meltzer ||
 * ** Movies ** || * "New Jack City"- directed by Mario van Peebles ||
 * ** Plays ** || * "Hamlet"- Shakespeare ||
 * ** Short Story ** || * "Cain Rose Up"- Steven King ||
 * ** Poem ** || * "Cain and Abel"- John Newton ||

Cain and Abel are the subject of matter in allusions to this story. Both brothers can represent two different people. The "Cain" of modern day allusions and novels is the murderer who kills the "Abel" of the story, the innocent one who does not see his death coming. In many cases, the "Cains" and "Abels" of whatever story are close to each other, usually in a family with one another or in a close friendship.

Cain and Abel  John Newton When Adam fell he quickly lost God's image, which he once possessed: See All our nature since could boast In Cain, his first-born Son, expressed!

The sacrifice the Lord ordained In type of the Redeemer's blood, Self-righteous reas'ning Cain disdained, And thought his own first-fruits as good.

Yet rage and envy filled his mind, When, with a fallen, downcast look, He saw his brother favor find, Who God's appointed method took.

By Cain's own hand, good Abel died, Because the Lord approved his faith; And, when his blood for vengeance cried, He vainly thought to hide his death.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Such was the wicked murd'rer Cain,

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Malicious, blind and proud, as he.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Like him the way of grace we slight, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And in our own devices trust;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Call evil good, and darkness light, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And hate and persecute the just.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The saints, in every age and place, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Have found this history fulfilled; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Of Abels, whom the Cains have killed! The numbers all our thoughts surpass

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thus Jesus fell - but O! his blood <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Far better things than Abel's cries: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Obtains his murd'rers peace with God, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And gains them mansions in the skies.

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Genesis //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. New York: World, 1962. Print.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Hardy, Thomas. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Mayor of Casterbridge //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1993. Print.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">King, Stephen. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Skeleton Crew //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. New York: Signet, 1986. Print.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Meltzer, Brad. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Book of Lies //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. New York: Grand Central Pub., 2008. Print.

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">New Jack City //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Dir. Peebles Mario Van. Perf. Peebles Mario Van. 1991.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Newton, John. "Cain and Abel- John Newton." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Poem Hunter //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,san-serif;">Shakespeare, William. Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare). Simon & Schuster; New Folger Edition, 2003.