This work is Guided by questions from this course, and enhanced with additional factors to give insight into each work. The selections consist of works written in The Norton Anthology of World literature: "The Sermon on the Mount", "The Feast", and "The Prodigal Son". The work provided is a form towards understanding the questions, and providing research based answers towards a final comparison of the works.
The first Question consists of Alms, fasting and prayer:
"(1.) Compare what “The Sermon on the Mount” and “The Feast” say about giving alms, fasting and praying? Are they similar or different? Our translation of the New Testament uses charity rather than alms, but it means the same thing. The King James Version uses alms" (Anderson). …show more content…
The next question deals with allegory: "(4.) Define allegory. Explain how “The Prodigal Son” may be read as an allegory" (Anderson).
According to "Roane State Community College"; allegory is a "narrative form in which the characters are representative of some larger humanistic trait (i.e. greed, vanity, or bravery) and attempt to convey some larger lesson or meaning to life.(R)" The hidden meaning is the term of parables. The parables are similar to riddles. The riddle symbolizes and depicts the good will of helping towards God's will.
Additional Information: "The Sermon on the Mount", is not an allegory, but the hyperbole, if in context with being one, with an eye for an eye is similar to allegory. "The Feast" hidden meaning is subject to all three works as with being in understanding of the