What it is Pride is excessive belief in ones own abilities that interferes with the individuals recognition of the grace of God It has been called the sin from which all others arise Pride is also known as Vanity ID: 808254
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The Seven Deadly Sins
Slide2Pride
What it is:
Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Why you do it:
Well-meaning elementary school teachers told you to "believe in yourself."
Your punishment in Hell will be:
You'll be broken on the wheel.
Associated symbols & suchlike:
Pride is linked with the color violet.
Slide3Envy
What it is:
Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Why you do it:
Because other people are so much luckier, smarter, more attractive, and better than you.
Your punishment in Hell will be:
You'll be put in freezing water.
Associated symbols & suchlike:
Envy is linked with the color green
.
References
The Travelers' Guide to Hell
says
Envy is ruled by the celestial sign of the Moon, and is "the key behind every advertisement." Incidentally, this book actually mentions the Seven Deadly Sins Homepage. All your friends are buying it. Imagine the embarrassment if you're the only one to miss out!
Slide4Anger
What it is:
Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.
Why you do it:
You're wired for it. Also, the people around you are pretty damn irritating.
Your punishment in Hell will be:
You'll be dismembered alive.
Associated symbols & suchlike:
Anger is linked with the color red.
References
In
The Canterbury Tales
, Geoffrey Chaucer called Anger "the fervent blood of Man
yquyked
in his
herte
,
thurgh
which he
wole
harm to
hym
that he
hateth
./ For certes, the
herte
of man, by
eschawfynge
and
moevynge
of his blood,
wexeth
so trouble that he is out of
alle
juggement
of
resoun
." (The Parson's Tale)
Slide5Sloth
What it is:
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
Why you do it:
You're shiftless, lazy, and good fer nuthin'.
Your punishment in Hell will be:
You'll be thrown into snake pits.
Associated symbols & suchlike:
Sloth is linked with the color light blue.
Medieval theologian
Thomas Aquinas
said Sloth is "sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good... [it] is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds." (2,35, ad 1)
Slide6Greed
What it is:
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Why you do it:
You live in possibly the most pampered, consumerist society since the Roman Empire.
Your punishment in Hell will be:
You'll be boiled alive in oil. Bear in mind that it's the finest, most luxurious boiling oil that money can buy, but it's still boiling.
Associated symbols & suchlike:
Greed is linked with the color yellow.
Slide7Gluttony
What it is:
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Why you do it:
Because you were weaned improperly as an infant.
Your punishment in Hell will be:
You'll be force-fed rats, toads, and snakes.
Associated symbols & suchlike:
Gluttony is linked with the pig and the color orange.
Slide8Lust
What it is:
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Why you do it:
Oh, please.
Your punishment in Hell will be:
You'll be smothered in fire and brimstone.
Not
kisses.
Associated symbols & suchlike:
Lust is linked with the color blue.
Slide9The
Roman Catholic Church
also recognizes
seven virtues
, which correspond inversely to each of the seven deadly sins.
Vice
Virtue
Lust
vs.
Chastity
Gluttony
vs.
Temperance
Greed
vs
.
Charity
Sloth
vs.
Diligence
Wrath
vs.
Patience
Envy
vs.
Kindness
Pride
vs.
Humility
Slide10Vocabulary Terms
Elizabethan Drama
Shakespearean Tragedy
Tragic Hero
Tragic flaw
Round Characters
Flat Characters
Dramatic foil
Dramatic Irony
Blank Verse
Conflict
Internal/External
Stanza
Couplet
Quatrain