ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The wrath of God is like great waters that are damned for the present; they increase more and more, and rise higher and higher, till an outlet is given; and the longer the stream is stopped, the more rapid and mighty is its course, when once it is let loose.

Detailed explanation-2: -In this fire-and-brimstone sermon, Edwards uses the metaphor of fire & the imagery associated with it to link his listeners’ experience of fire to the idea of burning in the fires of Hell because of their sins.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” This simile states that in the eyes of God, your sins make you as heavy as lead. This is in reference to an earlier theme that God is the force keeping all men from falling into hell.

Detailed explanation-4: -THE BOW OF GOD’S WRATH IS BENT, AND THE ARROW MADE READY ON THE STRING. HE USED A METAPHOR SUCH AS DEATH OUTWITTED ME. THE TONE IS THREATENING, HOPING THE AUDIENCE WILL REPENT. YOU HANG BY A SLENDER THREAD, WITH THE FLAMES OF DIVINE WRATH FLASHING ABOUT IT.