"The Flood" Biblical Allusion Source: The Old Testament- Genesis 6
- God declares 120 years for mans life span
- God saw wickedness in man's heart and reevaluated making man
- He decides to wipe everything from the earth, except for Noah
- Noah, a righteous man, had three sons; Shem, Ham, and Japeth
- God tells Noah that He is destroying everything that exists on earth at this point
- God tells Noah to build an ark
- God floods the earth and everything inside the ark survives
Commentary: The main concept of this allusion is rebirth. God is trying to create and recreate the earth after what all has happened. It is only coincidentally that the rebirth also has to do with water and flooding. This example can be found in the book
The Shawshank Redemption. Andy Dufrane is welcomed by a rainstorm that cleanses him of all of his past sins in Shawshank prison.
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