Cain (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: George Gordon
- First Published: 1821
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: The period of Genesis
- Setting: Outside Eden
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Immortality, Exile or expatriates, Sin or Original sin, Antiheroes, God, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Legends, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Biblical times, Devils or demons, Romanticism, Sacrifice, Mortality, Satan or Satanism, Angels
- Locales: Eden
Characters Discussed
Adam, the first man. He orders Cain to leave the family after the murder of Abel.
Eve, Adam’s wife, the first woman. Because she was bitter at the expulsion from Eden, Cain blames her for his undying bitterness against God and death and claims that this bitterness was transmitted to him before birth.
Cain, Adam’s elder son. He refuses to pray because of the expulsion from Eden and is sullen at the loss of immortality. He hates work and doubts God’s goodness. Tempted, he follows Lucifer and expresses a wish to remain in Hades. Jealous of...
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See Also:
George Gordon, Lord Byron (Cyclopedia of World Authors)George Gordon, Lord Byron (Poetry)George Gordon, Lord Byron (Dictionary of World Biography)George Gordon, Lord Byron (Drama)
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