The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan

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Discuss The Pilgrim's Progress as a masterpiece of Puritanism.

What are the morals in The Pilgrim's Progress?

John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory; that is, Bunyan uses names to represent abstract qualities. Explain how Vanity Fair, Obstinate, Pliable, Help, and Faithful demonstrate the traits for which they are named and how they affect Christian's journey.

What does Palace Beautiful symbolize? What point was Bunyan making in stressing the fact that Faithful, Christian's friend and traveling companion, passed by the palace without stopping there?

In "The Pilgrim's Progress," what difficulties did Christian face on his journey to the Wicket Gate?

Who is the main character in The Pilgrims Progress?

What is Christian's burden in The Pilgrim's Progress? What was the reason for his burden to fall off when he saw the cross?

Both John Bunyan and Jonathan Swift criticized society. Compare and contrast John Bunyan's style of criticism in The Pilgrim's Progress and Jonathan Swift's style in Gulliver's Travels.

In "The Pilgrim's Progress," what are the arrows that Beelzebub sends?

In "The Pilgrim's Progress," why did Goodwill pull Christian in through the gate?

What final question put by Faithful does Talkative refuse to answer?

What are Christian and Faithful willing to buy at Vanity Fair? What does this suggest about their values?

In John Bunyan’s The Pilgrims Progress, is the purpose of Help to send Christian to the Slough of Despond, to argue with Christian’s motives, to tempt Christian into sin, or to aid Christian?

The Pilgrim process has all the elements of a Christian allegory. discuss

What is the summary of The Pilgrim's Progress Part 2?  

How do Obstinate and Faithful show the traits they're named for, and how do they affect Christian's journey in the allegory The Pilgrim's Progress?

What is the symbolic role of Evangelist in The Pilgrim's Progress?

What was the town of Vanity Fair in The Pilgrim's Progress established by demons to do from the choices below? 1. analyze the feelings of the townspeople 2. lie in the pilgrim’s path 3. criticize the bishops in town 4. criticize the church elders Also, what is the central theme in The Pilgrim's Progress from the list below? A. worldly amusements are important. B. material wealth does not compare to the glory of entering heaven. C. Vanity Fair is not thought provoking. D. Satan’s pride and self-importance is not meaningful.  

What genre does John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress belong to?

What is the significance of the vicious treatment that Christian and Faithful receive at Vanity Fair in the book Pilgrims Progress?

What is the narrative technique used by the author in The Pilgrim's Progress?

In the book The Pilgrim's Progress, Ignorance failed to enter the celestial city because he had no certificate. Where is the certificate meant to be collected?

Why is John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress not a "novel"? 

In The Pilgrim's Progress, what is the significance of Christian's experience at the cross?

How does the dream function as a narrative device in The Pilgrim's Progress?

What are some themes from The Pilgrim's Progress?

Can you write a short summary of The Pilgrim's Progress?

In John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, why did Ignorance fail to gain access to the Celestial City?

Who does Christian represent?

In The Pilgrim's Progress, how is Vanity Fair an allegory?

How are the themes of The Pilgrim's Progress embodied by the characters?

When Was Pilgrim's Progress Written?

In John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Process, what characters turn Christian away from the true path? 

In John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, what is the purpose of the “certificate”? When Ignorance gets to the gates of the Celestial City, he is asked for a "certificate" needed for entry, which he does not have. The King, then, orders that he be bound and cast into hell.

Why do Mr. Great-Heart and the boys cross the stile after being warned by the stone message left by Christian?

In The Pilgrim's Progress, explain how the characters demonstrate the traits for which they are named, and how they affect Christian's journey.

Analyze the characterisation in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress as it relates to presenting moral views.

Why is Pliable interested in salvation? With what obstacle does Christian have to contend with in the Slough of Despond that Pliable is lacking, and what does this lack tell you about his spiritual condition? What causes him to lose interest and what lesson do you think Bunyan teaches through Pliable's experience?

Discuss the idea that The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan has all the elements of a Christian allegory.

What connections can be made between the text of The Pilgrim's Progress and the literary period?

What characteristics of a novel does Bunyan's allegory share, or perhaps prefigure?

What characterizes Christian as a heroic character? Provide specific moments from The Pilgrim's Progress to support your claim. How do these heroic characteristics prove to be advantageous on Christian's journey to the Celestial City?

Define Bunyan's concept of 'vanity' by referring to some specific examples.

Explain how the characters' names demonstrate the traits for which they are named, and how they affect Christian's journey in The Pilgrim's Progress?

Compare and contrast John Bunyan's style in The Pilgrim's Progress and Alexander Pope's style in The Rape of the Lock.

Discuss the method BUNYAN employs in The Pilgrim's Progress to advance his moral thesis?

After reading Pilgrim's Progress, which scene(s) do you think were the most popular for children to act out? Why? What makes these scenes appealing?

In Book I, at what point in the allegory does it first become apparent that Pilgrim is a sinner under extreme conviction? How do his relatives react to his sense of conviction? What action symbolizes his refusal to be influenced by them, and how does this action relate to the promises of Matthew 19:29, Mark 10:29, and Luke 14:26?

What is the name of the path Christian must travel in chapter 9?