Imagery in Edwards Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Essay

In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry idol, Jonathan Edwards created the emotion of fear by using resourcefulness and metaphorical language to persuade his audience. He use imagery and figurative language so the wrath of God is more fearsome and gave you a mental picture of hell in your head. Imagery is one of the components that were used by Edwards to make his allegory more persuasive. As the short story begins, the first sentence was an example of imagery. Edwards wrote when men are on Gods hands and they could illuminate to hell. natural men are held in the hands of God, over the pit of hell Knowing that you might fall into hell at any moment should scare you. God fixed to save you until he wants to let you fall into an eternity of burning flames. another(prenominal) example of imagery is when he talks abo...