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A Violent Illumination Of Salvation
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Flannery O'Connor uses violence to return characters to reality and prepare
them to accept their moment of grace. The New Encyclopedia Britannica
defines grace as the "spontaneous, unmerited gift of the divine or the
divine influence operating in man for his regeneration and sanctification"
(401). ....
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....rior beings, their self-
imposed facades fall. Inherent human weaknesses are not tolerated and the
faulty soul is damned or violently returned to reality (Walters 72). In
The Habit of Being, O'Connor emphasizes: "My devil has a name . . . His
name is Lucifer, he's a fallen angel, his sin is pride, and his aim is
destruction of the Divine plan" (456).
The grandmother is extremely prideful and identifies herself as a "lady" as
O'Connor reveals in the clothing description:
The children's mothe.... |
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