Реферат: Demian

world as well as his destiny.

The Garden of Eden presents itself as another

symbolic location. The event that Emil told the

story of stealing the apples from the garden was

a very symbolic point of the novel in which Emil

breaks away from his light realm. The garden that

Emil stole the apples from represented the

Garden of Eden and the apples, or forbidden

fruit, symbolized Emil’s first sin. This event

foreshadows what is next to come in the conflict

of good and evil. Emil?s first step out of the light

realm gives way to more symbolic events where he

becomes more submerged into the dark realm.

At the beginning of the novel, Emil notices that

there is a coat of arms above his house

representing the Cain religion. The coat of arms

contained a sparrow hawk bird on it. Hesse uses

this symbolic approach to give the sparrow hawk

purpose in the rest of the story, as a symbol of

the mark of Cain. Emil discovered that the bird

represents the god Abraxas. From this point, Emil

is determined to find the meaning of the bird and

Abraxas. After the rain washed away a painting

of Beatrice that Emil painted, Emil could see

Demian and himself in the canvas. Emil then

painted a picture of the sparrow hawk on the

same canvas. Hesse used this event to symbolize

the connection between Emil, Demian, and

Abraxas. After bringing these characters