Monday, May 29, 2017

Pilgrim's Progress Synopsis

I've made a high-level correspondence of the key locations in the synopsis below to your map.

From http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pilgrims/summary.html
(Also see Cliff’s notes: https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/p/the-pilgrims-progress/summary-and-analysis/part-1-section-4)

1.    Visited by Evangelist
2.    Leave City of Destruction, journey to Celestial City (Mount Zion)
3.    Falls into the Slough of Despond
4.    Meets Worldly Wiseman
5.    Enters Goodwill’s house
6.    Told to visit Interpreter
7.    Learns about faith from Interpreter
8.    Walks along the Wall of Salvation
9.    Sees Christ’s tomb and the cross
10. Three angels give him a certificate to enter the Celestial City
11. Falls asleep and loses the certificate
12. Reproaches himself and retraces his tracks to find the certificate
13. Meets the four mistresses of the Palace Beautiful and shelter and feed him
14. Given a helmet, shield, breastplate, All-prayer, inexhaustible shoes & sword
15. Descends the Valley of Humiliation
16. Meets Apollyon who tries to kill him
17. Strikes Apollyon with his sword
18. Continues through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
19. Meets Faithful
20. Joined by Talkative who is spurned
21. Evangelist arrives and warns of the wicked town of Vanity
22. Evangelist foretells that one of them will die in Vanity
23. Resist temptation and are mocked
24. Vanity citizens imprison them for mocking the local religion
25. Faithful defends himself and is executed, rising to heaven
26. Christian remanded to prison but escapes
27. Joined by Hopeful
28. They meet By-Ends who is rejected
29. Enter the plain of Ease where smooth-talker Demas tempts them with silver
30. They pass him by
31. Take shelter for the night at Doubting Castle
32. Awakened by the Giant Despair who imprisons and tortures them
33. They escape after recalling they have the key of Promise
34. Approach Delectable Mountains near the Celestial City
35. Meet wise shepherds who warn of treacherous mountains Error & Caution
36. They point out others blinded by Despair who wander among nearby tombs
37. They warn them to avoid shortcuts that may lead to hell
38. Meet Ignorance who believes he is saved by a good life
39. Christian refutes him and he leaves their company
40. Meet Flatterer who snares them in a net & Atheist denies Celestial City exists
41. Cross sleep-inducing Enchanted Ground and try to stay awake by talking
42. Gleefully approach the land of Beulah where the Celestial City is located
43. There are flowers and fruit which refresh the travelers
44. They must cross a river without a bridge
45. Christian nearly drowns but Hopeful reminds him of Christ’s love
46. Christian emerges safely from the water
47. The residents of the Celestial City joyously welcome the two pilgrims.

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