Allusions to Christ include being stabbed in the side and appearing to look like Christ's oft depicted face while lying in the hospital bed. Rust Cohle in HBO's True Detective (TV series). Deadlyhair ( talk) 04:44, 26 September 2009 (UTC) Reply In a similar vein, in what way is Light from Deathnote a Christ figure? He's a serial killer, for crying out loud.Sir Isaac Lime 10:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC) Reply Amen! - Thnidu ( talk) 15:50, 6 January 2016 (UTC) Reply When I get a chance I'll try to update it. I think much of the problem arises from the fact that the article dos not differentiate enough between a Christ figure, whose purpose in the plot is to allegorically evoke the New Testament, and a Jesus-like figure, which is simply a figure that in some way resembles Jesus. Some examples include Prince Myshkin and Alyosha Karamazov. Fyodor Dostoevsky used characters who had Christlike love for their fellow man.During this struggle to protect those who Hao seeks to destroy (specifically humans and weak shamans,) Yoh dies, but later comes back to life and resumes his battle with Hao while the people of Patch Village, including his rivals and the sibblings of his rivals, pray for his success against Hao. Throughout the amine & manga, Yoh is forced to fight against his brother, Hao, who is determined to cleanse the world and create a paradise for only the most worthy of shamans. He is quite willing to forgive the misdeeds of others, and acts a saviour for a number of characters, including Tao Ren, who's upbringing had filled him with hatred and destruction, Bokuto no Ryu, who led a gang and was on his way to a life of crime, and Faust VIII from his own madness after the death of his wife. Yoh Asakura of Shaman King by Hiroyuki Takei, is a kind and wise person who rarely loses his temper and never hates.And where does Christ ever confess to sin, especially on or enroute to the cross? - Thnidu ( talk) 15:50, 6 January 2016 (UTC) Reply If that's all it takes, there must be a million Christ-figures out there. In the last scaffold scene when he acknowledges his sin of adultery, Dimmesdale becomes a Christ figure.īy confession before execution? Definitely a non-example. Arthur Dimmesdale from The Scarlet Letter.Gandalf, Frodo Baggins, and Aragorn, in the novel The Lord of the Rings, each figuring an office of Christ as prophet, priest, and king, respectively.(A little note about Jack Bauer: "Lying, torture, theft, and even cold-blooded murder are all viable options to Jack, a stark contrast to the vast majority of fictional heroes.") From his wikipage.) Since the incarnation primarily shown in the series is Rei II, she can be overall considered a Christ-figure. While not as transparent, some interpretations of this character pointed out that the three Ayanami's "incarnations" correspond to the idea of Christian Trinity: Rei I is the Father (the progenitor and the base of all others), Rei II is the Son (who gave her life for the sake of humans), and Rei III is the Holy Spirit (who embraces the entire world).
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