By Joshua Cayetano
As Christian journeys from the “City of Destruction” to the “Celestial City” in The Pilgrim’s Progress, he and his companion, Hopeful, are captured by Giant Despair, the king of Doubting-Castle. In the dungeon, Giant Despair tortures Christian and Hopeful and, at the suggestion of his wife Diffidence, offers his prisoners the only escape: suicide. Hopeful urges Christian not to take the giant’s advice saying, “Have you forgotten the Hell where it is certain that murderers go? For no murderer has eternal life.” After more encouragement, Christian stays his hand and eventually escapes Doubting-Castle thanks to the key Promise.
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