Many authors share a common thread in their writings, allusions to biblical concepts. The Bible is one of the most influential texts of all time and its presence can be seen through countless pieces of literature. One of the best examples of a literary work modeled on biblical elements is William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. “Christian philosophy,” says Walter C. Curry, “recognizes two tragedies of cosmic importance: (1) the fall of Lucifer and a third of the angelic hosts, who rebelled against God and were cast out, and (2) the fall of Adam who was originally endowed with perfection and freedom but who opposed his will to God and thus brought sin and limited freedom to humanity. '.... 'Macbeth's fall draws the combined power of those of Lucifer and Adam.' (Coursen 318) In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Shakespeare uses Macbeth's rise and eventual demise to describe biblical concepts known as “Fall of Man” and “Victory in Christ.” The story of the “Fall of Man” in the Bible, better known as the story of the “Garden of Eden” or “Adam and Eve,” is the story of how the sin entered the perfect world that God had created. According to Genesis 3, the book and chapter in which the story is found, God gave Adam and Eve, the only two humans ever created at that time, a perfect place to dwell. , a paradise called the Garden of Eden. The garden contained everything they needed and it was good, they could not eat of the tree that was in the center of the garden, the tree of the knowledge of good and of bad, because God had said that if they ate it they would “certainly die.” Well one day a serpent came, or should I say Satan disguised as a serpent, so to speak... middle of paper... he became a woman. So it could be said that both Macduff and Jesus Christ were not born of women. This is our first indication that Macduff is definitely representative of Jesus. Our second and final clue that Macduff is portraying Jesus is in his final defeat of Macbeth. When Jesus died on the cross he redeemed the world from sin. Through this redemption he erased the old era of laws due to Adam's sin and ushered in a new era with different rules no longer governed by the effects of Adam's sin. This is why some people call Jesus the second Adam, because he was the turning point and change of Adam's sin. When Macduff kills Macbeth, he literally erases what Macbeth has done, he beheads him, he takes that sinful nature and puts it on display and says I'm in control of it now instead of him controlling me and determining my path..