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        In Fire from Heaven, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Flea, the authors take a stance on men and women committing sinful acts and using it as a main position in their work. They write from a very religious perspective which is probably due to the time period in which their work was written about. They develop this idea in very different perspectives to get their point across. They express this position vividly throughout their …

…for their work. David Underdown used this idea to exaggerate the importance of the Puritan presence. Shakespeare took this idea and made it add an element of passion and anger to give a climax to the story. While Donne used this idea bring beauty and love to a unjust act. The idea of a sinful act taking place never changed from author to author, but the way they used it was magnificent to literature itself.