Hell In Edith Wharton's Damned

“Being dead in hell at the age of thirteen is better than being alive on Earth at the age of thirteen.” This quote is said by Madison in the novel Damned. She says this to contrast the differences between her life and the lives of other thirteen year olds. Madison believes that Earth contains people that are cruel and selfish.The puritans would exile the novel Damned due to the lack of religious beliefs, law breaking characters were present, and the characters lead sinful lives.
The puritans would oppose the novel Damned because of the lack of religious beliefs. Madison’s parents believed that heaven and hell were just figments of imagination conjured up to scare the minds of innocent people. Her parents were very accomplished within the scientific
While riding on a demon in hell, a kid named Archer looks at an attractive girl and says, “Damn! You got a nice rack!” Archer was lonely and heartbroken, so he said it as an attempt to be with someone for the rest of eternity in the scorchin pit of hell. Madison and her friends, while on top of a demon, exchanged swear words to one another to vent their anger towards each other. While traveling for miles and miles to an unknown destination, one gets tired of being in a confined space with nothing else to do. So when they couldn’t take it anymore, they resulted to the usage of vulgar words to solve their problem. Madison was streaking in a private school after lights out because she was bored and couldn’t sleep on the uncomfortable bed provided for her by the school staff. In the cold night of winter, when she wanted to escape her room, she started to streak and made it a hobby. She felt powerful being the only girl up at that time, but it started to get boring for her. So, one night, she opened the doors leading outside and decide to streak there. Madison realized she made a mistake, and used a key that didn’t belong to her to get back