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The allegory's protagonist, Christian, is an everyman character, and the plot centres on his journey from his hometown, the "City of Destruction" ("this world"), to the "Celestial City" ("that which is to come": Heaven) atop Mount Zion.
Mar 9, 2021 · From House Beautiful he can see the Delectable Mountains; once he reaches them, he will be able to see his destination, the Celestial City.
Here also they had the City itself in view; and they thought they heard all the bells therein to ring, to welcome them thereto; but, above all, the warm and joyful thoughts that they had about their own dwelling there, with such company, and that for ever and ever.
After they recover, Christian and Hopeful walk among the orchards and gardens of Beulah. After stopping to rest in a vineyard, they resolve to enter the Celestial City. Two Shining Ones accompany them to the Gate, but they explain that the pilgrims must enter the City by means of their own faith.
Now you must note that the city stood upon a mighty hill, but the Pilgrims went up that hill with ease, because they had these two men to lead them up by the arms; also, they had left their mortal garments behind them in the river, for though they went in with them, they came out without them.
The Pilgrim’s Progress, religious allegory in two parts (1678 and 1684) by the English writer John Bunyan. A symbolic vision of the good man’s pilgrimage through life, it was at one time second only to the Bible in popularity and is the most famous Christian allegory still in print.
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