Question

Which statement best explains why Edwards repeats the image of fire throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

Answer 1

Answer:

He wants to increase his audience’s fear of hell.

Explanation:

In order to convince the unconverted and the unrepentant, he must touch their emotions as well as their minds. He achieves this with the use of suffocating metaphors to make the audience feel uncomfortable. There are some frightening ideas such as the one that states that "the flames of hell are ready to swallow them and death is a breath away".

Answer 2

The answer is: "He wants to increase his audience's fear of hell.

That's why he keeps repeating the image of fire, to make a dramatic accent on it in order to implant fear inside their mind.