Act I

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Act I is the opening section of John Bunyan’s Christian allegory "The Pilgrim’s Progress," introducing the protagonist Christian and the beginning of his spiritual journey.

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Act I canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work section ⓘ
narrative act ⓘ
author John Bunyan ⓘ
basedOnWork The Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
centralTheme conflict between worldly attachments and spiritual calling ⓘ
conversion ⓘ
pilgrimage toward salvation ⓘ
spiritual awakening ⓘ
containsEvent Christian and Pliable fall into the Slough of Despond ⓘ
Christian continues alone toward the Wicket Gate ⓘ
Christian flees from the City of Destruction ⓘ
Christian meets Evangelist ⓘ
Christian reads the book and becomes distressed ⓘ
Pliable abandons Christian ⓘ
containsSymbol City of Destruction as sinful world ⓘ
Slough of Despond as spiritual discouragement ⓘ
burden on Christian’s back ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
didacticPurpose to instruct readers in the path of salvation ⓘ
to warn against spiritual complacency ⓘ
genre Christian allegory ⓘ
prose narrative ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
hasCharacter Christian’s children ⓘ
Christian’s wife ⓘ
Evangelist ⓘ
Obstinate ⓘ
Pliable ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Christian ⓘ
hasMotiveForProtagonist desire for eternal life ⓘ
fear of impending judgment ⓘ
intendedAudience Christian readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm allegorical narrative ⓘ
narrativeFunction establishes allegorical framework of the story ⓘ
initiates the pilgrimage to the Celestial City ⓘ
introduces Christian’s spiritual crisis ⓘ
presents the call to leave the City of Destruction ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalWorkPublicationYear 1678 ⓘ
partOf The Pilgrim’s Progress ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestant Christianity ⓘ
setting City of Destruction ⓘ
Slough of Despond ⓘ
on the way to the Wicket Gate ⓘ
workTitle Act I ⓘ

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