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the smoke monster…Again, sorry

I only watch each episode of lost once and, as such I am quite prepared to be blown out the water however my lack of in depth knowledge hopefully can provide some of you well researched lost fans some food for thought.

The smoke monster is the grim reaper. Been about forever, judges people, shrouded in black . we even had an episode called this place is death. What do we think?

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3 thoughts on “the smoke monster…Again, sorry

  1. I love smoke monster theories

    As for him being the grim reaper, always a possibility!!!

    But from most works of literature and references made to The Reaper, he usually only comes when someone is going to die, and for him to touch you would be your demise.

    Smokey has laid his hands (I guess you could call it a hand) on numerous people who have survived, his touch is not deadly, only what he does with his kung-fu grip.

    Also I am not sure if The Grim Reaper judged people. Just killed them.

    It was always said that no matter who you were, good or bad,

    you had to travel down the river styx with the ferryman Charon. Once you reached Hades you would then be judged.

    Check out what I found when doing some research on Hades.

    “the realm of Hades is the misty and gloomy[2] abode of the dead (also called Erebus), where all mortals go. Later Greek philosophy introduced the idea that all mortals are judged after death and are either rewarded or cursed.”

    “The far side of the river was guarded by Cerberus, the three-headed dog defeated by Heracles (Roman Hercules). Passing beyond Cerberus, the shades of the departed entered the land of the dead to be judged.”

    “Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books. A second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil’s Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man; the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton’s purpose, stated in Book I, is to “justify the ways of God to men”[1] and elucidate the conflict between God’s eternal foresight and free will.”

    “Cerberus (Greek:

  2. I think you could be on to something. This is Why john Locke was dragged down to the temple. Perhaps the monster kills if it sees no redemption. Eg: Eko but has to take others tobe judged at the temple. Rousseaus crew? I think the final gambit is going to be a combination of this mythology and religious beliefs plus all the egyptology. Sound damn good to me!!!!

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