is then bent in a U with the turning point at the point of sin, the result would be that the two arms of the U would place the equivalent elements opposite each other.18 This is not as convincing a structure because the elements are not exactly matched, and one of the pair may be described much more succinctly than the other. Nevertheless there is a structure whereby the things that are in place before the transgression are seen to be lost after the transgression. (See further below.) The effect