In the last book of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation, the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” are described in 6:1. Artist Sharlene Lindskog-Osorio has a painting titled “Four horses of the apocalypse” (Pictured to the left). This painting alludes to the four horsemen of the apocalypse because the four horses that the horsemen rode were red, black, white, and pale, like the ones in the picture. Denis Martindale wrote a poem about the four horsemen and how he sees them bringing the apocalypse. It is titled “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” and one line describes how the apocalypse would catch people by surprise. The line goes “And so they moved, one thought in mind, to bring the world despair, Until the time four horsemen find their victims unaware!” A popular underground rapper, tech n9ne, wrote a rap called unfair. Tech n9ne likes to talk himself up in his raps, and that is exactly what he does when he says “The four horsemen of course we forced to be coarse when you talkin’ taller when y’all gettin the short end!” Here he introduced himself and his friends as the four horsemen, attempting to make himself seem more intimidating to whoever he is talking to, and maybe suggesting he will bring some kind of pain or destruction, like the horsemen from the bible. Ross Ashcroft, a political activist from England, made a documentary called “Four Horsemen”. It is about how the way the western style of business and government is changing for the worse. The title infers that the change is somewhat like the apocalypse, or some type of end to the better style of government and business. The four horsemen allusion is generally used to instill fear or emphasize bad things happening in general.

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