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I would particularly like to know if this theme is ultimately religious.
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Somewhat.
Eden was perfect but man ruined it.
After that things got worse and worse until in Noah's day God was sorry he had ever made man and flooded everyone except Noah and his family.
And then in prophecies of the end times it says that it would be a lot like the days of Noah once again- in other words things would get worse and worse.
But of course the very very end is happy (the devil gets tossed, the church hangs out in heaven, etc).