Part one of term paper
In the New Testament, are the allegorical figures of the sixth chapter of the Book of Revalation. These four agents of destruction are generally understood to symbolize power or conquest, violence or war, poverty or famine, and death. The first appears on a white horse, the second on a red horse, the third on a black horse, and the fourth ...

Part two of term paper
... and to make men slay each other." The third rider is on a black horse which "could indicate dried up vegetation or even burned vegetation." He came with scales that weigh food. The scales symbolize "injustice" because he will only affect the poor. He has the power to drought the earth. The fourth rider on a "sickly yellow-green" horse "like a dead person" sums up the work of the other three i.e. kill by sword, famine and plaque, and by the wild beast of the earth. Hades follows close behind this ...