Another theme in this story is the theme of men versus monsters. This theme comes to light when Grendel is described. Even in Chapter 1, it is made known that Grendel is going to be a monster. He is called the “enemy of mankind” (29) and rightly so. That automatically makes the reader see him as a completely evil character.
The use of this rhetorical device allows him to establish his main idea subtly, due to the fact that some of the terms he uses, the German people would not understand. As Hitler goes into detail of explaining what he is going to do, he uses various terms that make the Germans believe he is doing well when in fact it is for a horrible crime. “...to conduct humanitarian warfare – that is, to attack only fighting troops.”(Hitler, Adolf). With this use of euphemism, Hitler is able to conceal that he is going to bomb large places but saying he is only attacking the troops that are fighting. This type of euphemism allows him to influence the German people with what their opinion on the issue is going to be.
Misunderstood Monster The story of Grendel is the story of a monster misunderstood by his human neighbors. While animalistic and brutish in appearance, his mental faculties are on par, or even exceed, those of the humans. However, due to his appearance he is alienated from a human society that he wants nothing more than to be a part of. It is this unfounded hatred that Grendel must endure from the Danes that ultimately pushes him to question whether there is any meaning or order to life. When Grendel first encounter the Danes he is feared and hated, and then attacked, due to his animalistic appearance.
They would show no sense of the depth of their depravity or guilt and would break every moral code and boundary in humanity. In the light of this idea of ‘completely evil’, it could be argued that Heathcliff is a villain that is completely evil in which the readers have no sympathy for as Heathcliff’s vengeful, remorseless and hateful nature paired with his manipulative and physically violent actions present him as a typical gothic villain. He is repeatedly presented through connotations with the devil, being called things like the ‘imp of Satan’ and ‘demon’ which clearly has evil connotations, as well as through his negative animalistic descriptions as a ‘wolfish’ man and a ‘mad dog’. These descriptions present Heathcliff as completely evil as they dehumanize him into
Ultimately, due to his intoxication, Cassio stabs Montano, and is stripped of his position by Othello. “And Cassio following him with determined sword to execute upon him. Sir, this gentleman steps in to Cassio and entreats his pause, Myself the crying fellow did pursue, Lest by his clamor—as it so fell out—“ (Act II Sc 3 ll 190-194) Iago purposely led Cassio down the path of destruction, and that is an action the devil would perform. Iago is presenting the story in the way where it would make Cassio seem bad. Iago has no real reason to perform these devil-like actions, the only reason he is doing this is merely out of pure
Every act contains an evil plot set up by Iago. They all play into his "grand scheme". In the very beginning of Act 1 Iago displays his hatred for Othello. He is angry at him for making Cassio the lieutenant. Jealousy is his first motif.
Typically the Gothic is made up of elements such as corruption, confusion, immorality, transgression which ultimately lead to a disordered world. The plays main concerns are murder, revenge, infidelity, disguise, love, conflict and death. These themes clearly allow for a play of disorder to unfold. Thus creating a drama filled with chaos corruption and disorder through the use of various Gothic components. In Act 1 we learn that Lodovico has been ‘banished’ for committing ‘murders here in Rome, bloody and full of horror’ he complains that his sentence is unjust, ‘fortune is a whore’ and highlights the corruption within the justice system ‘Your wolf no longer seems to be a wolf than when she is hungry’.
Crime and Punishment Thesis Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is a story about a very troubled man, Raskolnikov. Dostoevsky shows Raskolnikov to be a man of questionable psychological and ethical integrity as he explores Raskolnikov’s mind. Dostoevsky uses Raskolnikov and his ideas to paint an intriguing picture on the nature of morality. The pivotal point of the book is when Raskolnikov murders an old pawnbroker. Raskolnikov isolates himself from society, for he thinks of others as inferior and comes up with his personal philosophy.
Whilst the German people were starting to think that the Weimar were failing and democracy was not right for Germany, Hitler realised that this was his moment to try and seize power. The depression made people angry about the Weimar because of poverty and unemployment. This helped Hitler and the Nazis because they were also angry at the Weimar about everything, for example the depression and the Treaty of Versailles. The German people wanted a new government. So the Nazis put themselves out there telling the public that they hate the Weimar for the same reason as the public do.
I heard many things in hell.” Through his denial of the hold lunacy has on him, the Narrator establishes the very nature of his madness. His contradictions’ such as denial of being afflicted by the disease, then the very next thought is to defend the nature of the illness by praising it for moulding his senses is evidence towards his increasing madness and the inevitable doom of the Narrator. The Mad Man’s seemingly unprovoked rage towards the Old Man is blamed upon his dead, hazy eye. The Narrator in a fit of Madness trying to explain his actions, claims his motivation; “One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture – a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold: and so by degrees – very gradually – I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” The Narrator again proves his madness through his apparent lack of solid intent coupled with his explanation of the rage within him.