Christopher Metzger Period 1 Updated: 6/14/11 Dr. Diaz Is Evil Instilled Into Every Human at Birth? Many say human kind is inherently evil, that there is evil in all of us. William Golding strongly confirms this point in the book, The Lord of the Flies. The Lord of the Flies expresses what can happen to a man when there is not structure and little means of survival. The boys prove man to be inherently evil through control, mistreatment, and murder.
His choices of characters were specific so that their behaviors and relationships easily exemplify his perceptions of human beings. During the time of the war with Hitler and his followers in Nazi Germany, Golding concluded, “man produces evil as a bee produces honey”. The reflections he made in the late 50’s provoked Golding’s critical portrayal of the “end of innocence” which is shown through the primitive and violate actions of his characters. Golding has effectively scrutinized and encouraged further thinking of the darkness in man’s heart in his enthralling novel, “Lord of the Flies.” Golding symbolizes his premise of the underlying darkness within mankind through his image of the beast. For the entirety of the book, the tribe fears the beast, as they believe it is “something that they can hunt and kill.” Ironically, it is while hunting the beast, their supposed threat, that the boys become obsessed with a blood-lust manner.
Shakespeare opens the door into the minds of two characters and lets us watch their lives as they undergo intense mental torture and slowly deteriorate. Shakespeare uses many techniques to create this picture of horror for the audience. Much of the action takes place at night creating a paranoid and shadowy setting. He also uses the mysterious witches to construct a feeling of the unknown. However, the biggest aspect of Macbeth that creates the true horror feeling is by giving the audience a window to view the mental torture caused by pure evil.
His very existence is for the destruction of the truly innocent. In religious terms the devil is the ruler of the underworld and can see into everyone’s thoughts and manipulate them into temptation. A Shakespearean audience would be fully aware of this due to the fact that they were considerably religious during the period the play was written and performed in. We see that Iago has devilish qualities about his character in the way he manipulates other into essentially doing his dirty work for him. The clever technique Shakespeare uses allows al the characters to perceive Iago as ‘honest’ and quite pure and heavenly like.
They’re going to hunt you tomorrow” (170). Jack kills Ralph last because Ralph is the last person Jack views as a threat to his goals. Jack is afraid Ralph might prevent him from taking complete control of the island, since initially Ralph was the leader. The darkness of humanity can destroy society since society gets in the way of the darkness of humanity. In the Lord of the Flies, Jack has been trying to destroy Ralph since chapter 1 because he wanted power.
Mary Shelley uses many language devices to portray conflict in the novel Frankenstein. In chapter 5, Mary Shelley uses alliteration to convey to the reader the emotional conflict the monster is forced to face. Victor finally finishes his creation and observes its appearance: “I beheld the wretch -- the miserable monster who I created”. This suggests to the reader that Victor is not pleased with his creation as he calls him a “monster”; the word “monster” makes the reader visualize a horrendous, spine-chilling, eerie creation creating a dark ambience. Furthermore, the author uses feelings to describe the monster.
Chaos and savagery come as a result of men trying to find pleasure without making sacrifices. Order are situations in which humans are forced to suppress their instincts and follow rules to attain their goals. 4D. The subject ive chosen is sort of a broad idea that can be grasped by looking deeper into the idea. By looking at the fact that Golding is trying to explain that all humans are evil can tie into the Chaos on the island.
In the beginning Macbeth was a good hero however he became overly ambition as a result of the three witches’ prophecy. He doesn’t switch between good and evil like Dr Jekyll however he becomes more evil as the play progressed. Macbeth had a plan to achieve and he would destroy anything and anyone that gets in his way, even his best friend Banquo. On the other hand Jekyll
Since our intelligence is inherently good it is not possible to take away from something that is good, something that is evil. The line that Aug says that really strikes me is, “Or, if indeed evil is learned, that can only be in the sense that we learn to avoid deeds which ought not to be done. Hence to do evil is nothing but to stray away from education.” (OFW, Book 1, I, section 2.) This applies to the argument very well because we don’t learn to do evil;
Monsters By: Robert K. Van Fossen April 26, 2012 Van Fossen Monsters are our doubles they share the same character flaws that we, humans, have. Monsters come from our mind they are, for the larger part, just a figment of our imagination. When you think of Hollywood or movie monsters you think of large, grotesque, and suffering from some kind of mental illness. Have you ever looked at the definition of “monster”? The Oxford Dictionary of English states that “monster” is an inhumane, cruel, or wicked person; or a thing or animal that is excessively or dauntingly large; how about to criticize or reprimand severely; or the Latin word “monstrum” meaning portent, omen, or well monster.