How does Shakespeare present Iago as the devil in Act 2 scene 3 of Othello? There are numerous vast and complex characters that Shakespeare creates in the play Othello; however one of the most complex is the character of Iago. Shakespeare here has created a real villain, who twists and turns his way into manipulating, poisoning and corrupting others around him. Iago has no thought for those who get in his way and is hell-bent on achieving his goal at any price. His very existence is for the destruction of the truly innocent.
This is also ironic, as humans themselves are a part of the earth and nature, yet are destroying it for their own ends. The imagery of the dump is used to symbolize the dystopic wasteland that society is approaching, a consumer society consuming itself. The confronting revelations of the persona’s experience compels the reader, as a vision of hell is established, as “attendants in overalls and goggles” and “laborers” allude to “devils” and “demons”. These “figures” of our future are portrayed in a pathetic fashion, as they “poke” around, and “wander in despondence”, looking for “scraps of appetite”, in order to fuel their humanity. The people who fork through the trash symbolize that we may, one day pick at the remnants of our long lost culture, 'with an eternity in which to turn up some peculiar sensation'.
Golding uses characterisation to show that evil is inherent in all of human kind. Golding depicts the two main characters of Jack and Ralph as the main examples of this theme. As the story unfolds, Golding reveals Jack to be selfish, violent and corrupt, this quote shows these qualities; "…bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach" (Golding pp.75). Also, the description of Jack towards the end of the book reveals how dishonest, aggressive and monstrous Jack has become.
Buried Alive Edgar Allan Poe is methodical in creating a gothic darkness and evil storyline provoking sympathy anger, and back to understanding the actions of evil that Montressor inflicted without impunity. Poe creates fantasy and reality, “his fiction often made fun of what he wrought best: terror tales”, (Fisher xv) with The Cask of Amontillado, leaving the reader to question self on how far would you go to avenge your pride, and your honor. The Cask of Amontillado, Montressor narrates a sinister plot to punish and bury Fortunato alive is implausible, however, understanding how antagonistic Fortunato was towards Montressor and the mass of insults delivered may change the readers mind. Poe uses two unusual settings to create the atmosphere in the story, a carnival at night which initially reads as fun, festive, and happiness and however, if you look beyond that carnivals also create an environment of madness, and chaos which releases Montressor freedom to implement his plan of revenge and his high level of evil in which Montressor lures Fortunato into the family catacombs to die. The first setting in the story of jovial, happiness, and jubilant behavior amongst the crowd allows a sense of freedom for Montressor to move and execute his plan without suspicion from Fortunato.
Insanity could be defined as “the state of being mentally ill; madness”, thus it is no surprise that writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and D. H. Lawrence beauteously integrated aspects of insanity into their stories in order to chisel the perfect piece of gothic literature, simultaneously luring the reader in to a world carved by madness and drowned in an eerie atmosphere. Portraying one as insane is a powerful gothic literary device that has been used throughout the era of the gothic, notably in Matthew Lewis' “The Monk” and Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto”. One way in which writers complement and enhance the insanity of their sadistic characters is through the psychological and mental torture that is often inflicted upon the victims
Right from the very beginning it is apparent that Mr. Harvey is evil. He is a creepy man when he says this at 1% of the book: “I’ve built something back here. Would you like to see it?” He then goes on to rape and murder Susie. If this man is not evil I don’t know what is. He is also very deranged.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and Lord of the Flies by William Golding have much to say about a man's sinful nature. Both of these novels contain scenes in which the main character(s) goes savage; their savagery comes about because of their sinful nature or the sinful nature of others around them. Man's sinful nature is revealed through the thoughts and actions of the characters in both novels. The authors show through their works their belief that if everyone revealed their true natures, the world would tear itself apart. In both novels, evil is revealed by the telling actions of the characters.
In fact, it could be said that he in fact is a tabular rasa with which Shelley encourages the deliberation on the established order inherently flawed from within. He calls it ‘the strange system of human society’ where a ‘man so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent’ can become ‘yet so vicious and base.’ This defined as ‘Monster’ is so far from ethically repugnant and psychologically revolting that he ‘could not conceive how one man could go forth to murder his fellow.’ It could also be argued that there isn’t really an answer. The bizarre connexion between Frankenstein and his creation has been given the term a ‘doppelganger effect’, where
In contrast Gardner portrayed Grendel and Beowulf completely different than how Orwell did. We could see a more in-depth complex view of Grendel, the monster himself. The text explains Grendel’s horrible life and includes the explanations to why he does the evil deeds. Gardner shows readers that
Question: “Macbeth” has all the ingredients of a compelling drama. Write a response to this statement commenting on one or more of the ingredients, which, in your opinion make Macbeth compelling. The play Macbeth is indeed a compelling one, featuring many of the key ingredients which so often make Shakespeare’s plays the greats that they are known as today. It features many different themes, the theme of evil, the supernatural, of war and the ever corrupting nature of power. These components are further brought together by the overhanging sense of mystery in the play.