Right here Jack already tries to imply that his choir is more savage than the rest of the boys by calling them hunters. Secondly, Jack once again expresses his need for control by going against the rules that were instilled among the boys in the beginning of the book. Jack says, “Bollocks to the rules! Were strong- we hunt…we’ll close in and beat and beat and beat,” (Golding 99). The excessive control demonstrated by the boys undoubtedly supports the idea that humans are innately evil, and it is also shown in many other ways such as how the boys mistreat each other.
Fortunado has been insulted by Montressor and now he is out for revenge. Fortunado knows Montressor prides himself on his connoisseurship in wine , so he used that against him. He tells Montressor that he has come across a bottle of Sherry and wants to be assured it’s the real thing, he also offers to let Luchesi taste the wine knowing this would Montressor even more eager, being that Luchesi was Montressor's competition. Montressor was unaware that Fortuando was using the Sherry as bait , and eventually would kill him. Despite the many hints Montressor was given, he remained oblivious to the whole situation until it was too late.
The questions everyone asked, but no one really knows the answers. Are humans, by nature, evil? Or, are they good? Does society take perfectly healthy people and turn them into evil monsters? Or, are certain people born to do evil?
On the hand, there lies Claudius. The reader has just learned that he was willing to kill his own brother to become king. Murder is a horrible thing, but killing your own brother for your own selfish needs is far beyond horrible. When learning this, in combination with feel bad for Hamlet, the reader is left hating Claudius for what he has done. Additionally, this is a very important scene in the play.
Iago from Shakespeare’s play Othello is also a power hungry villain who enjoys having people under his control, he is driven by extreme jealousy and the motivation, revenge. In order to accomplish these goals he manipulates his subjects in deceiving ways by utilizing their weaknesses against them. This differs from the Duke in “My last Duchess” by Robert Browning as the duke does not manipulate people in any way. Both Iago and the duke are driven by extreme jealousy to the villainous actions that they take. All three villains may differ in many ways, yet it seems they share a common urge for power, control and a use of sadistic measures.
Macbeth is more to be condemned than pitied, when faced with his heinous crimes. A single regicide would have been enough to denounce him beyond any hope of acquittal, yet it was not just one murder that so condemns him. Not only did Macbeth murder his king, but Young Siward, Macduff’s family and his own friend Banquo, in addition to the attempted murder of Banquo’s son Fleance. During the course of the play, his actions are inhumane and morally wrong, and while it can be argued that it was the influences of both Lady Macbeth and the Witches led to King Duncan’s murder at Macbeth’s hands, it was he who performed the act. It was his fatal flaw, ambition, that ultimately led to his downfall.
Unlike many of the "evil villains" in literature, Iago and Claudius are far more complex than may be seen at first. Through simple comparative analysis, one can see many similarities between the antagonist Iago of Othello and Claudius of Hamlet. Iago and Claudius, although driven by different ambitions, are both evil villains in the sense that they have a specific, designated target in mind and will stop at nothing until their target is annihilated. Both of these characters commit murder directly and indirectly. Iago is often classified as the embodiment of pure evil to the farthest extent capable of being reached by human.
The witches mislead Macbeth into believe a certain fate that could possibly have been a false truth. On the other hand Macbeth is more at fault because his own actions caused the events that escalated his downfall. Such as, the murders and secrets which led to hallucinations. The murders started messing with Macbeths' brain as shown in this
However, Claudius had a chance to make a choice, but since his desires for power and treasures were so overwhelming, he chose the murderous path. Knight states "Claudius cannot be blamed for his actions/ they are [rather] forced on him," (Knight, 6-7) and he argues that Claudius's murderous actions and plot of killing were backed up by self-defense to protect from Hamlet from taking away his throne and love of his life. Knight argued that his human sins of greed and envy foreshadowed his rightful judgment which leads him into these behaviors of wanting everything for himself. Furthermore, Knight claims that Hamlet is "inhuman, whose consciousness is centered on death/ As King of Denmark he would have a thousand times more dangerous than Claudius" (Knight, 9-10) because of the impact of finding out the truth
What is going on? The monster may hate Victor, want to take vengeance on him, want to kill all his friends in gruesome and inhuman ways, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love the guy. Of course, the other reason the monster turns on the water works is that Victor was his last connection to humanity. If you hadn’t noticed, the monster is one