These short stories serve to demonstrate that revenge is a satisfying act. The revenge in "The Gilded Six-Bits" symbolizes the anger Joe has for the adultery that Missie May committed with Mr. Slemmons. After catching his wife fooling around with another man, Joe is forced to avenge this offense. In "A Cask of Amontillado" Fortunato insulted Montresor and by doing so, he also insulted his family. Montresor seeks the destruction of his rival due to Fortunato's insult.
If that [has] not avenged me, I can do no more!" (Hawthorne 122). Chillingworth is obsessed with taking personal revenge on Dimmesdale, but lets the community revenge itself on Hester. Puritan society persuades Chillingworth into evil, making him do anything to punish the couple who have sinned. Nonetheless, the revenge takes over Chillingworth’s life describing, "…That old man's revenge [is] blacker than my sin.
The author uses different settings throughout the novel in order to develop Antonio's sense of good and evil. To illustrate an example of Antonio developing a sense of good and evil, Anaya describes a place called Rosie’s, the local whorehouse where men go to have fun. Instead of thinking about Rosie’s as fun, Antonio believes that Rosie’s tempted his brothers and was the cause of their sins. In one of Antonio’s dreams about his brothers, he saw, “Three dark figures silently beckoned me to follow them. .
The reality of evil however is relative, based on prejudice and point of view. At the conclusion of both films the main characters are painted, very questionably so, with an air of heroism. How is Travis really a hero for going on a psychotic killing spree? Should society be pleased to have him survive and rejoin life in their still troubled city? Ethan's treatment, on the other hand, seems a bit more just.
This is exactly what the Devil wanted to happen because now that he has broken a truth that Goodman Brown previously had, he suddenly gains faith in the devil. The Devil now has the ability to exploit and mislead Goodman's findings by setting up false information. This understanding that the Devil has only bad intentions and wishes to mislead humans is part of Puritan beliefs. can be backed up by puritan beliefs, in which this story was written
He reasons that the witches are evil and not to be trusted “Banquo: That, trusted home,/ Might yet enkindle you unto the crown,/ Besides the Thane of Cawdor. But ‘tis strange:/ And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/ in deepest consequence” (1.3.129-136) Unlike Macbeth, Banquo is more cautious upon hearing the witches’ prophecies. Although he is an ambitious man himself, he recognizes that they are “instruments of darkness”. Banquo associates the witches with darkness because of their ability to earn Macbeth’s trust by telling him a truth, which he will become the Thane of Cawdor, then feeding into his ruthless ego by prophesying that we will become king. After he hears that he will become king he feels the need to make it come true, even if it means killing Duncan.
Miller makes the concept of the Devil being loose in Salem clear in the play through irony. The concept of the Devil being in Salem is ironic because although the Devil was not truly ‘in’ Salem, the true evil actually came from Abigail as well as a few other characters. This is shown by Miller as he also illustrates some character’s own selfish desires and feelings of personal vengeance. One example of how Miller made the concept of the Devil being loose in Salem ironic was how the witchcraft accusations or rather, the Devil, was a convenient excuse for the people of Salem to use against their neighbour. What made it even more ironic was how the accusers were actually those who were the truly evil ones, with ulterior motives behind their baseless accusations.
In Crime and Punishment, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is painted to be both an immoral and moral person throughout the book and the moral ambiguity seen in his character is a crucial element in proving the idea that human beings are a complex mix of good and evil, which is one of the novel’s main themes. Raskolnikov’s more “evil” side is obvious all through Crime and Punishment. Firstly, the murder itself is a clear representation of his immorality. Someone who is considered a “good” person by society would never commit such a heinous crime. Furthermore, his reasons and justifications for murdering the pawn broker lead the reader to believe rather strongly that Raskolnikov is indeed a “bad” person.
Montresor is a man that has wicked mind and with his wicked mind he successfully murder Fortunato. Montresor’s cruel mind allows him to carry out a repulsive thing. He tells us why he has this twisted mind when he says: “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.”(528) If we only knew why he carried out this terrible thing is true about the insult that Fortunato made calls for a murder. Montresor does not use fair methods to resolve his issue with Fortunato. He kills the man with his own wariness.
As the play goes on Macbeth becomes greedy after the mysterious visit of the three witches telling him he will become king. Macbeth becomes the bad guy in this situation when bad thoughts of murder came to mind and started to overcome the good in him. Murder was his intention and for that he killed fellow men who once where in close relation to him and his wife. “I have done the deed.” (Macbeth 2.2) The reason for Macbeth to even believe in himself that he could get away with this is because he was so trustworthy in the beginning by being the good guy and helping out the townspeople rather than being the one to make them need help. Good may be evil hidden so well that there would be no determination if they were actually really good.