Almost everyone in this story kills people. There are many reasons why Grendel is viewed as evil, but one of the main reasons is because Grendel is born as an outcast from the rest of society. Combine that with being categorized with another outcast who was seemingly just as evil in Cain from the Bible, and people don't question the evil label that Grendel receives. In Beowulf, Grendel is portrayed as evil because he is categorized with Cain and is born as an outcast. The first reason why Grendel is portrayed as evil in Beowulf is because he is categorized with Cain.
Nevertheless, the praise that everyone gives him doesn’t always bring positive outcomes. Tom takes this for granted and tricks his gang or followers. He demonstrated the disturbing side of society when he allows Jim to remain a captive because he wanted an extravagant escape plan. This strength seen by Huck and others leads to the carefree lifestyle of Sawyer. If one has strength or power, he/she acts the way the desire.
His swift action is also seen as an admirable trait as he sends Creon off to the Delphic oracle to find out the cause of the plague immediately. As a result the audience are automatically inclined to grow a liking towards Oedipus, as he shows the quality of a pious/dutiful man. However Oedipus’ strengths, unwillingly becomes his weaknesses when his hamartia becomes evident; his lack of information about his identity. Oedipus’ intelligence and assertiveness holds no match against the paramount nature of fate. His insults of Tiresias’ and his blindness, accusation of both Creon and Tiresias plotting against him, and the vicious handling of the old shepherd to extort information from him show his complete frustration in his determination to find the truth.
There both almost identical to one another. However, some of the story was tweaked of course. Both stories share the same tempter or devil, whos only desire is to break “Gods Law” and bring the wealth of knowledge into their worlds. By breaking “Gods Law”, all the characters experience a fall from grace. They are either feeling guilty because of their subconscious or they are being punished by a being of “higher” power.
He is a loving husband, a hard working farmer, a proud father, and most important a faithful Christian. He is a stand-up guy who spoke his mind. Around town, his name was always mentioned with honor and integrity. He took pleasure in exposing hypocrisy and was respected for it. He never once censored what came out of his mouth, and always left the truth exposed even it meant hurting people around him.
Iago and Edmund both utilize trust and love as instruments of destruction while at the same time exacerbating inherent tensions within the relationships of their victims. Iago and Edmund exploit the love and trust of others in order to be able to manipulate their victims. Iago develops a strong bond with Cassio, using Cassio’s grief and hopelessness, by ensuring Cassio of his Iago’s love. “I protest, in the sincerity of love and honest kindness,” (Shakespeare 103), says Iago to Cassio in the aftermath of Othello’s public humiliation of Cassio. Cassio is convinced of Iago’s love for him – Iago acts genuinely concerned with his situation.
He likes to believe he is right and enjoys the feeling of being superior in his theories and thoughts against those of other people. We see it a lot with his lies and deceits. He doesn’t ever give up on his lies even when people are skeptical because he wants to believe he is right and they are wrong. For example when he was at the Grangerfold household, he was almost caught forgetting his own name, but with his sharp wit he turns it around and asks for it to be spelled for him. He didn’t want to be noticed for lying and told he was wrong.
Once upon a time, Mr.Apotropaic was the best example of evil on earth. His eyes were black, but they say that it turns to red when he gets angry. He enjoys to lie, to make fun of people. He doesn’t love anyone except himself. He’s selfish and smug.
Othello, himself states “that thou be’st a devil, I cannot kill thee.” He then stabs Iago but only wounds him, showing that he thinks that Iago is the devil. In Elizabethan society he could be labeled a demon, or influenced by the devil if not the devil himself. Even if he is only a sociopath, there are many similarities between sociopaths and devilish doings. Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 1772-1834)saw Iago’s worst side and writes “a being next to the devil, only not quite the devil” He calls Iago’s behavior “motiveless malignity”. A trait that stands out is Iago’s ability to think out and plot what seemingly will be a perfect plan.
* ‘Smiled at the growing bewilderment…’ Heartless and sadistic, taking pleasure in the other man’s fear. Particularly because Gumboot is such a warm and likeable character, (‘he smiled…his smile was white as light’) * Gumboot’s defencelessness and innocence in contrast to the gang’s brutal and well-planned attack ‘Butcher knew with unfailing accuracy the position of the heart’ The speed and meticulous accuracy with which the attack is carried out is quite disturbing. Similar to when Boston is attacked: * ‘Tsotsi went to work on him…using everything he had learnt about pain’ Tsotsi changes – this helps the reader gain sympathy for him He feels pity for Morris Tshabalala - This act of kindness is in contrast with the beginning of the film, when Tsotsi killed Gumboot on the train, showing little emotion, let alone remorse. This pity shows us that Tsotsi is showing empathy and making a change to a more decent human being. We sympathise for him as he is becoming more aware of how others may feel and the impact of his actions.