I think that William’s Golding’s Lord of The Flies suggests that man are inherently evil such as Jack because of factors such as ignorance, but also there are people who are inherently good because of their natural love for people, and calm inner-beings, for example Simon. The ignorance in people is a great source of revealing one’s inherent evil because when someone shows ignorance, he is often associated with an evil characteristic. We see this firstly, during the event when the fire goes out and Ralph gets mad at Jack for letting the fire go out, which serves a purpose of a signal fire for ships passing by. At that time Jack is hunting and looking to spill some animal’s blood when he is supposed to be doing his assigned duty. As see on Page 82: “You didn’t ought to have let that fire out.
“[…] Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true wise friend called Piggy” (182). This quote shows that Ralph has realized that he will never be the dame since he lost his innocence and learned that evil is in all human beings. In Golding’s Lord of the Flies a group of boys gets crashed onto an island and struggles to survive. Ralph is entitled leader, but the Jack disagrees and decides to run his own group. The boys start to fight and have mini war.
The Ugly Duckling is well renowned for creation of self-esteem in children. Sorrows of Werter is a great example of romanticism, as emotion is always chosen over reason. In the book, Werter seeks to understand his place in the world. The book would actually be pretty good for bibliotherapy except for two elements: suicide and inquisitiveness. The introduction of suicide to any person or being is not good.
The active verb “flays” suggests a sense of cruelty. In both of John Foulcher’s poems For the Fire and A crow that came for the Chickens, the theme of the brutality and cruelty of nature is implied. In conclusion, in all four of John Foulcher’s Poems, the theme of man’s destructive impulse is repeated. A common idea of survival of the fittest exists both in the world of man and nature. In Martin and the Hand Grenade, and Harry Wood, this brutality is extrapolated in regard to man.
Javier Acosta Dr. Rutledge English 2521 Is King Claudius an immoral monster whoʼs every intention is to do evil? To answer this, the definition of someone bound on evil and someone who is a moral weakling would have to be very clearly defined as different audiences have different conceptions of each. Readers of Shakespeare have various examples on which to judge immoral monsters, such as Aaron the moor from Titus Adronicus who claims “If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul” (V.iii.189-190) When Claudius is placed next to someone like him, we have to judge with different scales. Not to say that the kings crimes are not evil, for they surely are, but to say his attitude after the crimes have been committed are that of a man who wants to repent but can not seem to bring himself to do so. A man whoʼs twisted conscious haunts him by placing him in a state of paranoia, confusion, and weakness.
Despite Piggy's clear thinking and appraisal of their situation, his contentious manner and rude dismissal of the younger boys unfortunately causes his ideas to be dismissed. Even more importantly, he is a cynic who can do nothing to comfort the others, instead instilling in them a sense of fatalism. Piggy, whose pessimism and sadness make him a likely martyr, is established in this chapter as a prophet whose words are not heeded until it is too late. Golding uses Piggy's advice as foreshadowing: failure to heed Piggy, however absurd he may sound, leads to dire
Huckleberry is a rough, truly uncivilized boy. He rebels against the restraints of civilization-artificial, middle-class society-- and its delusions, represented by cramped clothing and religion. Huck's complete sincerity, which leads to his dislike for hypocritical civilization, is his defining quality. Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, meanwhile, are the representatives of the society Huck rejects. Twain develops Huck's character by the choices Huck makes as the novel progresses.
Do him in!” (Golding 141). Fear of the unknown arises in the boys in the form of an indescribable ‘beast’. They do not feel a sense of security until it is dead. Likewise, the idea of the beast creates an unsafe feeling and uncertain atmosphere on the island, driving them to kill. “That was Simon’ ‘You said that before’ ‘Piggy’ ‘Uh?’ ‘That was murder” (Golding 144).
He subjects the poor characters of his novel to every imaginable evil that man has been wont to commit in order to prove that this could not be the best of all worlds. Secondarily, Voltaire also seems to have other bones to pick. Hardly a paragraph is written that does not contain a sarcastic comment about or outright mockery of some person, idea, or institution. It is a credit to the skill of the author that he is able to present his criticisms with a humor that is as intoxicating as it is relentless and controversial. The sheer number of insults and implications made by the author coupled with a healthy sprinkling of aristocratic inside jokes would indicate that he essentially wrote this book for himself and other like-minded intellectuals of the enlightenment that disapproved of the status quo or could at least appreciate his cheeky sense of humor.
I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips. It is not good to note this down, lest some day is should meet Mina's eyes and cause her pain; but it is the truth.” (Stoker, 31 – 32) In the above passage, we are introduced to Dracula's brides. From the moment Jonathan Harker opens his eyes, he knows these women aren't human. He feels an instant fear and revulsion towards them, not knowing what they are. We can infer from his language that he feels a sexual attraction for them, one that he knows is wrong, since he's feeling remorse over hurting Mina, that he's in some way betraying her, though he doesn't say no, and seems unrepentant about his actions.