Humanity is frequently beholden as a wonderful and powerful race; the achievements and supposed superiority to other beings is praised in abundance. Mankind is thought to be perfect by a vast number of people, however those are the ones who suffer from the worst ailment of all, one that resides in the mind. This is the sickness of Greed, self doubt and the most dangerous of all, selfishness. The book ‘The Last Unicorn’ by Peter S. Beagle succeeds indefinitely in communicating the message that Man is a flawed creation which is not capable of seeing true beauty due to the false glorified beliefs and ways of living that have been normalized around us. In the book, no men are able to recognize a unicorn for what she truly is - only perceiving her
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Greed, one of the seven deadly sins is fueled by pride - and every human possess’ both traits to some extent. From birth, greed exists inside an individual, and matures along with its host, growing and changing its way of expression. Greed can be showcased by the young and poor, or the old and rich; it does not discriminate. This is evident from a scene in which variety of characters who range from young adults to grown men and women gather around the campfire after capturing Schmendrick. They Wish to take from Schmendrick, and instead he performs a magic trick to give them all what they want, to see robin hood in the flesh. When their wish is granted, they redirect their sin and lust after Mr. Hood and his group, desiring more than they truly need. They do not see the beauty of the friendship and love they possess together and lose sight of what matters the most in their lives. The entirety of the group wanders after robin hood into the forest and gets lost as their punishment for this - “...the outlaws, wild with loss, went crashing into the wood after the shining archers, stumbling over logs, falling through thorn bushes, waling hungrily as they ran.”(89) This scene effectively shows how greed may manifest itself, getting lost in a world of fantasy in hopes of gaining more of what was previously considered to be happiness to the bandit. When given chance to act, the greed that …show more content…
She puts illusions on innocent animals to make them appear as monsters and invites the public to see them, for a price. They are revealed to be starving, old and weak when her illusion wares off. She fails to see the beauty of the creature’s souls and instead pretends they are something entirely different, abusing them to get what she wants. A mythical bird called the Harpy, is the only real monster among the bunch captured and is filled with an intense rage from being locked away. It is obvious that it wants revenge, “Get rid of her, before she scatters us across the sky like bloody clouds.”() says Rukh, her assistant. Mommy Fortuna brushes him off and pays no attention until the day the poor creatures break free with the help of Schmendrick the wizard’s magic and she is brutally killed by the Harpy just as warned. This can be understood as an embodiment of the greed she possesses biting back at her and leading to her well foreshadowed death. When greed is let out of its cage, it causes nothing but pain to those around it. Once it is out, greed can never be satiated or put to rest. The more it is fed, the larger it becomes - the thought that obtaining what one desires the most will bring unmatched happiness, is untruthful and only
Greed, one of the seven deadly sins is fueled by pride - and every human possess’ both traits to some extent. From birth, greed exists inside an individual, and matures along with its host, growing and changing its way of expression. Greed can be showcased by the young and poor, or the old and rich; it does not discriminate. This is evident from a scene in which variety of characters who range from young adults to grown men and women gather around the campfire after capturing Schmendrick. They Wish to take from Schmendrick, and instead he performs a magic trick to give them all what they want, to see robin hood in the flesh. When their wish is granted, they redirect their sin and lust after Mr. Hood and his group, desiring more than they truly need. They do not see the beauty of the friendship and love they possess together and lose sight of what matters the most in their lives. The entirety of the group wanders after robin hood into the forest and gets lost as their punishment for this - “...the outlaws, wild with loss, went crashing into the wood after the shining archers, stumbling over logs, falling through thorn bushes, waling hungrily as they ran.”(89) This scene effectively shows how greed may manifest itself, getting lost in a world of fantasy in hopes of gaining more of what was previously considered to be happiness to the bandit. When given chance to act, the greed that …show more content…
She puts illusions on innocent animals to make them appear as monsters and invites the public to see them, for a price. They are revealed to be starving, old and weak when her illusion wares off. She fails to see the beauty of the creature’s souls and instead pretends they are something entirely different, abusing them to get what she wants. A mythical bird called the Harpy, is the only real monster among the bunch captured and is filled with an intense rage from being locked away. It is obvious that it wants revenge, “Get rid of her, before she scatters us across the sky like bloody clouds.”() says Rukh, her assistant. Mommy Fortuna brushes him off and pays no attention until the day the poor creatures break free with the help of Schmendrick the wizard’s magic and she is brutally killed by the Harpy just as warned. This can be understood as an embodiment of the greed she possesses biting back at her and leading to her well foreshadowed death. When greed is let out of its cage, it causes nothing but pain to those around it. Once it is out, greed can never be satiated or put to rest. The more it is fed, the larger it becomes - the thought that obtaining what one desires the most will bring unmatched happiness, is untruthful and only