Beyond Good and Evil

century romantic Nathaniel Hawthorne, expounds upon the nature of evil. Understanding Roger Chillingworth is crucial to truly comprehending this nature. Chillingworth becomes the proponent of evil after having first been the victim of it at the hands of Arthur Dimmesdale. Compassion is necessary to surpass the ostensible descriptions of Chillingworth, and his motive must be taken into account to fully grasp his character and the evil he represents. Hawthorne’s characterization of Chillingworth…

The connection to Cain and Abel supports the common theme of opposites, particularly Good and Evil, in the novel. This is meant not solely in biblical terms but also applies to characters of East of Eden. Knowing the principle that Adam and Charles, as well as Aron and Cal, are based off of Cain and Abel helps readers to understand the good and evil theme in the book. The characters that fall under Cain (Charles and Cal) are jealous by nature and will stop at nothing…

always been that of the mad scientist. From H.G. Wells ' Dr. Moreau to the more recent ideas of Dr. Josef Mengele in Ira Levin 's 1976 novel, The Boys From Brazil, these and other fictitious1 scientist 's dreams and schemes generate nothing but pure evil while running unrestricted and unaccountable, wreaking havoc upon humanity, with the ultimate result of the scientist receiving the recompense of his reward. Heather Douglas indulges herself with this fiction in her paper "The Dark Side of…

Marijuana users were considered evil because they partook in deviant behavior and strayed from acceptable, conservative ways. Their unacceptable actions put others at risk, as Lakoff writes, “Thus, the actions of people who are ‘deviant’ have effects far beyond themselves. Their acts call into question traditional moral values and traditional ways of leading a moral life, and they may make the…

od is good, says Christianity. After all, faith in God is the key to heaven. Is heaven not good? But what about hell? Why allow such perdition at all? The presence of evil challenges the existence and preconception of a God whose grounding is one of not only assigned, but assumed benevolence, such as the one found in Christianity. To name God supreme creator, or transcendent father (our father, who art in heaven…), or an essence above that of mortal beings and simultaneously surmise that…

want to see. In the age of the Anglo-Saxons, their people believed in the simple concept that people were either born good or evil and that evil people had no rationality for behaving evil. Modern society is the antithesis and demands reasoning behind a villain's evil doings. The idea of good and evil is much more complex in the current age and we believe that no one is born evil, that there are always circumstances that alter someone's personality. In the movie adaptation, Beowulf and Grendel…

many faults and many benefits of having technology. In this essay I will explore and explain how a person may live a better life than another. How living a good life should be understood in both the material and the non-material reality. I will also explain what it means to live a good life. Finally, I will touch on the subject of the good and evil of technology. It is easy to see that there are many life styles in today’s society. This in its self is not a bad thing,…

Societal Savagery There is an evil, from immoral actions and villainous desires, possessed in all beings. Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a complicated and allegorical novel that suggests this theory. When a plane is shot down after being mistaken for a military craft, the school boys that survive the crash are forced to create civilization on an isolated island. With the outside world engulfed in war, two boys, Jack and Ralph, attempt to bring order to the island. This becomes…

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote: “In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be we are.” Good and evil qualities exist in everyone, but life is a balancing act. Each person must spend it discovering who they are and which way their personal scale will tip in the end. George Milton from Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is just another…

either God or gods and the minority who do not believe in any higher powers. The second important split that Lewis employs is the kind of God people believe in. The first idea is that He is beyond good and evil which is known as Pantheism. People that think this theory to be true perceive that everything is good in one way and bad in another. The second view is that God is righteous, He loves love and hates hatred, He is a God that desires for us to act in a certain way and not in another (Lewis…