Beyond Good and Evil

In Measure for Measure, Shakespeare introduces a city overrun by sex and desire. He brings forth Angelo, a moral man who is charged with ridding Vienna of such evils. However, a problem arises when Angelo himself is tempted by the virtuous Isabella. Speaking through Angelo in a monologue, Shakespeare personifies temptation, questions virtue, and illustrates that even the most moral of men cannot resist temptation, creating the question of whether the responsibility and fault of Angelo’s sinful…

21 days. 21 days is said to be the amount of days to form a habit. Now, habits can range from either good and bad habits. Good habits like walking your dog everyday to bad ones like procrastinating your work, we are all creatures of habits, good or bad. When I was sixteen, I meet a boy who’s bad habits would later take a toll on my life for a year and a half. It is said that being a drug addict isn’t nearly as bad as being sober and loving a drug addict. Whether it’s a family member, spouse, or…

traps that can be easily triggered. The Bible encourages us to be good stewards of money, not accumulate debt, tithe in honor of God’s goodness and help others with our surplus. In contrast, the Bible is clear that the love of money is the road to or root of evil. This paper will attempt to analyze the biblical view of love for money: money is not the source happiness, loving money is expensive, and the love money will lead to evil. Can be happy without an abundance of money? Is money the true…

The Beauty and Brutality of Mankind Constant controversies on humans suggest that humanity is responsible for great compassion and great evil. In the novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak, the exploration of human nature reveals that one is capable of both beauty and brutality based on different experiences. Firstly, the setting and conflicts shown in the story help develop the concept of humanity. To add on, symbols and motifs are used as a powerful tool to portray the opinions and…

boys stranded on a strange island, is referring to the beast and attempts to contradict the rest of the boy 's fears that the beast is somewhere among them. He instead suggests that the evil has always been within them. However, could a group of young, innocent boys really be a manifestation of the cruelty and evil that inhabits human beings? William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies begins when a plane full of English schoolboys crash on an island. The boys are left to fend for themselves,…

as how the beast is not a tangible threat, but is inside of them. Because of the evil nature that the pigs head shows toward Simon, it can come to symbolize the evil nature that the boys progressively show throughout the story as well. Just as the flies gradually swarm to the pig’s head, the boys gradually revert to their evil and savage ways when they are on the island. At one point, Ralph takes action against the evil “Lord of the Flies.” “Fiercely he hit out at the filthy thing in front of…

Living in a post apocalyptic time period wreck one 's life, particularly, when one is stripped of the most essential necessities. Such a scenario enormously influences the way an individual behaves, as well as the ability of an individual to differentiate right from wrong. However, goodness, companionship, faith, a moral sense and hope of surviving, can help one, to a certain extent, to overcome hardship. Goodness preserves the morals and humanity in a society that seem lost. Companionship…

for his belief that man’s nature is evil and goodness is the result of conscious activity. Xunzi believes that human nature lacks morality, which leads to the rise of disorder and conflict. In the nature of man, if man is born with the desire of wants, it will lead him to false ideas of goodness that can result in violence and crime, making man a criminal. Xunzi believes that man should not follow their own nature, otherwise they will become lost. Instead…

Men deals with the concept of good versus evil very uniquely and different from each other. Sheriff Bell and the Father are trying their very best to maintain peace and balance in their chaotic environments. The idea of good versus evil is introduced in both these novels from the beginning, gradually this battle becomes clear cut both Sheriff Bell and the Father have to face it head on. In Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men, Sheriff Bell experiences pure evil from the very beginning of the…

there so much evil in the world? God is described as an all-good (omnibenevolent), all-knowing (omniscient), and all-powerful (omnipotent), overall superior being. We believe that if God is real and he is what he is portrayed to be, there should be no evil. This presents us with the problem of evil: the difficulty of reconciling the existence of suffering and other evils in the world with the existence of God. (Lawhead 364). There are two different kinds of evil that exist; moral evil, which is…