Conflict between good and evil

uncontrollable evils inside. The stories of this novel unfold with the two-clued structure associated with the interactions among three principal characters – Jimmy, Crake and Oryx. One clue is the post-apocalyptic scenario at present that only Jimmy as the last human being is existed in the world. It describes that Jimmy had to live in the post-apocalyptic world with the daily…

prescribed is good for everybody for a peaceful and harmonious and happy life as a result of which any revolt against the set system or tradition brings despair and frustration, which amounts to their ultimate defeat. It is important to note that one of the concerns of Narayan has been the study and exploration of the nature of evil in human life as was done by such great writers as Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Melville, Henry James and Conrad. Narayan believes that the evil is within…

against God’s existence has been a conflict for some time now in the philosophy and religion world. One of the biggest arguments is known as “the problem of evil”, which alleges an inconsistency between the existence of evil and that of an omnipotent and morally perfect God. The conception of God is said to be that God is an all-knowing, all powerful, and all good. This implies that God, an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good being would prevent any kind of evil from existing. But it has…

One of the major themes, good vs. evil, can be closely tied to the religious allegory and the struggle between good and evil within the war. Religion also plays a major role in the novel because many characters and objects can be thought of as symbols for it. Through Golding’s work the theme of good vs. evil, shown through Jack and Ralph, Simon and LOTF and flies and butterflies, supports the Lord of the Flies as a religious allegory. Ralph and Jack’s constant conflict throughout the novel…

A good person is not necessarily happy. Many individuals have led normal and honest lives, yet are unhappy. Happiness is an emotion, while goodness involves one’s actions. Theses two abstract concepts may seem to correspond to one another, however ever they do not exist in a direct relationship. Ultimately, happiness depends upon the individual and cannot be generalized. President Abraham exemplifies the detachment between goodness and happiness. As President, Lincoln led the United States in…

symbolism, conflicts, and character to convey atavism in their works. In Golding’s lord of the flies, he uses characterization of jack and the hunters, conflicts between characters and symbolism to show atavism. He uses these things to show that when the rules of society are removed even the most innocent beings can turn back to their primal instincts. symbolism is also used to show man kinds breakdown into evil tendencies. An obvious symbol in the novel that best represents evil…

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…

The duality and duplicity of the devil force Young Goodman Brown to question what is inherently good and evil in his life. Hawthorne utilizes the dual identities of the devil in an effort to portray the eternal, moral struggle of humanity. As Hawthorne states, the devil “had an indescribable air of one who knew the world, and would not have felt abashed at the governor's dinner-table” (Hawthorne 2), but “the only thing about him that could be fixed upon as remarkable was his staff … it might…

general, most people believe that helping others is good, whilst harming others is evil. However, everyone has a different definition of what is harmful and helpful. While some things are considered evil by nearly everyone, such as dishonesty, lying, murder, etc., there are a lot of actions that can be considered good by some and evil by others. In previous societies, where people mostly agreed on what was good and what was evil, the concept of evil served the function of letting people know…

The evidential Argument of evil is the problem of deciding whether and, if so, what extent the existence of evil (Or proven request, types, amounts, or allotment of evil) define evidence against the existence of God, that is to tell, being perfect in strength, knowing and goodness. Evidential arguments from evil have to try to show that, once we put away any kind of evidence there might be upholding the existence of God, it becomes soon after, if not indeed out of the way, that the world was…