Conflict between good and evil

In life, villains ought to be avoided; in fiction, they are simply unavoidable. Without a villain getting in the hero’s way, there would be no conflict, and a story with no conflict would not be much of a story. Great villains can have a significant effect on the value of their stories, but what makes a great villain? One example is Felix from the novel Keepers of Light by Christine Barnaby, whose frightening appearance, awful misdeeds, and opposition to the hero make him an ideal villain.…

Russia has accumulated over 70% of the nation’s votes. Compared to the average amount of votes for presidents in America, which is around 50%. His greed has led many people into poverty, and created a wider gap between the rich and poor. This type of greed has created a larger gap between the rich and poor. Greed is an innate scrupulous desire for wealth and power that does not have a heart for the damage it causes (Angelladywriter). Greed has many similarities to envy but unlike greed, envy a…

innately good or bad. Are humans both good and bad, born with one or the other, or taught to be good or bad? In the fiction dystopian novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Golding presents his ideas on the human condition. This novel is about a group of young boys fighting for survival when they are stranded on an inhabited island. The boys attempt to organize themselves with rules and order. They soon face hardships which…

The Grimm brother’s folktale, “Hansel and Gretel,” is one of a torn apart family and the struggle to bring them back together, on the outside anyways. I believe the deeper story to be about the classic and oldest struggle of the battle between good and evil, and how one should never quit fighting or lose hope, no matter how deep one seems to find their selves in the darkness. STORY SUMMARY, “Hansel and Gretel”: A woodcutter, living with his wife and two children, is having hardships…

island with no adults. They are forced to build their own set of rules and society. Golding portrays many unique conditions and situations that symbolize ideas or concepts. At first, this seems like a paradise, a dream come true but it soon leads to conflict. Such symbols as Simon and holiness, fire and power, to beasts and darkness, to pigs and craziness are all what help Golding put the novel together. Ralph has become chief and Simon is a loyal follower. He rarely speaks but when he does,…

better kown themes portrays the fight of good versus evil… In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, he portrays good and evil in somewhat of a unique way. Dickens shows this difference by using characters, although we sometimes have to think about the difference between the good and the evil and wonder if they are not the same in the long run (A Tale of Two Cities). The triumph of love in A Tale of Two Cities demonstrates human goodness overcoming evil. On February 7, 1812, on the southern…

“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” This quote be T.S Eliot, explores the idea that those that seem to be doing evil, may actually be working for a greater good. In the story “Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernando Tellez, it portrays the antagonist, Captain Torres, as an evil character with barbaric tendencies. His duty as an executioner causes people to see him as “evil”. Whilst the Captain is cruel and merciless, the protagonist, the Barber, is honourable,…

wings. Through the use of setting, the audience can physically feel the change and this causes them to see the effect that the actions of the characters have had on their personalities. The beginning scene sets up our identification of the Moors as ‘good’ and the heaven of the two settings. When the audience views an establishing shot of the Moors, we can see golden sunshine illuminating the green, luscious forests and a castle that is present in the foreground of the shot. Stromberg has used…

choice of disobedience made from their defective free will, so salvation comes from God — loving God and faith in God. States should be based on morality and love to each other. For Machiavelli, humans are sinful creatures by human nature. Salvation of good governance, governing all the sinful humans, comes from force, manipulation and power, rather than obedience to God. States should…

“Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” Good versus evil is a constant conflict in our world today and the idea of the coexistence of good and evil is seen in Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This novel is a classic piece of American literature that is set in the 1930s in Alabama’s South which was a time of great intolerance, prejudice and racial inequality. This is shown…