Conscience

What do you think is Simon’s importance in the novel and how does Golding represent him? Simon’s importance in the novel is that he is like a conscience for the boys which is much needed as the characters have crashed into a world where laws and moral direction ceases to exist. He is regarded as a conscience, especially to Jack, who considers him as a ‘seeming presence’ even though he is elsewhere. The boys realise that Simon is different to them and sense it. There is a theory that implies…

Teachings of the past have always remained within humans. Tales from ages ago still make their way into the modern day, allusions to the past. The lessons that people are taught when they are young stick with them throughout their lives, setting the morals. In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the group of young boys, stranded on an island, show the power that moral teachings of the past have upon people, even those completely hidden away from the order that enforces such morality. The…

a living death. Through out the story, the narrator is aware of the control that he has over others, as a result of the wish to save himself from his uncontrollable behavior, he created the second William Wilson; his double that functions as his conscience and helps him control his desire for manipulation and power. The narrator has confessed that he could have lived a better life if he had listened to his double’s advices. He said that “ I might today, be a better and happier man if I had more…

eventually destroyed by his conscience. In the play, the symbols blood, sleep, and darkness all symbolize Macbeth’s guilt, which consumes his mind because he does not change his behavior. To start with, blood is perhaps the most obvious representation of Macbeth’s guilt. He says that “Great Neptune’s ocean [could not] wash [the] blood / Clean from [his] hand[s]” (Shakespeare 2.2.61-62). He sees this blood on his hands, not because it really will not wash off, but because his conscience is…

relating to God and worship. The state has to be neutral between particular religions and permits citizens to believe or not believe in God and to engage or not engage in religious practices or belong to religious organizations according to their conscience. There is no religious…

of changes are the Witches, Lady Macbeth and also his own desire for power. Although they were all successful at transforming Macbeth into an evil murderer, there were some elements that made Macbeth falter to reach his goals, such as his moral conscience. One other factor that contributed to the change of Macbeth might be his own mindset. Once he took his first step in killing King Duncan, he knew there was no going back, so he became more anticipated in the whole plot. An evidence for this…

Good leaders demonstrate their respect for human values, character, and conscience. When the boys first crashed on the island, Ralph wasn't the strongest nor the most intelligent, however, he had something important that is more crucial in order to be a leader. Ralph demonstrated his human nature values, furthermore giving him…

Macbeth’s guilt manifests horrifically, and he sporadically kills his friends, his enemies, and innocent people alike. After he kills his best friend, Banquo, his conscience makes one last attempt to speak to him through the bloody ghost of his latest victim. He relates his situation to a pool of blood, recognizing that, “I am in blood/Stepped in so far that,/should I wade no more,/ Returning were as tedious as go o’er”…

Actions committed within the world always have an impact upon life, no matter how seemingly extraordinary or insignificant. The decision to perform these actions is determined by the conscience, the overseer of what is right and wrong, within the mind. Everyday actions are performed by mankind and are interpreted as either righteous or heinous, more often than not falling towards the latter. Mankind is born with an inherent inclination towards this wrongdoing and sin. Sinful actions made every…

Question: Referring to as many parts in Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” as you deem relevant, examine Huck’s tussle with “morality”. In Huckleberry Finn, the issues of morality, race and societal hypocrisies are examined and satirized in the light of Huck’s growing moral constitution. Huck’s initial code of morality is presented as antithetical to society’s notions of morality and legality; often landing him in moral dilemmas and crises. However, it is undeniable that these…