Evil clown

Why do we find evil so much more fascinating than goodness? Evil is the flip side of human existence. Additionally, we are “ morbidity unchained, our most base instincts let free, our nastiest realized… and it all happened, fittingly enough, in the dark”(King “Why We Crave” 3). In “ Why We Crave Horror” Stephen King precisely claims that our population crave horror to re-establish our feelings of essential normality, to experience a particular sort of fun, and in order to face our fears. In…

Steinbeck's uses of Biblical allusions portrays the dangers of the sins and hopelessness in the lives of men, and it's consequences that can't be undone. Steinbeck's many biblical references in Of Mice and Men each conveyed their own significant meaning, teaching a specific lesson. For example, the parallel relationship between George and Lennie with Cain and Abel would portray the futility of brotherhood in our lives. (‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4:8-12 NIV) As Cain killed Abel, George murdered his own…

an optimistic view such as the one in Kahlil Gibran’s poem, "Good and Evil", Lord of the Flies paints human nature as irrationally negative. Through the story’s plot and development of characters, Golding portrays humans as being innately evil without the restraints of society, whereas Gibran’s poem argues that humans are innately good and that evil is a complex and misunderstood grey area. Humans’ tendency towards good and evil is better explained by Gibran’s multifaceted stance than by…

1INTRODUCTION After the study of the chapters from ‘The Lord of the Flies’ it’s very clear that the human nature has a wicked side that reveals evil is inherent in human beings and it isn’t an external force. As Jack is the symbol of savagery who has extreme lust of power. In the beginning Jack accepts the rules and want to work together but gradually his innate evil urges him to make new tribe against Ralph where he sets his rules and protects his followers from unseen beast, they eat pig and…

true intentions, those of evil and deceit. Once an individual’s disguise is destroyed by one’s reality, another can clearly see through one’s disguise and see who one truly is. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding proves the bitter reality of a world under the disguise of goodness; he emphasizes the darkness and evil of mankind through an island that alludes to the real world. Simon is developed as a Christ figure and one who is too utopic in contrast to the savage and evil of the boys, who are…

characters, one being Jerry Cruncher. Although a seemingly unimportant character in A Tale of Two Cities, Jerry Cruncher is an all-encompassing figure of duality; he displays the dichotomy between public and private, personal conflicts of good and evil, and the contrast with other characters. On the surface, Jerry Cruncher appears to be an “honest tradesman”; however, in reality Jerry is a criminal that egregiously disturbs the the deceased. Publicly, Jerry seems to be rather pure. One…

anti-transcendentalist means that humans are naturally evil , society keeps them in check and nature is evil. Hawthorne used symbols throughout the story to represent his ideas, symbols are a representation of qualities or ideas. In his novel “The Scarlet Letter”, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the wild rosebush, Pearl, and sunlight and the forest to represent the overall theme of good vs evil. First, Hawthorne uses the wild rosebush as a symbol of good vs evil. The rosebush is…

There are different perspective and opinions of what a monster is. A common definition of a monster is “[a] large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature” (Oxford Dictionary of English, 2014). However, there is a more realistic and human description of it. A monster is a secretive being who acts in the purpose of their own selfishness and in that process destroys other people’s feelings or lives. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the main character Victor Frankenstein clearly embodies this…

David Strorm touches me as a compassionate, selfless, respectful human being who can identify/recognize the hateful dehumanization of human behavior. David is able to overcome the mesmerizing false information in the Waknuk society. The definition of a man has been affected by the touch of human perseverance. David meets a young lady named Sophie Wender, who was born with six toes on each foot due to a mutation from “Tribulation”. The definition of man: “... and each leg shall be jointed twice…

Glorious Revolution, John Locke wrote that humans were innately good and kind, and usually make mistakes that are the result of bad influences. Thomas Hobbes, on the other hand, being alive during the violent English Civil War, believed humans were evil and cruel and needed dictatorship in order to contain them and their dark tendencies. usually make mistakes that are the result of bad influences. From the 17th century, the ideas of these great philosophers have persisted even into the 20th…