Good and evil

over humanity being innately evil or innately good has been a hot topic of debate. This has been a recurring topic for the reason, that is, plain ignorance; people refuse to believe that humans are born with a sense of evil, yet there are copious amounts of evidence that prove this to be true. Hypothetically speaking, if humans are born with innate goodness, then why does our world still suffer from severe cases of poverty, rape, war, and overall evil? Why do we allow these…

The battle of good versus evil isn't always black and white, what one feels internally doesn't always reflect their actions. What represents good and evil, it's arbitrary, it's based on customs, culture, and legends. Evil can be custom made just as much as Good can. In “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis, the esteemed Dr. Jekyll battles with his darker self, this reflects humanity's struggle between selfish desires and the desire to do good by others. London, know for…

two categories good and evil. ‘Good’ meaning someone who does not cause any harm to a person or thing in any situation and ‘Evil’ meaning is the opposite, a person who intentionally hurts people or things. Some debates that surround this topic are good deeds and the selfish or selfless intentions behind these good deeds and the ability of one evil deed weighing out all good deeds. Although some humans’ good actions are motivated by selfish intentions, humans are fundamentally good because they…

While both portray the fight between good and evil, Beowulf and Lord of the Flies do so in very different ways, highlighting the differences between the authors and circumstances that created these two great works. Beowulf, written over a millennium ago, portrays the fight of good versus evil in a very traditional manner, with a human character— Beowulf— combating various monsters. The titular character of Beowulf is the main manifestation of good in the epic. He is a devout Christian,…

that live in the world. God protects those who do not stray from Him from the demons, however, those who turn away are vulnerable to interaction with the evil spirits. Spirits have lived in our world since the beginning of the world. Spirits can be evil and can be of good. God and His angels talk and guide the faithful and righteous, and the evil spirits like Satan and his “minions” attempt pull us away from what is true and right. The only way that we are able to communicate and interact with…

Gardner’s book “Grendel”, is most certainly evil. Much of the textual evidence can point to Grendel possessing evil. Gardner does seem to show Grendel being evil, but also points out the evilness of the world making us question Grendel. Is he really evil when looking at the so called “protagonist” of this story? Of course, there may be contrary belief that Grendel does not possess an evil nature, but when using a standard principle in the world we live in today, evil can be found in abundance in…

ultimately overcome the evil that surrounds us every day? Ever since the fall of man back in the dawn of time, there has always been evil in the world, it has haunted man and followed closely behind him everywhere he goes. This is made visible in “Beowulf” by (insert author here) through multiple scenes when Beowulf builds the courage to take on evil head on. Beowulf affirms that evil can endanger peaceful civilizations, there can be small respites from evil in this world, and when evil seems…

have different meaning at the different time, but people usually consume that it is all the same. He also shows the valuation “good and evil”, “good and bad”. To the noble, “good” is powerful and life-asserting. The “evil” is equal with what the noble calls it “good”. The weak is oppressed by the noble, but the noble still called that is “good”. They came themselves as good when they came to see the contrast between them and the weak. In first essay, Nietzsche introduces one of his best image,…

old epic poem of beowulf from the Anglo Saxon time. There were a lot of references to Good vs. Evil which still exists today in epics. The hero of the story is an amazingly strong geet warrior who plays the role of the hero. While the villain is played as grendel, grendel's mom and a dragon are portrayed as the evil aspect. This poem can be consider a classical poem because of the old fashioned good vs evil as hero vs villains. In the beginning a young geat warrior known as Beowulf sets…

character in Othello that readers will not soon forget. Unlike many Shakespearean plays, Shakespeare leaves out the aspect of magic and otherworldly things, and instead focuses on pure human evil and a tragedy (Bevington, 2014). Using Iago as an antagonist, he stuns readers with just how vulnerable and, in contrast, evil seemingly normal people can be. When Iago digs his claws into an ignorant character, their lives are forever altered in tragedy. It would not even be too far-fetched to…