Natural evil

Discuss the portrayal of Macbeth’s state of mind in the extract Act 5.3.19-54 and in the rest of the Macbeth play. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s state of mind swings in a pendulum motion, with the two highest point showing a direct opposite between his emotions and personality; decisive and fickle minded, loyal and treacherous, confidently and cowardly. The fluctuation of his state of mind occurs after his meeting with the trio of witches but was further aggravated due to his own guilty…

Being evil is one thing but acknowledging that you are is another. The second murderer says that conscience does not matter: "Let it go; there's few or none will entertain it" (1.4.116). By openly saying this, the murderer suggests that there are few who listen…

The first symbol is the box, this represents Lady Macbeth and Macbeth trying to hide their sin, the second is the dagger that signifies death, the third symbol is the color white, which represents innocence, and the color black is a representation of evil and lastly, the blood drips represent their unhidden sin, even though they wished to keep it hidden. All of these elements symbolize Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s downfall because of their sin and it eventually led to their destruction in the end.…

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” (Martin Luther King, JR.). People often stand idly by and don’t do what they need to do to help others, and by doing so are encouraging it to happen. Some people do stand up and that’s what makes the difference. Standing up against someone or something can be fearful, but it will change something in the end. When people take…

Renton contemplates another HIV positive friend, Davie, who contracted the virus after sleeping with a girl who had been raped. As Davie did not use drugs, he is allowed by the community to ‘ live a normal life’. Nevertheless, Renton knows that because of Tommy’s habit, and the prison of the West Granton projects that he has been placed into; Tommy is doomed (Welsh 397). Through this, Welsh shows us the blame of the epidemic being placed on the junkies. They are banished and kept separate from…

Art captures the brevity of life — it embodies, to many, the soul of its creator and grants the viewer insight to a single moment. However, in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, a portrait morphs into a catalyst of dual lives. Tempered through an impulsive desire, Dorian’s essence is divided between the seen and the discrete. Through the use of the portrait and opium motif, Oscar Wilde develops the theme of dual existence/true identity. Throughout Wilde’s novel, Dorian’s portrait and the…

are not by the state. First, I will explain, from his account, how he did not corrupt the youth. Finally, I will discuss the points that led me to believe that Socrates is not an atheist One of the charges brought up against Socrates is that he is an evil-doer and teaches unapproved teachings. Socrates begins to explain the charge against him and proceeds to declare that he has nothing to do with the nature of the teachings he was accused for. He calls to the witnesses that have had…

Evil Is in the Air We Breath In Daphne Du Maurier’s, Rebecca, the battle between good and evil is portrayed through the main characters of the novel. Generally speaking, the Narrator and Maxim are on the side of good while Rebecca and Mrs. Danvers are seen as evil. Although Rebecca is described as a beautiful and much-loved person, she is actually wicked, cruel and manipulative. Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper at Manderley, is very devoted to Rebecca and her memory. This motivates her to plot…

Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was born in October 16, 1936, in the village of Yablochnoye, a part of Ukrainian state of the USSR during Stalin’s regime ( Serial Killers: Unmasked par 2). Ukraine being the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union, Stalin’s agricultural collectivization polices brought famine and starvation in the village during Chikatilo childhood (McCarthy par 2). He was forced to eat grass and leaves to stay alive, and had not tasted bread till he was 12 (Goss, Gray & Villalvazo par…

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 us and it is to be fought not only by the individual alone himself but also by all human beings. He has been preoccupied with the challenging problem of evil in life and the possible solution for it. In The Man-Eater of Malgudi, for example, Vasu’s identity as an evil force is established fully for…