Natural evil

of Eden Cathy and Cal embody the concept of evil, profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity unlike the term good, morally excellent, virtuous, and righteous. Although, these characters are given the title evil they still have the potential to be good despite the motivations and actions that have caused this assertion. For instance, Cal contemplates with the idea of “Timshel”(Heavilin 21) and realizes he doesn't have to be an image of “Cathy's....evil monstrosity”(Heavilin 23). Likewise,…

By the end of the novel, the boys are giving it gifts and even treating it like some kind of god. They did not need to believe that there was a beast but because there was so much fear, it lead to the existence of the beast. The more the boys acted evil the more real the beast became. Really, there was no beast and the only thing the boys had to fear was fear…

factions were originally created by the Abnegation founders to create a utopian society. It seems as though they thought segregation would allow for organization. You also make a good point that none of the factions were created to be centered around evil. As you were saying, “Those who blamed aggression formed Amity…Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite… Those who blamed duplicity created Candor… Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation…and those who blamed cowardice were the…

Karma, Reincarnation and the Caste system had a significant impact on Ancient Indian society. As there are over 1 Billion Hindus in the world today it is as important as ever to understand these aspects of Hinduism. Karma determines into which Caste a Hindu is reincarnated. Good Karma results in reincarnation into an improved or higher Caste. Bad Karma results in reincarnation into a lower or less desirable Caste. Karma is your combined words, thoughts and actions, in the past and the present.…

Terrible tragedies impact virtuous people every day, seemingly without justification. Although these horrific occurrences have no apparent cause—these people may not have committed a wrongdoing or any otherwise immoral act to deserve such a punishment—they occur anyway, subjecting the unfortunate victims to unfair tragedy. The inability of humanity to find reason behind these unjust events relates to the philosophical school of absurdism, and in particular, the amorality of the universe, a key…

explains that humankind is capable of dark and evil thinks, like savagery and brutality, and this relates to, The Lord of the Flies. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is about a group of British schoolboys, under the age of 12, who crash land on an uninhabited island in the pacific. Later in the novel, the group of boys start breaking apart as most of them start becoming savages and this shows that Golding’s belief that every human being has evil deep inside of them, waiting to come…

Phyllis’ character traits in Double Indemnity are classified as seductive and manipulative because she takes advantage of her attractive looks to pursue self-interests and ambitions that the society perceives to be immoral. According to the film, women are presented as having two distinctive personality traits: power hungry and dangerous. At the beginning of the film, Phyllis Dietrichson is depicted as a woman who is struggling and is being controlled by her husband. According to her, He…

There are many competing notions regarding what it means to be human. As humans, we strive to get the most of this life, thus to live “the good life”. The question arises, what type of life brings us the greatest meaning? Many philosophers and thinkers have tried to answer this, and have composed strikingly different conceptions. Some of the most notable thinkers are Friedrich Nietzsche and Thomas Hobbes. Both try to provide the most accurate representation of the human being. Through…

There are many in this world that have been both good and bad, or have done both good and bad things. In the book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, it is depicting a story about a town called Salem. In this town, the Devil has been said to have taking refuge in the town and has gathered some witches. The town goes into hysteria and only a few are wise enough to know that this is not true. One of these characters is John Proctor, who owns a farm within the area of town. John has a wife, Elizabeth…

The Possibility of Evil “ is a fictional short story. First, we see everything seems normal in the small town Miss Strangeworth lives in. Later on though, we see Miss Strangeworth writes evil anonymous letters to people in the town, exposing them of their rumored “ bad deeds “. In the end though, someone gets back at Miss Strangeworth and destroys her prized roses. The issue in the story is that everyone can be evil, proven by how nice Miss Strangeworth acts, but is actually evil. The main theme…