Paradise

The term evil can be defined as an immoral part of someone or a force in nature that gives rise to wickedness and sin. Both William Golding and Louis Stevenson explored the theme of evil in their books. They used the idea of evilness inside human nature, which was the same, but their own thoughts about basics of evilness was totally different. In this essay, I will look how evil is represented in both these novels through setting, characters and plot. Setting is the locale or period, which the…

Dante Alighieri’s Inferno has a hell and a God that are in many ways difficult to process. Dante’s God can be seen as either a cruel God that encourages torture or a God with divine justice. He proposes a lot of possibilities that do not necessarily sit well with people. One major argument against his reasoning is that he submits people straight to hell just for not believing God. However, he places them in Circle one where their punishment is to have a near wonderful afterlife with the…

The beasts in the world are the people society least expect. All through literature, history, and films, characters that are thought to be protagonists are often times revealed as antagonists and monstrous. Examples of sadistic characters are found in Beauty and the Beast, Harry Potter, and in the short story, The Lottery. Gaston from Beauty and the Beast is the most handsome man in the village and everyone loves him. No one realizes that his intentions for killing the Beast is so that he can…

Origin of Sin • In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve was tempted by the evil snake, he convinced Eve to eat from the tree of Good and Evil, by stating to her that ‘Did God really say that you must not eat from the tree. He convinced her that she would not die, and she would know good and evil like God. This is the first sin that took place on earth by mankind, “Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9 NASB). Sin entered the world by the serpent who deceived Eve,…

Revenge for the Devil I never thought I’d be running through hell with only one arm; fleeing the demons that get off on torturing the souls of the damned. Let’s clear one thing up, they don’t carry around little pitchforks. They prefer tools that can cause more damage, like a hatchet or a sharp blade or two. As I run madly, I get a whiff of the oceans filled with vomit, bile, and the blood leaked out of the tortured. I don’t know if I’ll ever find a way out. You see, Dante was wrong.…

Victor has almost completed his course at Ingolstadt, and decides to launch into a new venue of scientific experimentation — creating life from death and reanimating a dead body.In order to obtain the neccesary parts to create his creation he expressed, “ a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm.” and “ [I] spend days and nights in vaults and charnel-houses.” to successfully create and…

One of the most important facets of a story is where it is in the universe. A line spoken at a child’s birthday party has a completely different meaning in a haunted graveyard. Location provides a sense of perspective, and is absolutely essential in a novel, whether the characters are set in the southern United States or in a galaxy far, far away. It includes depth and nuances that would not be present in a different location. Mary Shelley carefully chooses the locations of the characters in…

One of the main themes of the book "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley is that people should take responsibility for their doings. The first time this theme appears is after Victor creates his monster. He literally "rushed out" of responsibility: "I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber" (Shelley 43-44). Later Victor continues to run from that responsibility: "I stepped fearfully in: the apartment was empty, and my bedroom was also freed from its hideous guest"…

Hero or Villain A Discussion of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein “The different acts of life are not so changeable as the feelings of nature,” says the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley. Mary Shelley wrote this novel at the young age of eighteen when she was on a summer vacation and had a strange dream. The novel Frankenstein Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley is about a young doctor named Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein learns how to create life and uses his power to produce a…

Temptation is like a dangerous river with jagged rocks, ones in sucks you up like a black hole it doesn’t let go. In the excerpt from his biographical narrative A Summers life Gary Soto discusses the temptation that led Soto to sin/evil and he realizes that the pie that he enjoyed in guilt could never be erased. He describes this through the use of allusion and imagery. Through the use of allusion, the six year old broke his trust for himself and god. The author Soto alludes to Adam and Eve…