Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Starting off, they each had a distinctive understanding of human nature from one another. To Rousseau, humans in primitive times were "noble savages" and it is "civilization" that turned man into a "beast". Conversely, Hobbes believed that being "civilized" is a positive trait and being uncivilized or a "savage" is bad. Concerning human nature, Rousseau theorized that humans were innately good and generous, before being corrupted by the vices of civilization. Human life was most likely peaceful…

1952-1953 by Arthur Miller in setting that was based in Massachusetts when it was a puritan colony (Bloom 3). The main theme of the book depicts Puritanism and can be viewed as a way in which Miller tried to address the evils in the society at that time. The book reveals a number of evils such as adultery, witchcraft, and power struggles in the society where…

them to strive towards instant, materialistic gratification rather than true self-satisfaction. However, these feelings seem almost ironic as it appears that through discovering the true face of desire, the speaker found a new longing: to kill the evil that is desire. In order to express such complicated feelings to readers, Sidney relies on various poetic and literary devices such as repetition, alliteration, and form to help present to his readers what the speaker believes desire…

“Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, stop up th’access and passage to remorse”. I believe that Lady Macbeth is the truly evil villain of this play. In this play, Shakespeare evoked many negative themes in Lady Macbeth. She had made many spiteful tendencies which leads to her act and avarice to gain the power of the country and the name, Queen of Scotland. By the end of this essay, it will prove that Lady Macbeth is the true villain of this play. In Act 1 Scene 5 “it is too full o’th’milk of…

Desire under the Elms The Plight of Modern Man O'Neill's Desire under the Elms represents the plight of modern man through many themes. The play represented theme of greed, family problems, Alienation and psychological problems which are all considered to be within the problems faces by modern man. The protagonist Eben is a very clear example on these themes. The theme of greed is represented intensively through all characters but especially Eben. His desire to own the farm alone is…

William Golding uses the theme that humans are naturally bad at heart, in the book Lord of the Flies to highlight that without the order and respect we choose to live our daily lives with our human nature will ultimately take us into chaos and savagery. Morals are what we choose live by, this is what keeps us in line. Morals do not appear overnight. Overtime they are ingrained throughout our childhood. Giving us a sense of right and wrong. Humans are not born with the idea of looking out for the…

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…

The most obvious theme of the novel is good against evil. The issue is dealt with by examining the idea of evil as a dangerous force existing outside of human action from the viewpoint of a character mostly defined by logic and clear and sensible thinking. Such an approachcreates an air of interest in what's lifelike and real in what is (almost completely) a fantasy-likeplot. The questioning nature of the main character (Nathanial), joined/connected with the story's(things that are suddenly…

Grendel Hatred is a beautiful thing. It can make one grow from being so innocent and curious to cruel and evil. Most creatures grow with love like little plants, while I was grown with hate. Growing up, I didn’t know other creatures existed besides my mother, why you might ask? You see, we are forced to pay for someone else’s sin, even though we are innocent. Therefore, my mother and I were banished to a region where even demons are afraid to enter. Which explains why I am the demon I am today…

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, illuminates the inherently selfish nature of people’s actions through the parental relationships of Pip and Joe, Pip and Magwitch, and Miss Havisham and Estella. Despite the supposed familial qualities of these relationships, the insinuation of the characters’ actions in volumes one and two demonstrate the selfish nature of human intent. However, in the final volume, Dickens illustrates the ability to redeem one’s nature through admittance in the final…