The Transformation Towards Evil Cruella DeVil. Jafar. Lex Luther. 'Evil' Stepmother. All of these characters, from classic tales, instantly capture the essence of evil. They are the necessary “bad guys” in the story, for without them the story would cease to exist. Much like Grendel, people need an antagonist to be evil in order to be depicted as the good protagonist. Throughout the novel, John Gardner gives the reader a different perspective of the villain, with the question of whether Grendel
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The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is one based on violence. Many instances allow the audience to perceive how cruel each character is. Other forms of violence were very honorable, for example, violence resulting from patriotism. Many acts of bloodshed were performed in this play, the war between Scotland and Norway, the war between the English and Macbeth, and the deaths of Duncan, Banquo, Macduff's family, and many more. ( insert sentence) Therefore, the play distinguishes between honorable
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Is Killing a loved one ever justified? How would it be decided when to kill them? Yes killing another person can be at times. Like when George thought about killing Lennie it was not in hate, it was in Lennie’s best interest. These questions are fought in John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men. George was justified in killing Lennie since the other men would have tortured Lennie, he also saved Lennie from himself, and George vowed he would take care of Lennie and George thought this was Lennie’s
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It’s no new concept that man is his own worst enemy. For ages, sayings like, ‘you are your biggest critic,’ have supported this theory. People criticize themselves endlessly, create scenarios in their heads, make false assumptions, and most often, never give the benefit of the doubt. That is exactly what Gene did to Finny in the novel A Separate Peace. Throughout the novel, Finny was portrayed as a character who possessed a childlike ignorance, always acting on instinct and never having any hidden
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Mark Twain expertly uses satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to express his disappointment in human nature. He satirizes many areas of people’s lives, but focuses on greed and superstition as his main two. Examples of these two can be see throughout the book, subliminally planting the ideas of human fallacy in the reader’s mind. Greed and superstition are the focus of satirical measures in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. One of the seven deadly sins, greed is an infallible
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In the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, different characters articulate two views of masculinity; some portray it as cruel and heartless, while others caring and emotional. Many of the characters in Macbeth are very firm in their beliefs of how a man should act. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both equate masculinity with violence and unfeeling. Lady Macbeth cries "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty
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Sacrifice is absolutely crucial to surviving in an extreme environment. The boys in William Golding's Lord of the Flies are not an expectation. At the end of the novel the narrator states, " And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend Piggy." Illustrating the idea that the ability to sacrifice impacts the boys' survival as they are trapped on a deserted
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In literature, we often see a character sacrifice or forfeit something significant to them because of their beliefs. The Awakening showcases the character of Robert Lebrun; a young man who sacrifices his love for a woman named Edna. Robert’s sacrifice of Edna’s love because she doesn’t fit his domestic expectations supports the meaning of the novel as a whole, which is the struggle of an individual against societal and domestic expectations. Towards the beginning of the novel, we see that Robert
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In the Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet, the young prince is in constant torment over the death of his father at his brother’s hand. Part of his torment comes from his mother’s decision to remarry his uncle. In act 3, scene 3, Hamlet, reaching a boiling point, finally decides to confront his mother about her marriage. Shakespeare uses a clothesline of figurative language to help draw in the audience and to add drama to scene as it plays out. After batting back and forth with words, Hamlet grabs his
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In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, young boys are stranded on an island and try to rebuild their own society. This however, does not happen because the boys are controlled by the same temptations and evils that corrupt society. Through Golding’s use of foreshadowing, irony, and symbolism, he shows that even children are capable of doing terrible things. When the boys first establish their rules, the leader, Ralph, proves that kids can do terrible things. Ralph tells the boys, “And he won’t
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