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'Evil' Problem and Confessions of Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper examines how evil is conceptualized by St. Augustine of Hippo in this early theological text. Three sour...

Moral Attributes and History of Balzac's Colonel Chabert

shocked when driving a short distance from the slums of inner cities to the world of wealthy suburbs?" But it is not...

God Exists According to the Arguments of Saint Augustine

something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...

The Birds by Director Alfred Hitchcock

In a report consisting of six pages the notion of seemingly harmless creatures turning on innocent residents of a northern Califor...

Progress and the Byproduct of Global Governance

In five pages this paper discusses global governance as necessitated by progressive globalization in an assessment of whether or n...

Good v. Evil in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

The conflict between good and evil and how it is represented through characters and symbolism are considered in this analysis of U...

Symbolism of Darkness and Light in East of Eden by John Steinbeck

presenting us with a violent and angry man who cannot be all good because he cannot see truth nor can he forgive. The father pr...

Society's Evils in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In five pages this paper examines society's evils as represented within Mark Twain's classic American novel. One source is listed...

Religion and Anthropomorphism

out of favor as a more philosophical approach took over. In more recent years, however, the fundamentalist and evangelical movemen...

Human Depravity and Evil as Recurrent Literary Themes in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Ministers Black Veil Hawthornes The Ministers Black Veil is a short story that describes evil and depravity as developmental ...

Evil Resistance

which is violence. In regarding the worlds political climate today, we are meeting this challenge correctly: with violence. The ...

Thematic Analysis of Welcome to Hard Times by E.L. Doctorow

In ten pages this paper discusses the themes of suffering and evil as uncompromisingly depicted by Doctorow in his Western frontie...

The Un-Human Enemies of Beowulf

The writer discusses the fact that in Beowulf, which is the oldest poem in English, many of Beowulf's enemies are non-humans. Thes...

A Jungle of Stars by Jack L. Chalker

In seven pages this novel is examined in terms of the theme of good and evil and social reflection it presents in terms of plot an...

Good v. Evil in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

In seven pages this classic theme of good v. evil is examined as it involves Tolkien's classic novel. Eight sources are cited in ...

The Fountainhead A Novel by Ayn Rand

In five pages the conflicts between first and second handers as represented by objectivist protagonist Harold Roark and Peter Keat...

'Beowulf' and Demons

In twelve pages a discussion of the demons in Beowulf are examined in terms of the uses of doubling and the displacement of evil f...

Demons, the Answer Book by Lester Sumrall

of blaming the victim for not being spiritually "pure" is something that goes back to the Middle Ages when the plague was thought ...

Good and Evil Morality Concepts

to allow him to survive. Pojman draws a distinction between ethics (or morality), on the one hand, and etiquette, law, and religio...

Fate in Bleak House by Charles Dickens

as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...

Analyzing The Stand by Stephen King

Despite the obvious panic, a visibly ailing President of the United States attempts to reassure a shaken nation by vehemently deny...

Thematic Analysis of 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' Poems by William Blake

A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...

Man's Nature in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Ethan Brand,' 'The Birthmark,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

Rewriting History with William Shakespeare's 'Richard the Third'

who stood in his path to the English throne, was so memorable that his work of fiction has become accepted as historical fact. Ho...

Evil as Defined by 19th Century English Romantic Poet William Blake

abnegates any evil whatsoever. Blake seems to believe, as one can readily determine from a study of his other works, that evil is...

The Rainmaker by John Grisham

evil, the insurance company. Rudy faces an experienced lawyer, Leo F. Drummond, and five of his associates in the courtroom scenes...

Morality and Reason According to Plato, Socrates, and Sigmund Freud

inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...

Primary Themes of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...

Good and Evil Humanity in Billy Budd by Herman Melville

(Melville 2435). The crew were drawn to Billy Budd like a moth to a flame, and Melville wrote, "They all love him... Anybody will...

Good and Evil in 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...