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Evil in The Tragedy of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

close. Certainly the setting Shakespeare has created for the play is much like the fairy-tale world of As You Like It; it purports...

Nature of Evil in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper discusses the theme of evil within the context of this short story by Shirley Jackson. There are no othe...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

Literature and Human Evil

of Dr. Frankenstein. However, in all honesty it is not the monster who is evil. The monster tries to learn, tries to find a place ...

The Nature of Evil

permit others to do so on your behalf" (p.5). Despite the fact that the book is titled The Lucifer Effect, what makes people tick ...

Prospectus - Othello and the Nature of Evil

In a paper of one page, the writer looks at evil in "Othello". The nature and motivations of Iago's evil are explicated. Paper use...

IS HUMAN NATURE EVIL AT HEART

human concept of good and evil - bound by the tenets of yin/yang whereby to everything positive there is a negative, to every dark...

Literature and the Nature of Good vs. Evil

goading and nagging, contributed to Macbeths downfall; however, when one examines the play that the main impetus to Macbeths actio...

Philosophy of Good and Evil

In seven pages this research paper discusses how the philosophy of good and evil is analyzed in Christina Sommers' edited essay co...

God's Omnipotence is Disproved by Evil's Existence

In six pages this paper argues that a morally omnipotent and perfect God is not possible because of the existence of evil. Eight ...

The Exorcist and Frankenstein

possesses a girl. She has no control over this possession and there seems to be no character that actively engages in evil. As suc...

A Ficticious Literary Panel Discussion

its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...

The Disturbing Worldview of Alfred Hitchcock

the side of the road in the midst of miles of cornfields. It is a bright, sunny afternoon and the prairie seems benign after the c...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Human Capacity for Evil

surely not do anything to hurry it along, stating, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir" (Shaks...

Laws of Nature in Billy Budd

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...

Hawthorne & Jackson/Comments on Their Society

opening to Jacksons Lottery, as Jackson carefully underscores the normality of the day and how what is to take place is viewed as ...

Milton/Satan in Paradise Lost

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

Struggle Between Good and Evi

idea creates a "binary logic," in which evil is conceptualized as an "entity, a quality that is inherent in some people and not in...

Primitive Cultures in Documentaries Cannibal Tours, Onka's Big Moka, and Dead Birds

In six pages this paper discusses human nature's dark side as revealed in this trio of primitive culture documentaries....

Evil as a Theme in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Dante's Divine Comedy

A research paper addressing the portrayal of evil in Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author draws the c...

The Tragedy of King Richard III by William Shakespeare and the Evil Protagonist

In five pages this paper presents a psychological analysis of Shakespeare's evil protagonist Richard III....

Jewish Concept of Evil

Jews maintains a direct relation to the way in which the state of Israel exists. The combination of fear and dread that consumes ...

Evil and Theodicy

the ultimate good. If God has created finite spirits endowed with free will, it must be expected that this free will is going to...

Evil in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...

Nature in Deliverance by James Dickey

In six pages this essay examines how both the novel and the film depict nature as a way of showcasing the author's evil concept. ...

Plato and Confucius on the State and Society

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

Themes of Bood and Evil in The Bible, Crito, and The Oresteia

This paper addresses the nature of morality as portrayed in these three works. The author compares and contrasts how good, evil, ...

Themes of Cultural and Moral Relativism

tribes would simply allow certain effeminate men to take on female occupations (153). Seemingly, their plight was accepted. They w...

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...

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 ...