Duality Exists in Many Literature Books

In the book “Dualed” by Elsie Chapman, we follow a 15 year old girl named West Grayer who lives in the city of Kersh. In this dystopian world, people are trained in advanced combat procedures and how to survive. In order to prove oneself that they are meant to live in this place, they are given an exact clone of themselves that is raised by a different family, that they must kill. West Grayer is your standard teen, long brown hair, average height, nothing to special. She lived with her brother Luc after the rest of her family died. And when Luc’s best friend, Chord, gets his assignment to kill his alt (his alternate) they go track him down. When they find him, Chord kills his alt, but not before Chord’s alt killed Luc. this sends West into

Good versus Evil is an important concept. Evil sometimes overcomes our good but never exceeds good. The difference between evil and good is that good is an ability to have empathy and compassion towards other people. Evil is people who are selfish, self-absorbed and don’t have empathy towards others. Literature plays a vital role in developing concepts of good and evil and effectively portrays the morals of its time period. In the novels Dracula and The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the authors explore the human nature of good and evil in men from different perspectives of Dracula, Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll.

Modern and contemporary literature of the fantasy genre relies heavily on the philosophy of the postmodern and its treatment of the metanarrative as critique. In particular, revisionist fantasy concerns itself with redressing the traditional treatment of the Other. For example, the genre trope of the protagonist as the ‘chosen one’ often depicts this character as different and therefore alienated, yet always in a positive light since this protagonist is necessarily above the other characters. However, a deeper and more problematic depiction of alienation exists in the characterization of certain groups as Other, with this Othering occurring distinctly because these characters are seen as alien already. Women, people of color, and ethnic or

How can you tell if a “bad guy”--the villain, the monster, the thief--is necessarily a bad guy? Is it by the images they choose to ink on their skin? Their crooked smile, or maybe perhaps the way they like to crack their knuckles? Maybe it’s just their attire: it’s too dark, too scary. And what of their eyes? There’s something there...something about the way they’re placed, something about how they flicker and gleam with every mention of what they desire. But what of their feelings? The ever-circling wheels of emotions from deep inside that manage to control the raging tides of life? Do they not care like we do?

For countless generations, a single aspect of life has been the center of major controversy and dispute among many and may never eventually be settled. The question remains: good or evil? This one inquiry has led to a variety of religions and cultures, as well as a great divide among the entire human civilization. However, in many circumstances which are shown in many novels and movies, good always conquers. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, Bradbury proposes the idea that good always prevails over evil by utilizing the characters as examples of vice and virtue, providing a reason as to how evil could influence one’s actions, and introducing the idea that one could outweigh the obstacles of immorality with the power of integrity.

In The Prestige, Robert Angier, perfectly shows the duality of man through his plot for revenge. Throughout the beginning of the film, viewers form the impression that Angier is to represent the “good” side of man and Borden is to represent the “evil”. However, as Angier’s plot for revenge continues, the evil in him comes undone as obsession consumes him. The most clear case of this is found at the end of the movie when Borden is in jail for the “murder” of Angier. Angier manipulates Borden telling him his child will be an orphan unless he gives up the secrets to his magic tricks.

“That line between good and evil is permeable,” a psychologist from Stanford University by the name of Zimbardo once said. “Any of us can move across it… I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil — to be Mother Theresa, to be Hitler or Saddam Hussein” (qtd. In Dittmann). Social psychologist Zimbardo implies that we can easily swap from side to side. What factors elicit darkness? What draws out the darkness, making us jump from good to bad? There are many views in the society that attempt to tackle this question. For instance, social psychology and philosophy. Social psychology tends to side with situation and or authority. On the other hand, philosopher John Locke is certain that the accumulation of experiences is the cause. What is the ultimate answer?

Good v. Evil, it’s way more than just a concept, it’s more of a lifelong struggle inside of you. What more could you do when evil is shown all around you? Many of us may see the struggle between good and evil in the people we come across everyday. Flawed individuals may be perceived as good but are bad in the eyes of someone else; it all comes down to how you see it. The exposure to things and memories you make help impact the good in you. In order to further evaluate the argument of how good can come out of evil and good can show up even when it’s not right in front of you, can be shown in both William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies and the Anonymous Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf. This essay asserts that,

Dr. Jekyll and Courtney Davidson would have agreed with a quote from the character from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, said by Sirius Black , “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is what we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” They both agreed on the fact that there is good and evil in all of us, but it’s whether we choose to act on the good or the evil.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said, “The line between good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.” Every indivdual has the decision between good and evil. Not every person will choose the right side of the line. When an indivdual crosses over the line to the evil side this is known as The Lucifer Effect. Philip Zimbardo, the individual that coined the idea, presented the ideas behind why people change and turn evil even if though their whole life they were not known as an evil person. According to Zimbardo, people turn evil for one of two reasons; The Lucifer Effect and the seven social processes that grease the slippery slope of evil (TED Talks).

““The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”-Martin Luther King, Jr.” In the past couple of weeks in class we have been reading Kindred by Octavia Butler. The genre of the book is Science fiction. It is about a young woman by the name of Dana who goes back in time and time travels back to the 1800’s. She meets some of her ancestors and makes friend with them. There is Rufus, Alice, Nigel, Sara, Tom Weylin and, Margret Weylin. So many break people up into categories between good and bad but is there truly people that are all good and all bad? Ever since I finished

The main focus of this novella is human nature. It is natural that people have different sides and you must maintain a balance between them. It is natural that everyone has different sides which consist of good and evil which everyone expresses through their day to day life. A person cannot live without a consistent mix of the two. The sides of good and evil are modeled by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

I chose the same point, concluding that dualism was the most believable. I think it is interesting how when we choose one side of the coin, we have a void, something is missing. It is interesting when we have to try and express our emotional side. This certainly must be considered and in that regard how, or why do we have emotional

“ Inside each of us there is the seed of both good and evil. It is a consistent struggle as to which one will win. One cannot exist without the other.” – Eric Burdon

One of the main hobbies enjoyed by society today is reading. Classic works of literature and new pop culture novels are the basis of much of the discussion used in everyday life, and man is delving deeper into the novels known and loved. Dedicated readers are contemplating the purpose of this phrase in this chapter, why this word is used here, and what theme best expresses the author’s main idea. Probably the most popular theme in literature today is the use of duality. Duality in literature is expressed through the characters, their imaginations, and the situations they experience. A great author utilizes duality to illustrate a compelling story that captures the audience. Three works that use duality to progress