Orual As A Villain

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.

Everyday an individual encounters an act of cruelty, whether it is physically, emotionally, or verbally. On the other hand, there are those who inflict harm intentionally or unintentionally on others as a result of being dissatisfied emotionally or psychologically. Such individuals become labeled either to be good or bad by society. However, a person as a whole cannot be good or bad; it is their actions that are vile. Similarly, in “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson, Miss Strangeworth reveals her cruelty through writing letters while, in “The Snake” by Ervin D Krause, the uncle shows his cruelty through his behaviour towards the boy. Thus, all individuals expose their cruelty through their immoral actions.

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?

    Orual is writing a book as her complaint against the gods and all the wrong that they have done to her. Through her narrative she demonstrates to the reader her erroneous thinking, which she realizes later in her life. . She sees her own face in the second section of the book when the veil in front of her spiritual face is removed and her true self  is exposed. She realizes that she was not as righteous as she believed herself to be. The things that she thought were right had been wrong. She hurt a lot of people with

In the Novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury, the characters support the Universal Theme of “Good Vs Evil”. The characters are divided into two groups; those who act morally right and are good-hearted, and those who just do not seem to have any sense of empathy and are blinded by selfishness and greed and choose to do harm for no other reason than the thrill of it. The protagonists face a series of battles with themselves and their sense of who they are, as well as against the evil forces. This evilness is reflected on the carnival freaks who constantly use fear and manipulation as a weapon to make all people egotistical and greedy, whereas our good characters utilize laughter, love and friendship to defeat the evil that is acting upon them.

Orual says she had suffered much at the hands of the gods, but what most torments her is the loss of her previous sister Istra (Psyche), in which loss Orual shares responsibility and blame: this loss of Psyche results primarily from Orual’s jealously and rage at the gulf dividing herself

A villain fighting the hero is usually the way we envision evil in media such as television, music, and books. In real life however evil is not as clear but the definition we can best use is about evil being the inverse of good. For example if giving is good stealing is evil because it is the opposite of giving. Another example would be more complicated such as white collar crimes. These crimes are nonviolent and financially motivated in which the criminal is seemingly normal but is evil because the criminal steals from their victims. This is the banality of evil in which because the criminal does not look like a monster they are not inherently evil, if anything the normality in their dress makes the crime even more wicked. The banality of evil is pervasive in the way it can hide the real evil behind a mask of a common person. Evil is also the suffering of children especially because we take their innocence away. It seems easy to have the suffering of one in order to prevent the suffering of many but this is a twisted form of logic if the one suffering is a child. This type of evil is indefensible and I do not mean disciplining children I mean the excerpt of The Brothers Karamazov. Both evils are essentially the result of a corrupted good in Mr. Eichmann’s case he followed the wrong orders, and for Ivan children’s happiness was turned into children’s suffering.

the big idea: cruelty leads to dehumanization (either by idolizing someone as a hero: ‘the undefeatable’, ‘god-like’, or villainizing someone: ‘tyrannus villain’, ‘hell-creature’, ‘earth-razer’)

Cliché as it may be, the phrase, "history always repeats itself" is more or less a universal truth. Even if the world today looks and feels different from the world our parents and grandparents grew up in, basic issues and societal foundations remain the same.

The villain who attracts and repels over the change of character is Macbeth. Macbeth does this through his appearance of being a wise and noble towards the king and always supporting him. He goes on to deceive his inner self from being a noble man to being a man who is deceiving to become king. This is shown in the theme appearance vs reality as due to the development of the character of Macbeth. This is due to him pretending as someone he isn’t and not represent what he is in reality. An example of a quote is, “I dare do all that may become a man: who dares do more, is none”. This quote means that he is appearing to forward or convey a message peacefully, but in reality his intentions are not good towards his

Everyone takes impressions as they come across. Most of the time it takes people a little while to see what’s really on the inside. Whether it’s a town, situation, or a person there’s always something hidden underneath whether it’s good or bad it’s always revealed in time, and usually, nothing is how it comes across. The story “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson uses symbolism, repetition, and foreshadowing to show how well evil can be hidden by something pleasant and beautiful.

The Introduction will define evil and villainy as well as the purpose of both villains

The narrator is totally crushed by the gender discrimination. She longed to be seen by her mother and her grandma. The narrator is heartbroken that her mother loved her brother more than her and failed to notice her. “When she went into Nonso’s room to say good night, she always came out laughing that laugh. Most times, you pressed your palms to your ears to keep the sound out, and kept your palms pressed to your ears, even when she came into your room to say Good night, darling, sleep well. She never left your room with that laugh” (190). Her agony can be easily seen by the way of her narrating. She does not get the affection that she deserves. She really needs the affection from her own mother, but she is not getting it. She compares the love which her mother shows to his brother and herself. This is gender discrimination can be seen with her grandmother too. She hated her grandma as she would always support her brother and find fault with her. Even though what the brother did, no matter what crime. Her mother and grandmother always supported her brother and never supported or showed interest towards

Slavery was one of the most inhuman trade activity which is against the rights of men and women whom God destined to live in liberty on this earth. Slaves were in bondage and were regarded as property were not human people, they were brutally treated, worked long hours, no interest in slaves’ welfare. In Chapter 7 of the book titled From Slavery to Freedom, the story begins by reiterating the thirsty for labor in the South Central states, Lower South and the Gulf Coast region during the nineteenth century where New Orleans became the major entry port and largest slave trading center. Increased wealth in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama created demand for slave labor in cotton and sugarcane plantations. Slaves labored in cotton and sugar plantations as the main cash crops in the Southern parts including other agricultural crops. The result was the movement of slaves westward which accelerated interstate slave trade. Slaves were sold by business firms, through lottery and by slave trading firms until it was ended by Congress in 1850. Slave trade constantly separated families as it was driven by profit reason. Although Atlantic slave trade was illegal it continued from 1808-1860 because its commercial value to traders and owners of slaves. Slave codes were introduced for the benefit of slave owners and traders, sometimes they were unwilling to put slaves in prison because this action could result in loose of labor and affect investment. Slaves were talented in many

Throughout history, there have been many human beings whom have been seen as either a hero or a villain. In their childhood, these people must had obstacles that were in their way, causing each individual to either work harder or give up. People, however; must understand that each individual has a potential in achieving their goals, but if one is mistreated or deceived due to jealousy, resentment, hatred, or ambition, it can lead to many catastrophic events. People who have pride and arrogance do not want to have equals, rather they want to see their victims suffer. These people have no difficulty in achieving their goals due to the fact that their victims have too innocent a nature to suspect the nefarious motives of their enemies. In