The Making Of Evil

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.

We begin to define the line between good and evil and the way in which it can corrupt human beings. The message portrayed that evil and the misuse of power is an ongoing matter, one in which could affect anyone and is partially an involuntary act – the evil animalistic behaviour becomes engraved into minds; like Goeth.

After decades of collected prose and literary works, the nature of evil has been reintroduced through bombast and pomposity words, much like those found in Macbeth and Beowulf. These two masterpieces have set the standard not only for dark literature, but also for malevolent characters. While Macbeth and Grendel may have lived hundreds of years apart and do have many differences, both are characterized by evil traits such as naive ambition, rapacious guilt, and genuine immorality. These fatalistic and malicious characters expose that any man, or creature, has the potential to ultimately become an evil and commanding oppressor, completely disregarding the essential qualities of human

Evil is a part of mankind; it is something that cannot be defeated. “One recurring theme in early British literature is the idea that evil characters are directly related to experiences of tragedy, pain, confusion, and sadness” (Herrera). In Grendel, tragedy and confusion is seen throughout the story. The theme in the story of Macbeth is tragedy and pain. This early literature exemplifies evil through these themes. The philosophers whose theories support these themes through British literature are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Sigmund Freud and Fred Alford. Throughout the stories of Grendel and Macbeth, evil is displayed differently as well as the theories that contribute to the evil seen. Although their philosophy of the source of evil is different, they all conclude that evil comes from within.

All humans are capable of good and evil. Whether or not they choose to succumb to their own dark side is a choice they must make, and the fight to resist temptation is a battle they fight every day. In the Shakespearean tragedy “Macbeth”, the audience witnesses the protagonist Macbeth’s slow loss of humanity. He goes from a loyal, trustworthy, war hero to a ruthless, machiavellian ruler set on doing absolutely anything to gain more and more power, and doing all he can to desperately protect it. It is this lust for power that leads to his eventual downfall. This pattern of deception and betrayal is still evident in the world today, such as Aaron Hernandez’s murder and assault charges, Teresa Giudice’s bankruptcy fraud, and Rep. Michael G. Grimm's

Evil is intangible and unmeasurable; yet, it is found everywhere. Evil is a matter of perception. Elaine Pagel, Thomas Hobbes, and Fred Alford’s theories on evil are analyzed in Grendel and Macbeth and can be found throughout British Literature. Thomas Hobbes expresses evil as sympathy. If one cannot see themselves committing an action then that action is considered evil to the individual.

What do your neighbors, your coworkers, your family all have in common? A powerful evil that lays deep within all humans, only to be released under the most heinous circumstances. This fact is clearly articulated in the works of world renowned authors Shakespeare and William Golding in their novels Macbeth and Lord of the Flies. Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth and Golding's Jack share many similar qualities in their path to success proving that if good people who begin with positive intentions become provoked by the lust for power, then ambition can get in the way of their moral compass and capability for making good decisions because of the evil which lays inside all mankind.

The abstract concept of evil has vastly transformed throughout human history, ranging for the supernatural and mystical to the very humans amongst whom we live. In modern times, evil has become an entirely ambiguous term. Who is evil? What is evil? Men like Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein have been garnered with the term ‘evil’ for their atrocities against fellow humans. Now it seems evil has a solely human significance; when a person violates the individual rights of others on a massive scale, he/she is evil. In Shakespeare’s time – the Elizabethan era – evil had a similar, but somewhat altered connotation in the human mind. Evil was an entity that violated the English Christian

They say greed is the root of all evil. This is especially shown in Macbeth, the desire of power becomes an apparent symbol throughout the play. How does a man loyal to the king turn so easily from the slight temptation of the crown. After the murder of Duncan Macbeth is seen picturing an imaginary dagger, “Is this a dagger which I see before me,/ The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.” (2.1.33-34 Macbeth) Macbeth isn’t even seen remorseful for the cruel deed he just commits; to a man who he swore an oath of loyalty to. Macbeth shows signs of greed and gluttony as the infatuation of power settles in him throughout the plot.

In literature, a character’s motivation is often a complex concoction of conflicting emotions that are owed ultimate consideration when analyzing the direction of the plot. In The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, a character known to the reader as Lady Macbeth has her actions orchestrated by greed in a vivacious effort to receive and gain power. She seeks to accumulate power for herself and her husband, Macbeth. She employs ruthless tactics of manipulation and emasculation.

It is impossible to know what one is capable of until the opportunity for darkness arises. . The struggle between good and evil is a conflict full of strife, where consideration of natural law is continually overshadowed by the seductive illusion of power. William Shakespeare’s 17th-century play Macbeth shows the conflict of an honourable man who is provoked by external factors to fall from goodness and execute deplorable crimes. Not only does Macbeth become evil due to his inner nature, but external factors such as pride and greed cause him to succumb to an existence of sin.

Fairy Tales are a piece of actual reality, human nature and moral dilemmas we all have to face at one time or another. Cinderella brings the concept of good vs. evil to light in a way that we are all familiar with, we are presented with a beautiful young girl who is abused and ridiculed by her step-mother and step-sisters, she overcomes these evils through her goodness and innocence. The ‘Evil’ Stepmother despises Cinderella 's goodness, as it highlights her and her own daughter’s flaws. Throughout history we have been presented with these simple characters, but as our understanding of human nature grows we find more developed characters that push the benevolence of Cinderella and the maliciousness of her evil family to different extremes. As cultures changes, gain different values, and our need to understand the whole story grows Cinderella’s story has become more than that of good vs. evil. The characters reflect qualities we would most like to see in ourselves and goodness that can be found in the world when we feel lost in the darkness. Cinderella’s story means different things at different times, by focusing on the music associated with different characters at different times in the history of the Cinderella stories such as La Cenerentola (1814), Walt Disney’s Cinderella (1950) , Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1957), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), Into the Woods (1987), and Disney’s new Live-Action Cinderella (2015) we can see how the characters from

Most are unable to fathom committing a crime, but little do they know, there are underlying causes for the atrocity. Between addiction, drugs, pressure, and desperation, there are many outer reasons as to why someone would commit a crime. Some causes can turn any ordinary person into an offender, while others are hard wired into the brain. It isn't always possible to tell, or prevent a future criminal from developing, but by understanding the multiple causes, it becomes easier to understand their thought process. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an enchanting tale of one man’s ambition and insanity. His ambition leads him to murder, lying, and conspiring against others, and the influence of his wife plays a role in his future. Her pressure for success drives Macbeth to murder, and an unhealthy addiction of greed. Desperation, peer pressure, and ambition are three of the many underlying causes for someone to commit a crime.

By nature, humankind tends to be more evil than good. Even though, some people are born with kinder temperament than others, everyone is conceived and birth in sin (Psalm 58.3). For this, in many traditions, once a woman gives birth, the baby is either baptized or blessed by his community to welcome him into the world, and to remove him from sin. People are naturally self-centered, jealous, mean individuals who want to gain, but not work hard. They crave violence, and would instantly cut corners wherever possible to get whatever they want, even if it means to be consciously good from time to time.

God created the man free, impartial to neither good nor evil, and it 's the life experience that impressed with the man as he grows up. Everyone has an evil seed planted inside him. Only the really evil person acts on it and commits actions morally wrong. On the other side, the good person has many ideas how to live the life having morals. Everybody has the potential to bring out whether the good side of him or the evil side. Humans should work on doing the right, but at the same time they can be evil and have been evil at some point. Actually an evil person is one who hasn 't any good side in him, but that really impossible, everyone has the light and dark, positive and negative inside him or her. No single person is literally evil. People can 't judge nor demonstrate who is evil and who is not because there is no evil meter to determine. Some people act evil and think they are good, having a different perspective about what is good. The people that kill others in the War and never end it unless they are successful, having the believe that they are doing the right thing. Where is the good in killing innocent civilians. Definitely there 's something wrong in the concept of being a good man having morals in life. If that is true that killing is right, then what 's evil we are afraid from to face? Some people believe that evil is the lack of sympathy, having no mercy in the heart, which can lead afterward into murdering the innocent, destroying the lives of other human beings.