Essays Tagged: "evil person"
Lady Macbeth
In a play that is abundant in evil occurrences, Lady Macbeth is the overriding source of evil in the first act. Lady Macbeth persu ... acbeth is very successful at persuading him to do things that he knows are wrong. Macbeth is not an evil person, but when he is allowed to be influenced by Lady Macbeth, he is vulnerable to committing ... first act. After Macbeth writes home telling of his murderous plans, Lady Macbeth begins talking to evil spirits. Because women often lack the ruthlessness to kill someone, Lady Macbeth asks the spiri ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Exestentialist View on Human Condition
at, kill and lie then that is what that man has made himself to be. While society may see him as a 'evil' person, that is what is right for him. Now on the other hand if a person chooses to be generou ... . According to the Existentialists, a person is placed on this earth with no predisposed 'good' or 'evil' values, one man is not created with any more good or evil than the next. By the decisions we m ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
d in the late 1600's in Salem, Massachusetts. It shows the people's fear of what they felt was the Devil's work and shows how a small group of powerful people wrongly accused and killed many people ou ... f this fear and ignorance. Also important to the play is how Arthur Miller depicts how one selfish, evil person like Abigail Williams can bring others down and make others follow her to commit evil ac ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Analytical paper on the tragic figure of Lancelot in T.H White's "Once And Future King"
ous soul. His hideously twisted visage was a sure sign to him that deep in his inner self he was an evil person. Night and day he brooded over his ugliness, his malfeasance. "The boy thought that ther ... be able to perform an ordinary miracle..."(p.323) Lancelot had to prove to himself that he was not evil. He knew that only the pure of heart could work miracles. If he could be pure and work miracles ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Man's Unforgivable Sin (The scarlet Letter)
some interesting views on the human heart. Although Hawthorne believes in the existence of good and evil, he understands that human beings are capable of making mistakes, and that the only unforgivabl ... no means a saint. However, Hawthorne is able to prove to the reader that she is also by no means an evil person. She had broken the moral codes of the Puritans by committing adultery, which would give ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lady Macbeth as an evil villain.
English 200617 December 2002The Naturally Evil Lady MacbethA villain is characterized as a fiendish or evil person. With her heart of stone an ... mind, Lady Macbeth is the true villain of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is naturally evil as opposed to Macbeth who changed dramatically after his supernatural encounters with the witch ... changed dramatically after his supernatural encounters with the witches. Lady Macbeth revealed her evil side when she manipulated Macbeth and questioned his manhood in an attempt to persuade him to k ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
About Adolf Hitler and his life.
ople of brute force will be victorious." These are the words of a man who many people call the most evil person in history. This man was Adolf Hitler.Adolf Hitler was born in Branau am Inn, Austria, o ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
The Theme Of Evil In Shakespeare's Othello
Just what is "evil" in Shakespeare's play? Iagos will for "revenge" on Cassio, who has been promoted to a higher a ... gos will for "revenge" on Cassio, who has been promoted to a higher army rank than himself? Is Iago evil? Essentially, Iago could be described as the central trouble-making, ill-willed character of th ... r figures in 'Othello' that are in fact innocent of their accused crimes.But does this make him an "evil" individual? Let us begin by defining the word "evil". An evil person may be considered as some ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Huck Finn - Jim as Huck's True Father
out of breaking rules by using technicalities, but this doesn't bother Huck at all. Huck is not an evil person, though. He believes in personal freedom, which is something that he never really has ha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Is Hamlet a Tragedy?
ement of Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero, a character who is neither wholly good nor wholly evil, can be applied to Prince Hamlet. Hamlet's supposed madness does not indicate any signs of an e ... nature to undergo a change in personality when life-altering experiences occur. The theoretically "evil" practices Hamlet carried out, such as the murder of Polonius, were rash and unplanned incident ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
A look at just war
ers, for they will be called sons of God." In Matthew 5:39 he urges his followers "Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also" and in 5:43-44. ... wadays. Equally, the war that Christ leads in Revelation 19 is a very specific conflict of good and evil which is not comparable with earthly conflicts.Ecclesiastes 3:1 and 3:8 implies some acceptance ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Macbeth Essay Macbeth is basically a noble person who allows himself to be manipulated into performing acts which are contrary to his true nature. Discuss in detail the truth of this statement.
tell Macbeth several prophecies about his future. It is these prophecies that turn Macbeth into the evil person that he is at the time he dies. After hearing the first three prophecies telling him tha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Stopping the use of nuclear weapons. (in letter format to President Bush)
le instantly? Many of those people were innocent. If those nuclear weapons get into the hands of an evil person, major destruction will happen. Maybe even innocent people could get hurt from the weapo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Lady Macbeth is pure evil. To what extent do you agree?
In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", we see a lot of evil; we see evil people and we see evil acts. We can see that - almost - everyone has an evil desir ... il acts. We can see that - almost - everyone has an evil desire within them. However, only a really evil person acts on that impulse and commits something morally wrong. An evil deed doesn't necessari ... g morally wrong. An evil deed doesn't necessarily mean an evil soul; Lady Macbeth was not naturally evil. Before her and her husband came to the conclusion of killing, they had their doubts. How can s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
"The Gathering" by Isobelle Carmody portrays the dark side of human nature.
ng periods of time and across different cultures. It shows that each and every single person has an evil or dark side to them and it is whether they succumb to this evil or follow the paths of light a ... or a reason. He and the other members of The Chain must learn the power of friendship to defeat the evil Kraken.The dark side of human nature is seen in many characters: Cheshunt's headmaster Mr Karle ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
The Song Of Songs
e women play. There are many examples in these writing that indicate that women play the role of an evil person. Overall, women have been made to be evil and a villain throughout different writings an ... n" (Alter 125). This is also an example of women portrayed as the influence that begins man down an evil path. Women are thought evil and points man's mind towards evil."Love's Lyrics Redeemed," writt ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Book of Job
im from man. Yet he says, "What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?"(2:10). Job believed that it was not his place to claim good as a Right. In other words it was ... suffering himself. He wanted pity, and he did not just accept the fact that you don't have to be an evil person to suffer. Ultimately, he was blessed again, and his pain and suffering went away. But, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Comparing To Kill A Mockingbird And The Scarlet Le
In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers." This simply means that in works of literature evil can hold ... literature evil can hold the upper hand from the start, but in the end good will always devour the evil. This can be proven true throughout two classic novels, To Kill A Mocking Bird written by Harpe ... en that in the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird that characterization helps a great deal in showing how evil may start off, but disappear towards the end. Characterization is the way in which an author ch ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
My Life Line
ways realize things can always be worse. This wasnt one of those situations. I felt like the most evil person known to man and there was no one to stop that feeling until the woman I lived with came ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays