Comparison Of Films: From 007 To Austin Powers

When I think of the concept of “evil,” I think of The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius. In The Consolation of Philosophy, Lady Philosophy stated:

Most stories, movies, and myths have the simple archetype of Good vs. Evil. This particular archetype can often be confusing, because in stories the reader is often lead to believe that something or someone represents good or evil, but it does not. More often than not the evil character is either crazy or was raised wrongly. Evil characters in Good vs. Evil stories are often not truly evil but either mental unstable or not taught right from wrong.

The definition of evil is profoundly immoral and malevolent and is harmful or tending to harm. The most evil character between General Zaroff and Montresor according to the definition of evil is Montresor. Montresor is the most evil character because he plays a cruel joke, he has a moral compass and chooses to ignore it, and kills one of his friends.

The beginning of The Notebook opens with the gentleman, Noah in a nursing home facility. We soon learn that he is living at the facility to be close to his wife, Allie who has Alzheimer’s. Allie is introduced to Noah, and he offers to read her a story. They are in the sunroom at the nursing home, and unbeknownst to her he begins to read her a love story. Due to Allie’s disease she is unaware that the story she is listening to is her own read by her true love. Noah begins to share about the summer romance that began one night in the 1940’s at a carnival. We see Allie and Noah fall madly in love only to be torn apart by her parents that do not believe he is worthy of their daughter because of his place in society. Allie’s parents take her away from the love of her life to focus on school, and to find a socially acceptable husband for their daughter. Noah cannot forget Allie so easily and writes to her everyday for a year. When he doesn’t hear back from her we see them both move on with their lives.

The most influential definition of evil is nicely summarised by Swinburne proclaimed when discussing about evil, context is very important factors to consider when talking about the subject of evil he said evil include physical pain, for

Some similarities in the book are, Mason had to sell his horse and also tex’s horse because they needed the money for groceries. Mason said that if they didn't sell the horses then either the horses would starve or mason and tex would. Another similarity is that Tex had to go to the hospital. Tex had to go to the hospital because he got shot when he went to Lem’s friends house. Lem’s friend shot Tex in the hand because Tex was trying to leave. One more similarity was that Mason and Tex were on t.v. They were on t.v because they picked up a hitchhiker, and the hitchhiker had a gun and was trying to shoot mason. If Tex did not take the hitchhiker where he wanted to go then he was going to shoot Mason.

Although we like to think otherwise, there are evil people out there. Evil people do not have magical powers, or anything similar. It is their twisted minds that define them as evil. Montresor, a cold blooded murderer in “Cask Of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe leads a good friend to his own death. General Zaroff was a cossack war general in the Russian army in “Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Zaroff lures innocent sailors to his island where he then hunts them like animals. Both characters have evil minds, and can be described by the traits sinister, sly, and insane.

Evil is immoral behavior and not accepting others. This is overtly displayed when Hitler hypothesized he was superior to the Jews and his Anti-Semitic policies. In Lord of the Flies, all of the boys did not accept Piggy because he has ‘ass-mar’ and is smarter than the rest. Hitler's beliefs about his superiority above the Jews and the boys views towards Piggy are evil.

Grotesqueness and charisma both typical qualities of evil in most stories. As well as the symbolic qualities presented by each character, there’s also plenty of imagery And superficial information given to the reader.

There are many different theories on evil. Many philosophers have debated for countless hours over the topic of evil. Sigmund Freud, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Friedrich Nietzsche were all great philosophers who had many theories on where evil came from and what evil really is. Using their concepts and ideas, the topic of evil seems more understandable. However, the topic of evil’s exact definition and source are still heavily debated and considered a very controversial topic.

To understand evil we must first understand the concept that good and evil are term or words referring to what one given individuals believes to be the right and wrong thing to do. Good, many times

There has been good and evil since the beginning of time. Believe it or not, good and evil was a wide topic in the Victorian Era. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s mystery novella, Stevenson uses physical descriptions to represent good and evil.

When the Sun was A God and With Fire and Sword are two films directed by Jerzy Hoffman, respectively in 2003 and 1999. The films were based on the historical events, illustrating the common matters of individuals’ desire to overpower others with wealth, power, and control in order to take over the throne and land. Both films took place in different settings – Piast dynasty era and Khmelnytsky Uprising era – but they do share some similarities and differences. The reason for why I chose these two films to compare and contrast was due to the fact that they share certain aspects that set the films alike and apart from one another. The aspects are: greed, friendship, loyalty, women, and love.

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

Today, there are a lot of movies shot in the spy genre. The special effects amaze with its inimitability and with each film are becoming brighter and more exciting. In this paper I want to analyze one of the most impressive and most of the first films about spies "Casino Royale" filmed by Martin Campbell and compare it with the eponymous book written by Ian Fleming, which soon served as the plot for the film. In such way it will be seen how the spy genre have been changed for decades. “Casino Royale” is one of the first Fleming’s novels and it was released with the absence of big success in 1953.