Deception Can Be Used By Anyone, Human Or God

Deception can be used for both good and bad reasons. It can lead someone to be emotionally or physically hurt, or it can hide information from others, both in positive and negative situations. Despite the negative outcomes that can come from deception, many take a chance when deceiving others in hopes of reaching a positive outcome. In the case of novels, deception is often used as a way to put emphasis on the meaning of the work. In Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer, Oskar Schell and his mother deceive each other in hopes that it will allow the other to cope more easily with a death in their family.

     One may readily perceive the theme of Shakespeare’s “Othello” as deception. Deception appears many times in Othello, but in almost every incident the degree of deception is different. Deception is to “deceive another, illusion, or fraud” (Webster’s New World Pocket Dictionary 69), which is seen as a wrongful act. However, deception may be used to protect someone from getting hurt therefore being used with good intentions.

Deception, which by its definition is a bad thing and has only one level or degree, is truly not this way at all. Deception appears many times in Othello, but in almost every incident the degree of deception is different. There are only a few characters that use deception, and those characters all use different degrees of deception to get what they want in the play. Deception is almost always used through verbal language or body language because it is the easiest way to deceive a person. The reasons, or intentions, a person has for deception determines the goodness (or badness) and (or) severity of the deception. If a person deceives others with good intentions, then, in a way, the deception is

Plato gave support for some lies when he said: "It is the business of the rulers of the city, if it is anybody's, to tell lies, deceiving both its enemies and its own citizens for the benefit of the city; and no one else must touch this privilege."(1)

Deception is defined as a crafty procedure or practice meant to deceive or defraud. People tend to view this as a sinister action. No matter how sinister it can be, it can also be utilized to gain information and knowledge. How a person uses deception varies among different people. Generally, the more clever people tend to utilize deception very efficiently. Odysseus masters deception in the Odyssey by disguising himself. Odysseus isn't alone for Athena also uses disguises. With that being said, disguises allow Odysseus to succeed in killing the suitors.

Deception is the act of deceiving; it takes the shape of an underlying theme in each of the texts. It is a common occurrence in literature such as Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ‘On Chesil beach’ but in almost every incident, the degree of deception is different. Deception is performed by all characters to different extents and purposes, depending on the context of the situation. Othello displays deception between colleagues, whereby Iago uses deceit to cause carnage in the lives of his associates. Tennessee Williams illustrates deception within a family in his play A Streetcar Named Desire, as the main protagonist Blanche, lies to her own family about her sinful past. Finally, Deception is conveyed in Ian McEwan’s

Homer’s Odyssey challenges the common view on deception as employed only maliciously. Both a mortal, Odysseus, and one of the most revered goddesses, Athena, have the common noble goal of bringing Odysseus back home to his family after nearly two decades of absence. To achieve that goal, they mainly use deception and disguise in various forms that their physical and mental powers allow. Odysseus is famous for wittily deceiving others through verbal means, fact noted by Menelaus and Helen of Troy (Book 4). He even doubts Athena, as his own skills have made him doubt other’s honesty. Athena states after realizing Odysseus’s disbelief, “Would not another wandering man, in joy, make haste home to his wife and children? Not you, not yet” (8.

Since the beginning of time, deceit and lie have been tools to achieve the goals of many, from getting out of an assignment or becoming the ruler of a country. The kicker is that power achieved this way for the most part, usually roots itself out and becomes a larger problem than what you began with. The book The Great Gatsby personifies the theme that, some people tend to use lies for short term gain without emphasis on long term. The next few paragraphs are examples of how success through lies is only a right away, but eventually everything falls back into place.

Deception is defined by Merriam Webster as “an act or statement intended to make people believe something that isn’t true”. It is often viewed as a malevolent act. Deception, as malevolent as some people may perceive it to be, may also be administered to obtain information useful for one’s own benefits when employed in the correct situation. Different individuals utilize deception in different ways and some successful individuals are able to employ disguises to their own advantage. Odysseus, the cunning main character in the Odyssey, utilizes deception in justifiable situations, including life and death scenarios and self-benefitting situations, without harming innocent bystanders.

Joseph Butler dedicated three of his Sermon X to ideas pertaining self-deceit. According to his idea, self-deceit supervene self-partiality and reflections of our actions. Joseph Butler views self-deceit as a serious moral problem this is because one is often self-deceived even when one thinks that is doing the right or moral thing. In fact, when one thinks that is doing the right thing, one is usually deceived, and one often recognizes self-deception even after a later reflection of what one does. That one is so prone to moral philosophy of self-deception and this is caused by absence of reflection after an action, this is because self-partiality prompts ones

1. p. 81, paragraph beginning "To begin with." Why does Descartes think "deception is incompatible with God"?

As prophets are the messengers of the gods, contesting with Tiresias is tantamount to defying the gods themselves. As king, he feels that he has the power to determine truth, and that he has supreme power over the city. He accuses Creon of conspiring with Tiresias, and threatens to exile or even kill him. Before Oedipus was the accused, his status as king gave him confidence and leadership, which are attributes that were productive in solving the mystery. After he was accused of murdering the former king, this status became a negative and caused him to be too overwhelmed with his power to identify the truth. This is also the point at which he stops trusting the divine ability of prophets. His mother Jocasta seems to stop trusting prophets at this point as well. She began to tell Oedipus not to listen to Tiresias, even though she proved at various points earlier in the story that she believed in prophecies. She pretentiously conveys a disbelief in prophecies as she speaks to her son and husband: "Fear? What should a man fear? It's all chance, chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth can see a day ahead, groping through the dark." She realizes that she failed in preventing the predetermined fate, but attempts to maintain the stability and reputation of the royal family by hiding the truth. The family would inevitably be destroyed, however, as was the will of the god Apollo. The inferiority of the family's political power compared with the divine power of

There were several main themes of deception that were crucial to the events that occurred in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: Marc Antony’s dirge, Decius’s persuasion to attend the senate meeting, and Cassius’s letters to Brutus. The theme of deception was a paramount tool that Shakespeare used in the movement of the plot. Had these crucial events not occurred, have written an entirely Through these acts of deception we were able to see that Ancient Rome struggled with people deceiving each other, and also that it was mainly used by power-hungry individuals to achieve their specific goal at hand. It is also important to note that deception has been around for a long time and is something that humanity has struggled with throughout the history of its existence. Deception has always been a tool used by people to satisfy one’s own desires, and unfortunately always will

The passage below is found in the opening act of one of Shakespeare's most illusive plays of control and manipulation. The word "deception" is defined as "the act of misleading" or "to trick, cheat, lie, and mislead". From this definition, it is obvious that deception is normally perceived to be evil and results in the harm of others mentally and physically. It leads to broken hearts, untold truths, or even unpunished murder. However, in Shakespeare's The Tempest, deception is used as a virtuous art to manipulate an unjust situation and rectify it.

In the preceding verse, mostly addressed to the parkhaṇhār (those who can discern), the Pir dismisses the cheat and the liar as a person who is unworthy of respect, trust and attention. This verse focuses on the state and attributes of a liar and a hypocrite – decadent is his state, utter disregard for the truth is his trait and unrestrained perpetration of lies is his favourite pastime!