Fear Vs Macbeth

Everyone is in control of their actions. One must be held accountable for . Sometimes though, fear can infiltrate one’s mind and block their ability to make rational decisions. In John Connolly’s “The Book of Lost Things”, it is evident that fear plays a large role in how David, Beauty and Beast find love and how the King and wicked Queen in Snow-white rule their kingdoms. Some overcome their fears while others allow it to consume them and cloud their judgement.

Simon has a heightened perception, even more so than Piggy. Simon is unique because he can actually hear the voice of the beast. He realizes that the beast is not something one can kill because it 's inside the boys. Simon is seen as a Christ figure. He gives up his own life in an attempt to tell the rest of the boys about the beast. Jack wants to take control over the whole society. Jack is the leading support of anarchy on the island. Jack is the leader of the savage tribe which hunts the pigs. Opposed to Ralph and Piggy on almost all matters, Jack represents the identification of one 's personality— he supports the notion that one 's desires are most important and should be followed, regardless of reason or morals. Jack is the kind of person that is believed everyone would eventually become if left alone to set one 's own standards and live the way one naturally wanted. In this novel it is believed that the natural state of humans is disordered and that man is inherently evil. When reason is abandoned, only the strong survive. Jack personifies this idea perfectly.

up being driven mad by the guilt and she ends up taking her own life

Jack and his chosen group of hunters all follow Jack and fail to follow Ralph’s command to keep civilization under control. Simon and his natural behaviors contrast with Jack as he sees the positive interests and goodness in civilization. Simon’s actions reveal his shy, yet kind, and non confrontational attitude which makes the importance of his character hard to notice. Simon is the mediator on the island, as he will never decline a request from the little children for food, an order from Ralph to help build shelters, and tries to keep the peace between the hunters and the civilized boys. Simon can be seen as the most compassionate character on the island as displayed in this quote: “Simon sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it. The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame” (Golding 74). Jack, on the other hand, is most malicious towards Piggy as he eventually becomes consumed by evil and and will attempt to destroy all points of civilization and innocence left on the island. Innocence is bestowed upon nearly all the boys trying to keep civilization alive on the island and is despised by Jack and his highly influenced choir boys turned hunters.

Ralph's character comes back stronger than ever before in the final chapters of the novel. At this point, like Simon had before him, Ralph becomes aware of the savagery existing within all the boys—including himself. "That was Simon," he admits to Piggy, recalling the barbaric act he took part in. Even upon Piggy's death, Ralph still manages not to let the savagery overwhelm him, only momentarily considering joining Jacks tribe for safety. His firsthand knowledge of his aptitude for sin builds his motivation to throw down the Lord of the Flies near the end of the novel. By the time he finally realizes the evil on the island is within the boys themselves, it is too late for Ralph to fight for anyone but himself.

Piggy, Ralph, Jack, and Roger were all crucial characters throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. All these characters made questionable decisions that when combined, contributed to Piggy’s necessary demise. Although some character’s decisions had a greater impact than others, they were all responsible in some way. Piggy’s stubborn behavior, Ralph’s lack of leadership, Jack’s power hungry and irresponsible behavior, and Roger’s unstable mental state all contributed towards Piggy’s passing. All this contributed to Piggy’s death and were necessary to the survival of everyone on the island.

A: Piggy’s main role in Lord of the Flies was representation of intelligence , logic, and the voice of reason. He was one of the first characters to appear in the book, and over the course of the story he became a victim of hurtful jibes and eventually Jack and his tribe’s savage behavior. Piggy’s logical and reasonable nature shows when he votes for Ralph to be chief and when he suggests that the beast is not real. Piggy’s death meant the destruction of reason in the boys’ savage society. This is heavily implied when he dies at the hands of Jack’s tribe. Another thing of importance

Simon is the first to die when the hunters mistake him for a beast and brutally kill him. Out of the bunch, Simon is the quiet, shy and sick boy. Despite his weaknesses, he treats everyone, even the littluns, with kindness. Simon is characterized by the author in the beginning when he writes, “...the choir boy who had fainted sat up against a palm trunk, smiled pallidly at Ralph and said that his name was Simon.” (page 19). Though Simon is a little weak, he represents the natural, good human morality. When he died, most of the human goodness left on the island died along with him. Golding shows how Simon was connected to nature by describing his death in this way: “Surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.” (page 13). Another death that contributed to the outcome to this intensity of the novel was Piggys. One could have foreshadowed that Piggy was going to die because the hunters killed the pigs on the island, and his name was Piggy. Furthermore, the hunter, especially Jack, used to tease and be rude to Piggy. One line in this novel that was extremely ironic was when Golding wrote, “Piggy’s arm twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.” (page 214). Throughout the novel, Piggy developed as a character by becoming less whiny and contributing his scientific ideas to the group. For example, Piggy created the idea of making a sundial as a clock which shows his

Before Simon is murdered, Jack and his tribe celebrate their kill of a pig by joining together in a circle while reenacting the vicious kill and “Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society” (Golding 152). As the chief, Ralph desperately tries to maintain structure in a society that is rapidly falling apart. However, the ominous storm in the sky, the exotic dance, and the savage chant intrigue both Ralph and Piggy, so they feel inclined to join in. Simon then wanders into the circle and is mistaken for the beast, causing the boys to attack and tear into him. Piggy later denies his involvement and attempts to convince Ralph of their innocence. However, Ralph recognizes the event for what it truly was, telling Piggy, “That was Simon… That was murder,” demonstrating his responsibility and desire for a stable society (Golding 156). It shows how Ralph is willing to take responsibility for his moment of weakness, rather than be purposefully ignorant of an occurrence that furthers society’s descent into a complete

Jack steals fire, and Piggy’s glasses as well as beating up Ralph. The loss of Piggy’s glasses show the loss of intelligence on the island. Jack is now fully blinded by his brutal ways. He even tortures a boy to show the power he holds over them. In a last attempt to find civilization Ralph goes with the remainder of his group to demand for Piggy’s glasses back. Unfortunately the conversation goes awry when Piggy attempts to speak with the conch his hand. “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”, a quote states towards Jack’s tribe. This shows the realization that Jack’s tribe goes further than acting like animals. They become inhumane savages. Piggy’s question was answered as Roger let lose a boulder from on top of the mountain crushing Piggy while the conch, “exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist”. This shows the loss of democracy and order on the island. All logic has been lost. Ralph was hit with an epiphany that there would be no more discussion. Jack had changed from humanity having a strong hold on him to a savage who would torture and kill. On the other hand, Ralph the only one alive who didn’t lose sight of his humanity became an outsider. Ralph becomes the pig. Hunted by the boys. Jack plans to give his head to the beast as an offering like a pigs that he has given before. As the hunts begins the savages light a fire to smoke out Ralph. Ironically Ralph is saved by a navy man who saw Jack’s fire. This is ironic because Jack was never interested in the signal fire, and yet it was his fire that saved Ralph. As Ralph looks up to the navy man he, “wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy”. As he weeps the others begin to copy realizing the horrors that they committed, and for the absence of their humanity. The rest of the boys show how savagery can affect the their decisions.

In the novel Lord of The Flies, the author William Golding explains to the reader how fear, can change the human mind, as well as make someone do certain actions that may be harmful to others. Golding shows the main protagonists

In the extract, Shakespeare shows Macbeth’s determination to reach power and how the tyrannical king is willing to use fear and violence to get what he desires. We see that Macbeth feels threatened by Banquo and therefore wants him dead. As he considers his motives in killing the thane, Macbeth reasons that “There is none but he / Whose being do I fear: and, under him, / My Genius is rebuked.” Macbeth makes it clear that he fears Banquo above all others, and is mistrustful of him. Banquo’s ‘wisdom’ makes Macbeth feel foolish and weak, which is emphasised by the key word ‘fear’; the mere concept of Macbeth fearing a man who has made no move to hurt him only highlights the fragility of his position in power at this point in the play. The use of the aggressive verb ‘rebuked’ once again shows that, despite Macbeth experiencing no outward hostility from Banquo, he still feel as if he is in danger of being attacked and even usurped – perhaps due to Banquo’s evident “royalty of nature.” These largely unfounded fears make Macbeth feel as though he is illogical in fearing the thane, and therefore makes him question his own intelligence.

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