Examples Of Evil In The Gathering

How can you tell if a “bad guy”--the villain, the monster, the thief--is necessarily a bad guy? Is it by the images they choose to ink on their skin? Their crooked smile, or maybe perhaps the way they like to crack their knuckles? Maybe it’s just their attire: it’s too dark, too scary. And what of their eyes? There’s something there...something about the way they’re placed, something about how they flicker and gleam with every mention of what they desire. But what of their feelings? The ever-circling wheels of emotions from deep inside that manage to control the raging tides of life? Do they not care like we do?

Good v. Evil, it’s way more than just a concept, it’s more of a lifelong struggle inside of you. What more could you do when evil is shown all around you? Many of us may see the struggle between good and evil in the people we come across everyday. Flawed individuals may be perceived as good but are bad in the eyes of someone else; it all comes down to how you see it. The exposure to things and memories you make help impact the good in you. In order to further evaluate the argument of how good can come out of evil and good can show up even when it’s not right in front of you, can be shown in both William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies and the Anonymous Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf. This essay asserts that,

As the story moves on, we can see how evil starts to edge forward in the battle of good vs evil. Of course, it does not become the clear winner yet, but there are signs of how Robert Louis Stephenson tries to show that evil is overpowering in the soul. For example, when Mr. Utterson starts feeling bad for Jekyll, his friend, and “And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart. "Poor Harry Jekyll," he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters! He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations. Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, PEDE CLAUDO, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault." And the lawyer, scared by the thought, brooded awhile on his own past, groping in all the corners of memory, least by chance some Jack-in-the-Box of an old iniquity should leap to light there. His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their

Good and Evil were currently planning on going to war, fighting with all their might. This happened frequently, located at the center of a person’s character- the heart and soul. The armies fought countless battles and this one was no exception. The war would be named later, with all the human’s friends repeating the gruesome details of the battle. The human would be known and categorized by this and whether Good or Evil prevailed in his heart.

Good vs. evil is a widely explored theme in Isobelle Carmody's novel 'The Gathering'. It is most evident in the battle between the Chain and the Kraken, however the more sinister, subtler acts of evil occur when he attempts to make each member vulnerable by breaching their weaknesses. While the physical examples such as the final battle, the murder of The Tod and the violent acts by Buddha and his gang could certainly be classified as evil, it is my belief that the brainwashing of the students and the fanatical powers of illusion Mr. Karle wields are more insidious, swiftly inhabiting and manifesting in the minds of people in a way that is more powerful than any outright acts of violence.

Few people somehow manage to proclaim at least once in their life, their character for evil. They may proudly boast with an open facial expression and an ingenuous smile and yet a part of their being or self leaves the unalterable belief that there is something not quite right with them which they are unable to explain, grasp mentally or even

Everyday an individual encounters an act of cruelty, whether it is physically, emotionally, or verbally. On the other hand, there are those who inflict harm intentionally or unintentionally on others as a result of being dissatisfied emotionally or psychologically. Such individuals become labeled either to be good or bad by society. However, a person as a whole cannot be good or bad; it is their actions that are vile. Similarly, in “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson, Miss Strangeworth reveals her cruelty through writing letters while, in “The Snake” by Ervin D Krause, the uncle shows his cruelty through his behaviour towards the boy. Thus, all individuals expose their cruelty through their immoral actions.

Evil and Good are two opposite entities. Similar to Ying and Yang, evil and good are often cohesive and usually alternate within one's choices in a person's life. Evil and good exist in every human being and everyone is given free will to choose their option. Evil is the action of someone to cause harm to others maliciously while good is performing an action for the benefit of someone else without harmful intent. A major cause of evil is immoral temptation, which the main characters of The Devil and Miss Prym, The Crucible and Ethan Frome experience with the archetype the temptress; The temptress encompasses all three stories as the protagonists weave their way through troubling vices such as infidelity or greed which may ruin their life as

When reading “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller, it is clear to see many evil forces are in play throughout the book. For example, evil forces can be displayed by the character Abigail William. Throughout the play there are numerous instances that prove her guilt and display that evil forces exist with her character.

The Source of Evil in The Crucible Arther Miller’s play The Crucible is based off his experiences during The Red Scare in the 1950s where allegations were most prominently against Hollywood influencers. The play is an allegory to McCarthyism where wild accusations are made without proper evidence to support the claim which is seen multiple times in the courts of Salem. The goal of making accusations was to get ahead and gain power or possibly revenge. McCarthy wanted to gain power and leverage over the people of Hollywood, where the people of Salem wanted land and money or vengeance. The movement was fueled by the American fear for the spread of communism as in The Crucible where the trials are fueled by fear of judgement; whether by God or the courts.

Does the problem of evil pose a challenge for theists and the existence of God? The problem of evil argues that there is so much suffering in the world that an all-good and all powerful God would not allow such suffering to exist. Therefore, a God with those characteristics does not exist. Unless the suffering is necessary for an adequate reason. Some people argue that suffering is necessary for there to be good and for us to able to understand what good is. In this paper, I will argue that suffering does not need to exist in order for good to exist, because the existence of good does not depend on suffering. I will then argue that good and suffering are not logical opposites. Finally, I will conclude that since evil is not justified, then the God that we defined does not exist.

This idea of good people turning evil is clearly depicted in one of Philip Zimbardo’s theory, the Lucifer effect. Philip Zimbardo is a well know psychologist and a professor at Stanford University, who spends most of his life studying how could people could be corrupted. The Lucifer effect focuses on the transformation of the human psychology towards evil. Moreover, it also emphasis how good people are prone to corruption by powerful situational forces. Philip Zimbardo would spend many

The main theme of this novel is the equilibrium of good and evil and how they

If you’ve been abused then you probably will abuse someone in the future, if your parents had a mental disability or anger issues of some sort, you probably have it too and there is a way to control it. There always is a choice but you can choose be good or bad. Some people just know what’s wrong or right, and choose to do the wrong thing. Others may want to take the shortcut to get what they want and by doing so they choose the life of crime. Evil is a dark fog that clouds up an individual's line of view, but no matter how deep you are in the fog, you can always see and reach, the light of the

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.