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    Monotheists, those who believe there is one good, often converse about the “problem of evil”. They discuss this topic by asking questions such as, is God good and just? Is God all-powerful? Lastly, why do innocent people suffer? Although there is not just one correct answer to this question, many people aim to resolve the arguments by saying that God can in fact be unjust, He is not powerful in all cases, or innocent people suffer because they have committed sin and God is punishing them. Throughout the

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    Essay on The Paradox of A Clockwork Orange

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    The grace of evil in A Clockwork Orange is a recurring paradox throughout the novel and also implies a deep religious connotation. The main foci are the several aspects of evil, violence, and sexual acts committed by Alex and his gang members. However, Anthony Burgess has cleverly incorporated similar paradoxes to that of grace and evil, along with a different dialect to aid in masking the true harshness that lies underneath the violence. The other paradoxes include the extremes of night and day

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    Knowledge Vs Evils

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    is useful to all people. Some information can hinder a person's life. Depending on the person and depending on the information, some knowledge is better left unknown. However, for others, the same information that would have hindered one persons would be helpful to theirs. One example of this information is the knowledge that evil is in the world. For some, knowing about the evil in the world could scare them into not living a normal and happy life. For others knowing about evil could make them aware

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    Good Vs. Evil in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde “The battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” (Solzhenitsyn) In the story “Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr.Jekyll has this battle of good and evil within himself. He has the idea to separate his evil half known as Mr. Hyde with a potion. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde focuses on duality of man and human nature. Stevenson develops the theme of good and evil throughout the story using the setting, characters, and

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    Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper and Pandora’s Box Some people are under the idea that myths can only explain how things were created. However, this is disproved by many myths. The myths Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper and Pandora’s Box show that some myths can also teach universal themes. Even though both Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper and Pandora’s box support the theme every cloud has a silver lining, in Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper the Creator wants peace and harmony with mankind while in Pandora’s Box Zeus wants to punish

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    Madness In Lady Macbeth

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    madness. In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the play does not fail to include these ideas and many more. Lady Macbeth is a very complicated character who exploits her villainous characteristics and uses literary references to manipulate Macbeth into doing evil acts. With the thought of power in mind, Lady Macbeth digs deep into her soul “unsexing” herself, asking the devil to release himself onto her to do whatever it takes to ultimately gain the power of the throne. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses

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    conscience that allows him to ignore and allow for the continued suffering of the participants; showing "good" people are capable of evil when they have accepted their situation. Chris Kyle, who a lot of us have come to know as the "American Sniper" is a "good" person, but while serving in United States military for the navy seal as a sniper he accepted his situation that required him to perform evil acts. Kyle is what we call an all-American boy. He was raised in the church on a Texas ranch. He enjoyed

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    Flies by William Golding clearly displays the evil in humanity through the loss of civilization to the descent into savagery, showing that even the best of people can fade into savagery. When Jack and some of the boys split off into their own group or “tribe” it really showed the evilness in humanity. Ralph and Piggy in “Lord of the flies” were the leaders and helped keep civilization intact. Without them they became savages and brought out the evil within themselves, Golding shows this with the

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    “The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks,” according to the great novelist, C.S. Lewis. The quote can describe Justice Lawrence Wargrave, a man in a position of power. In And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, ten visitors must attempt to survive Soldier Island and cope with their dark pasts, but some are more dangerous than others. One example of this is Justice Wargrave. Out of the party on Soldier Island, Justice

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    animals with a savage and evil nature. In 1954, after leaving the Royal Navy, William Golding wrote his story Lord of the Flies, which focuses on a group of young boys stranded on an island after their plane crashed.

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