Mephistopheles

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad “The earth seemed unearthly. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there – there you could look at a thing monstrous and free. It was unearthly, and the men were…No, they were not inhuman. Well, you know, that was the worst of it – this suspicion of their not being inhuman…but what thrilled you was just the thought of your remote kinship with this wild and passionate uproar”. Extract from “Heart of Darkness”, Joseph Conrad

Character Growth in Conrad's Heart of Darkness          Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness explores the intellectual, emotional and moral growth of characters throughout the novella. This character growth has been a recurring theme in literature, with the poet William Blake, among many others, exploring theories of the movement between innocence to experience. Although Conrad does not strictly address character growth in this manner, characters that do and do not undergo psychological growth

Morality in The Heart of Darkness         "I trust I shall be forgiven the discovery that all moral philosophy hitherto was boring and belonged among the soporifics" (Nietzsche 561).  Maybe so, but the issue of moral philosophy has been discussed though out time and provides a significant element in Conrad's story Heart of Darkness.  In general, the timeless discussion traces back to the first philosophical writings of Plato and transcends from general religious grounds to general applications

Bartleby, the Villian in Bartleby, the Scrivener            Herman Melville's short story, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," poses many moral questions, but refuses to answer them nicely and neatly. Unfortunately, Melville's ambiguities have lead to some unusual interpretations concerning the ethics of the unnamed lawyer who narrates the story.  While it may seem perfectly obvious to most of us that he goes out of his way to be sensitive to Bartleby's needs, beginning with the narrator's allowing

Introduction The modern world has many misconstrued ideas about Satan and his demons that are not in line with Jesus' teachings in Scripture. Today the world sees Satan in an almost comical way, if they believe in him at all. There is such a lack of belief in anything spiritually supernatural that the idea of demons is less acceptable to today's society than the idea of ghosts. In Jesus' time, this was not the case; people were well aware of Satan and his activities. Jesus often had to deal with

Chapter 1 Adam shares in Eve’s sin Mephistopheles’ code will not survive. Adam was human; he came from God’s creation. From dirt, God formed Adam and breathed into his nostrils, making Adam a living soul. Adam tended to the animals, the Garden of Eden, and whatever the Lord God envisioned for the human. God knew that Adam was lonely at times and needed a companion. While Adam slept, God took one of his ribs and put some flesh around it. From the rib that the Lord God took from Adam, He made him