Trimester 3: Interpreting Common Themes In Literature

As trimester 3 is coming to an end I am beginning to reflect on all of the themes, novels and plays that we have encountered this year in class.. All the pieces of literature we read this trimester in more ways than one tie into the literature we read in previous trimesters. They all relate to one another, by sharing common themes and actions. My group discussed and ruminated on the following themes of evil, innocence, corruption, and conflict. A few of these topics stood out to me as well as other members of my group. Innocence and the capability to be evil seemed to outshine the others in total this entire year. In previous trimesters my groups have discussed death, evil, innocence, manipulation, rebellion and reputation. These trimesters have caused me to discover that manipulation ultimately joins innocence and evil together. Since you are not necessarily
My thesis differs slightly from the one my group created because I did not necessarily agree that only your experiences are what lead you down the path of evil or good it is much deeper than that. Everyone interprets situations differently. If someone has had a bad childhood/past it does not mean that they are going to turn out evil in the end. This theorem is proved in some of the novels we have read over the course of this year. Everyone has different morals and different priorities that shape them and lead them to make certain choices or commit certain actions that others maybe would not have made or done. An example of this is in Macbeth. If I remember correctly I absolutely hated Macbeth the attitude the people in the play portrayed bothered me since they were oblivious, ignorant, and ultimately some just plain evil in the end. Macbeth was one of those