December 21 2011 J.R.R. Tolkien Theme of Good Versus Evil The theme of good versus evil has been around since the beginning of time. Everyone has heard‚ seen or listened to at least one good verse evil story. Good versus evil is seen in most of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. He portrays typical struggles in these fictional stories. He uses this theme most noticeably in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Hobbit. One example of the theme of good versus evil in The Lord of The Rings is expressed through
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Hr.3 The Crucible takes place in Salem Massachusetts during 1692. It takes place during the tragic time of the so called Salem witch hunts when many innocent people were accused of being a witch or dealing with the devil. As a result of these convictions many people confessed to save their lives‚ others who would not confess to a lie were hung or executed by other methods such as being pressed. The play the Crucible was wrote by Arthur Miller during the "Red Scare"‚ which was almost parallel with
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Good versus Evil in King Lear Life will always bestow us with choices which we must wisely choose either a moral or immoral response to. Shakespeare exemplifies goodness and wickedness in King Lear. The play presents a powerful manifestation of loyalty‚ specifically through the characters Kent‚ Edgar‚ and Cordelia. Kent’s unrestricted loyalty to Lear remains stable throughout the play. He recognizes Lear’s tragic flaw and remains faithful‚ even after being banished. His reliability is further
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connected to the struggle between good and evil. Evil isn’t created‚ but is just a consequence of good and love‚ in order for there to be good‚ there has to be the absence of good which is evil. Evil in itself isn’t a force‚ but when we use our free will to choose evil‚ we get the consequence of suffering‚ God created free‚ moral people - “Now the lord is the spirit‚ and where the spirit of the Lord is‚ there is freedom” (Corinthians 3:17) who can chose between good and evil so that love can exist. However
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Witch Trials. While these early Americans sought to achieve a path of righteousness which would earn them God’s grace‚ and thusly‚ eternal paradise‚ it seems they also had a curiosity for more ominous even grim entertainment. Ultimately‚ it was good and evil‚ or God and The Devil which interested them‚ and imaginably these puritans wanted to explore the difference in the two and examine how one could
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capacity to be evil‚ whether he chooses to show it or not. That man walking his dog down the street‚ the aged woman sitting on the park bench‚ and even the loving couple feeding ducks by the pond all have degrees of malevolence in them. Just because evil is not visible does not mean it does not exist. “The madness would lie instead in the fact that both of those qualities‚ the savage and the splendid‚ can exist in one creature‚ one person‚ often in one instant” (Kruger‚ para.1). Evil is inherent in
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it is more noticeable to the readers and makes it easy to relate. True villains are supernatural beings who have no shame and no regrets‚ so when a supposed villain portrays morality‚ readers begin to question whether they are truly and internally evil or
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outlined the characteristics of a good tragic hero. He must be "better than we are‚" a man who is superior to the average man in some way. In Oedipus ’s case‚ he is superior not only because of social standing‚ but also because he is smart ¬ he is the only person who could solve the Sphinx ’s riddle. At the same time‚ a tragic hero must evoke both pity and fear‚ and Aristotle claims that the best way to do this is if he is imperfect. A character with a mixture of good and evil is more compelling that a character
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In the bible‚ the wealthy are generally known as the punished ones and the penury are known as the blessed ones. In the play King Lear‚ all of the characters exemplify either good or evil. Only one character significantly transitions from evil to good and it is King Lear who does so. His experience in the shoes of a wretch slowly unleashes the truth and develops him into a true‚ honorable man. King Lear’s dies which seems like a sad ending‚ but it is magnifying because he dies as a proud man other
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But Then‚ Who Is The Monster? Goodness is self-righteous: evil is purposeful. Seems rather counterintuitive doesn’t it? But what truly is good and what truly is evil‚ or are the two even separate entities to begin with? After all‚ good and evil is all hinged upon perspective‚ viewpoint is the key. Can something so obscured by opinions really be quantified? So where do monsters fall then? Who are the monsters? Why is our society obsessed with such monsters both in reality and fiction tales? The
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