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    don’t have enough evidence of the Syrian army using chemical weapons‚ on the other hand innocent people have died in the hands of the Syrian army whether they used chemical weapons or not. Evidence: in order to attack them we at least should have some good credible evidence‚ if we don’t this could turn into another world war sense Syria has some powerful allies‚ which would result in even more people getting killed. Rough Draft An issue of national and international concern that is of importance to

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    Dualities of Good vs. Evil in The Wizard of Oz Through the expression of literature within the elementary school classroom‚ young children can become exposed to endless lesson’s regarding life and growing. “Realistic” stories have been criticized for being dull‚ too complex‚ and psychologically empty. For example‚ it is practically impossible to find any meaning within literature such as “See Dick. See Jane.” Nonetheless‚ fantasy restores this meaning within the reading process. As expressed by

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    Throughout many works of literature‚ a prominent theme has been “Good vs. Evil”. Many authors base the plot of their novels around “good guys” fighting the “villain”.Robert Louis Stevenson contrasts good and evil through many of the characters thathe creates. In the story “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”‚ Stevensoncontrasts the characters of Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde to further the theme “Good vs. Evil”. This theme is common

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    Good vs. Evil in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor shows her readers a realistic look at their own mortality in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” The story is about a family of five‚ a father‚ mother‚ grandmother‚ and two children‚ starting out on a vacation to Florida from Georgia. The family‚ on their way to a routine vacation‚ takes a detour that will change their lives forever. Through the use of literary elements like symbolism and characterization‚ O’Connor creates a theme of

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    The Old English Epic poem‚ Beowulf is considered as an epic hero for his bravery‚ courage‚ and his craving to help people. This poem is an illustration of Good VS. Evil. The good being illustrated by Beowulf and the evil being illustrated Grendel‚ Grendel’s mother‚ and the Dragon. As traditional‚ good takeovers evil. Sailing on a ship‚ Beowulf comes to see Hrothgar since he perceived Grendel has been murdering Hrothgar’s comrades. Promising the people of Herot that he would defeat Grendel and

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    of the fictional work to the audience and essentially has some type of meaning. Gabriel García Márquez and Flannery O’Conner both demonstrate in their works‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and “Good Country People” the importance of theme. Marquez and O’Conner’s themes prove good versus evil when making judgement based on appearances. In “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” the old man who comes to the small town looks unordinary to the people living here. “After the discovery of the stranger

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    Everyone has two sides good and evil‚ depending how someone how someone is treated shows which side is revealed. Good vs. Evil exist in the poem Beowulf written by an unknown poet.The epic story Beowulf a prince of the Geats‚ defeated three monsters: Grendel‚ Grendel’s mother and the Dragon. In the midst of these battles ‚ he becomes a hero to the Danes who lives in Herot‚ a famous hall built by King Hrothgar. Beowulf vowed to purge Herot of it’s evil. Throughout the story‚the hero Beowulf confronts

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    One of the most prominent themes in Macbeth is good vs. evil. There are a few different examples of this theme‚ and they’re not all exactly the same. One example of good vs. evil in the play is Macbeth’s internal conflict of killing King Duncan. The good side of Macbeth is he didn’t actually want to kill Duncan. He was more than scared. The evil part of Macbeth is he really wants to be king. The witches told him his prophecy of being king‚ and now he will do whatever it takes to get there. For

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    Flies is a book written by William Golding. Throughout the novel‚ many events occur that strongly associate the natural instinct of members of society living in a civilized manner with the instinct of savagery and evil. The overall concept of the book is about the conflict between good and bad. The two opposite qualities are competing impulses that exist within all humans. The instinct to live by the rules and exist peacefully with others is often in conflict with selfish desires which cause individuals

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    pleasure whatsoever‚ following the bible literally. This means basically living a hellish life on earth in hopes that they will eventually go to Heaven. Hawthorne himself was an anti- transcendentalist; which means he believed that humans are mostly evil and kept in check by society. The Scarlet Letter was about a Puritan town since Hawthorne was obsessed with Puritanism. This probably comes from the fact that his great uncle‚ John Hathorne‚ was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials. He was the only judge

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