we cannot seem to forget nor answer. Where did we come from? How was the universe created? What is our purpose? Are we innately good or bad? Assumptions‚ theories‚ evidence‚ faith‚ and science have all been used to try to answer these questions accurately. Specifically the question whether we are born good or bad will be addressed. Locke says that we are born good with a blank slate. Whatever we learn and how we learn it from society is what fills the slate. However Hobbes believes that we
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Although Othello is the protagonist of the play and Iago is the antagonist‚ the two characters are not the ultimate portrayals of good and evil. Othello is not a war between good and evil‚ but instead a demonstration on how destructive jealousy and gullibleness can be. Othello’s downfall is brought about by his exploitable nature and is not a portrayal of evil triumphing over good. Othello places a
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Are people evil or is there behavior evil. I say people are evil in general. FDR once said “all we have to fear is fear itself.” to me this is a lie I would’ve said all we have to fear is the evil people that create fear. Meursault in the book The Stranger by Albert Camus is a evil man by producing fear in multiple cases. With Meursault spending the day with his girlfriend they had this conversation.”She asked me if I loved her. I told her it really didn’t mean anything but that i didn’t think
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remembers. Madeline’s courageous act led to Javert developing a justified suspicion based on his memory of a strong prisoner. Jean Valjean undergoes an internal conflict when he is torn between freeing an innocent man and thinking of the greater good. Valjean says‚ "He repressed his first generous impulse and recoiled before such heroism."Although Valjean turning himself in would mean reverting back to his old ways‚ it is what is values are pushing him to do. He would be tainting all he owned and
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The play that was shown at Utica College‚ Dracula‚ had a theme that portrayed tragedy or good vs. evil. Tragedy can be described as the theme for this play because the play consisted of a fight between love and life‚ where in the process there were a lot of deaths. The director’s vision of this play resembled that a common story of tragedy. This play is considered to be a core concept because there was no suprising or unexpected elements throughout the play‚ such that the concept was‚ indeed succesfully
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The Good Priests are Never Forgotten What does it take to be a good priest? How can you differentiate good priests from bad priests? Are both the Friar and Parson as loyal as Father Flynn? John C. Flynn “the people’s priest” was a great man‚ helping and devoting his life to the people of the Bronx. In The Canterbury Tales you have two characters‚ the Friar and Parson‚ who are both committed to the church‚ but they find ways to benefit themselves more than the people. There are some ways in which
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Discrimination in Savannah In the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt‚ it discusses the city of Savannah‚ Georgia and the people that live there during the nineties. The author encounters several different kinds of people and events throughout the city Savannah that he was not really expecting. Savannah has several underlying issues even though people act as if things are fine. After further analysis‚ the main issue is even though things in Savannah may appear to be diverse;
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the protagonist against the antagonist‚ good versus evil. It is a theme that reoccurs throughout time because it provides the audience with an interesting conflict and reveals more about the true nature of humans. In Flannery O’Connor’s short story‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” she exposes her audience to the veracity of human nature; through various rhetorical devices and the demeanor of her characters‚ O’Connor reveals a new perspective on good versus evil. In literature‚ there is a protagonist
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How does Golding present the theme of good versus evil in the novel "Lord of the Flies"? William Golding’s novel "Lord of the Flies" is at first impression a dramatic adventure story about a group of boys stranded on an island‚ whilst being evacuated from a war-torn world. However to the perceptive reader a more meaningful level of Golding’s "Lord of the Flies" emerges. The novel is designed as an allegory; to a get a warning across to mankind about what Golding called the "Essential sickness
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Was Oliver Cromwell Good Or Evil After the Civil War‚ Oliver Cromwell took over as protector of England. There are many different interpretations of him for example‚ the Jews thought Cromwell was a hero however the evidence more strongly suggests that he was a villain. The poor believe he was a hero because he gave them the extra tax money that was increased on the rich. This shows he had no care for the people that help him in Parliament and in other areas of managing England‚ such as controlling
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