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'Evil' Problem and Confessions of Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper examines how evil is conceptualized by St. Augustine of Hippo in this early theological text. Three sour...

Themes of Good and Evil in Two Works by Poe and Morrison

Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...

Moral Attributes and History of Balzac's Colonel Chabert

shocked when driving a short distance from the slums of inner cities to the world of wealthy suburbs?" But it is not...

God Exists According to the Arguments of Saint Augustine

something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...

Evil in Alfred Hitchcock's Films Rope and North by Northwest

the most louche, laidback villains in screen history" (Brooke, 2005, PG) emphasises Thornhills naivety as far as espionage and mur...

Evil in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and 'Young Goodman Brown'

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

Themes of Cultural and Moral Relativism

tribes would simply allow certain effeminate men to take on female occupations (153). Seemingly, their plight was accepted. They w...

A Clockwork Orange and 1984

Burgess poses basic questions regarding the...

Symbolic Analysis of 'The Tyger' Poem by William Blake

the speaker--and the reader -- know that the answer is God. By using a question, Blake is questioning why a benevolent deity would...

A Ficticious Literary Panel Discussion

its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

aside and did not dig any deeper--there is also something suspicious in it." " (Nietzsche 257). It is here that the philosopher im...

Blackness in Young Goodman Brown and Betrothal in Santo Domingo

"black heart," but each kept some number of people at bay, not letting those individuals enter the inner recesses of either their ...

Literature and Human Evil

of Dr. Frankenstein. However, in all honesty it is not the monster who is evil. The monster tries to learn, tries to find a place ...

Evil in The Tragedy of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

close. Certainly the setting Shakespeare has created for the play is much like the fairy-tale world of As You Like It; it purports...

A Comparison of A Midsummer Night's Dream with The Tempest

In this seven page paper these two classic plays are compared and contrasted in regard to allegorical reference, imagery, locale, ...

Multifaceted King Lear

In seven pages this paper discusses the multifaceted protagonist William Shakespeare created in King Lear and all of the personali...

Evil and the Great Britain of William Shakespeare's King Lear

In ten pages this paper discusses the three groups of characters, the dual plots, and the evil of Great Britain that are featured ...

Good v. Evil Theme in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In six pages this paper examines the thematic conflict of good versus evil as it manifests itself in this tragic play by William S...

Michael Ignatieff's Blood and Belonging Journey Into the New Nationalism

In five pages this research paper examines the 'necessary evil' of nationalism as portrayed in Michael Ignatieff's text. There ar...

Ambiguity in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

time: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Written in during the last part of his life, Stevensons story was an immediate success. It ...

Ian McKellan's Film 'Richard III' and Evil

In six pages this paper examines how evil is portrayed in this cinematic interpretation of William Shakespeare's 'Richard III' wit...

Socrates and the Unjust's Plight in Gorgias by Plato

In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...

Comparative Analysis of the Philosophical Views of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...

Good and Evil in the 1939 Film The Wizard of Oz

relieved at having Toto back, faces the conundrum of what to do. She knows that Ms Gulch will only return, or worse the sheriff w...

Machiavelli's Political Philosophy

This paper examines the political beliefs of Niccolo Machiavelli, with an emphasis on his beliefs regarding evil in politics. Thi...

How No Contest by Alfie Kohn Demonizes Competition

In five pages this opinion paper refutes Kohn's argument that competition is evil and unavoidable. There are no additional source...

'The Garden Of Earthly Delights' Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch

In five pages this paper examines Bosch's views on good and evil, the presentation of African imagery, and how biblical references...

Hitler A Study in Tyranny by Alan Bullock

caused his mother to dote on him excessively. Dr. Eduard Humer, one of Hitlers early teachers, characterized Hitler, as a youth,...

Plato and Confucius on the State and Society

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

A Book Review of 'Adolf Hitler, aA Study In Tyranny' by Allan Bullock

1918. The Slavs were a potential reservoir of labor power formerly organized by Germans, and since 1917 by Jewish Bolsheviks who h...