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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages this research paper focuses on the novel's protagonist Okonkwo and discusses how he reflects his ideal society's trad...

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

In five pages The Pearl is discussed in a character analysis of Kino, the tragedy that befell, and the resulting evil, hardship, a...

Good and Evil in East of Eden by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the classic conflict between good and evil as considered in one of the final novels written by J...

Individual, the Majority, and Evil in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In ten pages this research paper analyzes the famous short story in terms of its conflict between minority or individual rights ve...

Biography of Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper discusses Shirley Jackson's life, writings, evil as a popular theme, and her most famous short story 'The...

Evil in Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

In ten pages this paper examines how the theme of evil serves to develop the plot of the novel. There are at least six sources ci...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Henry James' Turn of the Screw and Evil

the Suppression of Savage Customs in which he claims that the white man in Africa must "necessarily appear to them [savages] in th...

Christianity and Evil in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

demonstrates her own fall from grace. It is because of her distraction with evil -- the Misfit, whom she deems is a quality and u...

Nature in Deliverance by James Dickey

In six pages this essay examines how both the novel and the film depict nature as a way of showcasing the author's evil concept. ...

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...

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...

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,...

Conflict Between College Athletics and Academics

In six pages the conflict that inherently exists between college academic and athletic programs is examined in support of the stat...

Modern 'Democratic Prejudice' in The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this research paper examines this 1887 text by Friedrich Nietzsche in a conceptual analysis of democratic prejudice ...

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...

Evil in the World

In five pages this paper examines how evil exists in the world in a comparative analysis of Saint Augustine of Hippo's Free Will d...

Evil and Philosophy II

In six pages this paper discusses evil in the world in a consideration of philosophical perspectives offered in the Bible, Night b...

Short Essays on Europe Since 1870

In six pages post 1870 Europe is examined in a series of short essays with topics including Mussolini and Fascism, the foreign pol...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper examines the novel's primary characters and analyzes them philosophically and morally in regards to good a...

The Parallels Between the Progressive Era and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

the bosses, the police, the politicians, and a myriad of other players. Sinclair reveals a dream which is interlaced by theft, pr...

Government and the State, Good and Evil, and the Individual According to Philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

from mans knowledge of truth; Aristotle believed that all men pursued happiness which came not from wealth but from contemplation ...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

Evil Theme in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

thoughts terrify him. The fact that Macbeth is thought of as a loyal and noble person at the beginning of the play is made eviden...

Theme of Evil in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

is not the impression one gets from reading The Prince," for according to Oldham it "becomes clear to the reader that Machiavelli ...

David Hume's Philosophical Arguments on the Global Presence of Evil

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

Hannah Arendt's The Banality of Evil and Modern Bureaucracy

and employees. So, it becomes imperative that when considering the effective management of ethics structures to pay attention to...

Nelle Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

and illustrating that we are all a curious mix of devil and divine. During the 1930s, Lee illustrates the tensions that existed be...

Themes of Good and Evil in Edgar Allan Poe

- Chapter 4 - The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Fiction). Poe seemed to regard society and the Industrial Revolution in particular ...