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Symbolism and Themes in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Stories

an intriguing plot concerning a ministers request to never remove the curious black veil he wears. When he dies, should the congre...

Text Analysis of 'Evil in Modern Thought An Alternative History of Philosophy' by Susan Neiman

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

Contemporary Cinema and the Use of Cyborgs

twentieth century, people are all chimeras, or mythic hybrids of machine and organism, or cyborgs (Haraway, 1991). In Western sci...

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' 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 Cultural and Moral Relativism

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

Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of Confucius and Homer

as Homer based his story on fiction which would occur in the context of history and mythology. While the tale has been critically ...

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 ...

Satan Imagery in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and The Bible

book of Genesis, life for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was "an ideal state" until evil, or Satan in the deceptive disguise o...

Evil as Defined by 19th Century English Romantic Poet William Blake

abnegates any evil whatsoever. Blake seems to believe, as one can readily determine from a study of his other works, that evil is...

The Rainmaker by John Grisham

evil, the insurance company. Rudy faces an experienced lawyer, Leo F. Drummond, and five of his associates in the courtroom scenes...

Morality and Reason According to Plato, Socrates, and Sigmund Freud

inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...

Primary Themes of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...

Defense of the Monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Monster, who is Frankensteins technological "son." While having the stature of a full-grown adult. Shelley makes it clear that the...

Good versus Evil in Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

the old and sick. There was always room in the safety and warmth of la familia for one more person, be that person stranger or fri...

Aristotle's Perspectives on Evil

originally? Even if it is passed on to future generations, or victims, it has to come form somewhere. While some say it is origina...

Good and Evil in 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

Good and Evil Humanity in Billy Budd by Herman Melville

(Melville 2435). The crew were drawn to Billy Budd like a moth to a flame, and Melville wrote, "They all love him... Anybody will...

Themes of Good and Evil in Stowe's Novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin

There can be no doubt that Stowe intended her novel to be more of a religious than sociopolitical text. It includes close to 100 ...

Good and Evil in "The Grand Inquisitor"

the Church, without miracles, than from Jesus: "Receiving bread from us, they will see clearly that we take the bread made by thei...

Thematic Analysis of 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' Poems by William Blake

A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...

Rewriting History with William Shakespeare's 'Richard the Third'

who stood in his path to the English throne, was so memorable that his work of fiction has become accepted as historical fact. Ho...

Man's Nature in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Ethan Brand,' 'The Birthmark,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

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 ...

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...