1. Lord of the Flies
They seem to represent the self-centered, self-righteous, section of our society. ... Their leader, Prince Prospero seems to represent the kind of person that corrupts people and leads them along evil paths. The rooms in the abbeys represent stages of human life; the colors are the main symbolic factors. ... It always represents the passing of time, in this case the passing of life. ... It serves as an awakening to most people in that it makes them aware of the evil and sin filling their hearts. ...
In every human being, there is a part that is definitely savage and evil as well as a part that is undoubtedly conscientious and good. ... After many days on a deserted island with no adults, which meant no way of enforcing authority, Jack's tribe, representing evilness and savagery, destroyed the last traces of civilization when confronted with Ralph's group, who represents law, order and democracy. Without the enforcement of law and order, the evil side of human takes charge and the society tend to slide towards chaos and savagery. ... (pg.200) While the demise of Piggy repres...
When this reading practice is applied to a section of act one scene three in Shakespeare's Macbeth it is easy to see that the women are given much more inferior roles and are depicted in ways that represent negative attitudes. The only women in the scene are witches, who are presented as evil and ugly. ... This reading practice, when applied to a piece of act one scene three in Shakespeare's Macbeth gives the reader an automatic understanding that Macbeth is being tempted by evil, which is represented through the witches. The witches are ugly and wild as Banquo describes them and thi...
Thus, he disregards order and represents evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. Because in him the reader clearly sees the innate evil of man since he is the one that cast off society earliest. Jack also represents savagery because he allows the young boys to "kill the pig. ... Golding believes that the natural state of humans is chaos and that man is inherently evil. ... I think Golding purposely designs Ralph and Jack to represent the good and the evil in human beings. ...
The color black is an obvious allusion to several facets of the above hypothesis: black represents evil, of which we all, as humans, must fight; black represents death, which, in a manner of speaking, we are all dead until, according to the Christian way of looking at things, "born again,"" in a belief in Christ as savior. ... Hooper, the minister in this story, makes the point that all men "even ministers "are sinners or afflicted with evil or fallen, etc., when he says that "I , perhaps, like most other mortals, have sorrows dark enough to be typified by a black veil- (635). ...
Many works use contrasting places to represent opposing forces. ... Conrad uses this contrast to enhance the theme of innate evil and every man. ... Conrad as many different levels of his meaning, that every man harbors a sense of hate and evil. ... The theme is that every man as evil but in a controlled situation, such as Europe, this evil is usually repressed. Africa allows for the release of this evil and the primitive nature of man. ...
"The Lottery" clearly expresses Jackson's feelings concerning human kind's evil nature hiding behind traditions and rituals. ... Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about "making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box" (265). ... The black box presents all evil acts that have happened to the people in the past. The color of the box brings evil to the reader. ... Jackson has really been driven to write an evil and cold-hearted short story. ...
(p.204) William Golding tries to prove his point by making each of the symbols represent something that is actively changing on the island. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. ... (pg.89) Simon's statement that the boys themselves are the beast is central to the novel's theme of innate human evil. ... In this way, the Lord of the Flies becomes both a physical manifestation of the beast, a symbol of the power of evil, and a kind of satanic figure who evokes the beast within each human being. In a reading of the nov...
In The Lord of the Flies, Jack was a powerful representation of the evil instinct of all humankind and society due to his desire to have power and authority, his thrill for violence and "bloodlust" that evolved from his growing savagery, and his inability to control the evil instinct or darkness of a man's heart. ... A certain, yet strange kind of exhilaration was derived from the horrific blood and the dissonant squeals of pain that even Ralph, the protagonist that represented order and civilization, "too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. ... ...
His character represents Jesus as he portrays natural goodness and purity through his actions. ... The beast is what causes the boy's fear by representing evil and darkness that exists within mankind. ... Simon represents genuine goodness as an image of Jesus portrayed through his actions. ... The beast represents the wickedness that humans have to depict a savage that comes from within. Good does conquer evil in the end. ...
At first I thought that the figure represented evil or maybe destiny. ... The face represents the island, Cuba. ... This line represents the ocean. ... Also in this work, there is a little figure in human form who represents the integrity of the person. ... He put an airplane that is being attacked by arrows, and these arrows represent his opinion about how technology is destroying nature. ...
The children come to represent all people on earth and their search for happiness is a parody of every person's search. ... They are not evil by society's standards. Instead they are careless, indifferent, and selfish, which is an evil all in itself. ...
The reader is faced with choices of good vs. evil, past vs. present, and accepting life vs. ignoring death. ... (Faulkner, 189) The reader is then faced with deciding to feel empathy for Emily because of her upbringing or condemning her because she knew the difference between good and evil. ... Another critic examines the dilemma of past and present through multiple characters in the story: In past time and present time: the past is represented in Emily herself, in Colonel Sartoris, in the old Negro servant and in the Board of Aldermen who accepted the Colonel's attitude toward Emi...
Myths have existed since ancient time and they tend to represent the culture that they came from so we can get to know those cultures even when we didn't live in them. ... And then she thought of a clever, evil plan."(Thury 32) In the myth, there are several parts where the women are the ones that invent evil plans for revenge, and the gods such as Kronos and Zeus were able to overthrow their fathers only because they also had the help of their mother. ... "() But Zeus, forestalling danger, put her down into his belly, so that the goddess could counsel him in both good and evil ...
Hawthorne uses symbols to represent a forgiving nature, a punishment for a sinful act, and as living reminders of human foibles. ... Also, Hawthorne has Pearl protect her mother from further evil as he states "Even thus early had the child saved her [Hester] from Satan's snare." ... The prison symbolizes the evil of society and the rusted iron door tells the readers that crime is an ancient aspect of human life. ...
The group now had been torn in two and law and order, which was represented by the conch and is the main source of a civilised society, slowly ceased to exist. ... In conclusion, I believe Ralph was a victim of natural human evil which is found inside each and every one of us, some more than others. I feel this evil exists as there is always some sort of hate against others, whether it be because the colour of their skin, jealous of what they have or because of different religious beliefs. ...
Next is the trials and victory stage where they prove their worth and choose between good and evil. ... For Campbell he wrote "she is also the death of everything that dies" the female can either be good or evil in the adventure. ... Despite their roles they do represent a strong symbol for the hero. ... A male character who encounters a female figure, either portraying good or evil, a goddess or even a motherly symbol, in order to develop their maturity. ...
The people on the raft represent the all people, consuming themselves while on the materialistic society that is eating society from the inside. ... This cruelty of the process can be seen through the personification of the machine "chomping bloody mouth", this displays the cruelty of slaughter, which in turn represents the crushing of the materialistic life of the city. ... Meatworks, represents the curiosity and wonder of other lives in the world and also shows how destructive some others are to society and themselves. ... Not all discoveries are evoked by curiosity and wonder so...
What an evil choice they decide on." ... The Qur'an explicitly says that they both disobeyed and negates the idea that the woman is a source of evil. ... If the first principle represents God-man bond, the second stands for blood ties or man's relationship with his fellow men and women. ...
The Large Ant, by Howard Fast, uses the act of murder and human nature to explore the ratio of good and evil. ... The fear of the unknown, as represented by the ant, can make humans do things based purely on instinct, and not based on rational thoughts. ...
The horse has no idea that its master is evil and that he himself contributes to pain, but that does not make him innocent. ... He sees these people ignoring Icarus" plight as heartless and stupid, and he means for these people to represent everyone all over the world. ...
Atticus knows deep down (point 1) that he has to represent the wrongly accused man even though he will be forever despised as a "nigger lover" by the bigots in his community. ... Furthermore, what Atticus doesn't anticipate at all, is that his children would be nearly murdered by the evil Bob Ewell. ...