The Theme Of Evil In Literature
Beginning of paper
Since the beginning of time, people have pondered the existence of
evil. What makes people laugh at other peoples' mistakes? What makes a
little kid relentlessly pick on the outcast? What fuels the hate that
people have for each other? Everyone has their individual views and
answers to these q ....
Middle of paper
.... He had Banquo murdered,
and his son's "absence is no less material" (Shakespeare III.1) to Macbeth.
Of course Macbeth wasn't the only one who began his reign of evil with
selfishness. Jack, in Lord of the Flies also begins tearing the island
apart when he becomes extremely selfish. "I'm not going to play any
longer...not with you" (Golding 127) is what he said to the group, right
before he broke away and formed his own clan, where he was the unchecked
ruler, and could perform any task he ple ....
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Word count: 840
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
