Essays on Evil

The term “Jekyll and Hyde”, now a part of our common language, can be found in most dictionaries. Random dictionary definitions of “Jekyll and Hyde” include: 1) “One who has quasi-schizophrenic, alternating phases of pleasantness an unpleasantness.” 2) “A person having a split personality, one side of which is good and the other evil.” 3)…

In William Shakespeare’s play Othello, Iago is seen by many as an honest and trustworthy person, though in reality he is a man of deceit and malevolence. This duplicitous nature of Iago’s is arguably one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing antagonists. From the outset, the audience is immediately drawn in by his sinister, yet unclear motives…

Its finally summer and a time to do what you want and have as much fun as youcan. Well thats not the case with Amanda Conklins who lives in a cruel andcrazy town on a very scary street, Fear Street. Amanda was going threw a lot ofbad tuff times, like when the town accused her…

“Psycho” is a classic suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which features a central female protagonist, a seemingly ordinary young woman named Marion Crane, who crosses paths with a dangerous mentally ill motel owner, Norman Bates. As their strange relationship develops, a dominant theme of good versus evil is introduced to the audience through the…

John Goodman Brown Essay, Research Paper The chief focal point of the narrative Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the victory of immorality over good. A purportedly good adult male is tempted by immorality and allows himself to be converted into a adult male of evil. In this short narrative, the country where the…

To be a good person is to be kind, to have the ability to emphasize with others, show and feel compassion for them, to have the ability to be selfless in times of need and put other people’s needs before your own. Being good is being able to see beyond everything superficial and respect the…

Must contradictory personalities get the best of us? “The Possibility of Evil”, a short story by Shirley Jackson focused on the odd behavior of Miss Strangeworth. Though Miss Strangeworth do not change throughout the story, people just don’t know how awful she is. Miss Strangeworth has written small anonyms notes filled with cruel comments about…

One of the most influential and perhaps well loved of Republicans, Ronald Wilson Reagan was the Fortieth President of the United States of America from 1981 to 1989.  His illustrious career covered not only the spotlight of the international political scene but also that of the silver screen during his early years.  Remembered, among many…

Running Head: The Evil Genius Doubt The Evil Genius Argument Andre-Jamil Rousseau University of British Columbia Descartes introduced his evil genius doubt in his first meditations. His hypothesis consists of the belief that a supreme being, labeled the “evil genius” or “evil demon” could be maliciously controlling and creating in our minds an illusion of…

Every villain believes they are the hero in their own mind. From fiction characters, such as Maleficent from the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty, who thought putting a curse on an innocent baby because she was not invited to the party was reasonable, to real life murderers, such as the gunman from the El Paso shooting…