Co-existence Of Good And Evil In Demian
Demian " Hermann Hesse "Yin and Yang arise together. There cannot be one without the other. Darkness exists because there is light; emptiness exists because there is fullness. This is the Tao." - Anon.
For every good there is evil, and for every evil there is good. Both good and evil co-exist. By denying the evil, one cannot eradicate it. Therefore, evil should be understood. The understanding of evil creates awareness. If one accepts only the good and discards the rest, only half of the world will be accepted and/or understood. Therefore, acceptance should be in its entirety. In the novel Demian by Hermann Hesse, the co-existence of good and evil had a great impact on Emil Sinclair's life. His life possessed two realms: the "world of light" and the "world of darkness." The "world of light" was a more familiar realm to him because it consisted of his parents, religion, good manners, cleanliness, love, reverence, and wisdom. The "world of darkness" creeped into his home through the servant girls and workmen with ghost stories, rumors of scandal, slaughterhouses, prisons, murders, and suicides. Both "worlds" coincided with eachother within his home. The balance of two realms living together in one world is known as Abraxas. Pistorius, Sinclair's friend, taught him about religion and told him of Abraxas. Kromer, a bully, lets "darkness" seep into Sinclair's "world of light." But, Demian, a God-like figure, relieved Sinclair of him. In Demian, Hesse explores the theme of good and evil effectively by the use of contrasting characters, symbols, images, and the inner conflict of Emil Sinclair.
According to the bible, good and evil have co-existed from the beginning of time, when man was created. In the book of Genesis, Moses writes about the story of Cain and Abel. "But the Lord said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him." (Genesis 4:15) Most
For every good there is evil, and for every evil there is good. Both good and evil co-exist. By denying the evil, one cannot eradicate it. Therefore, evil should be understood. The understanding of evil creates awareness. If one accepts only the good and discards the rest, only half of the world will be accepted and/or understood. Therefore, acceptance should be in its entirety. In the novel Demian by Hermann Hesse, the co-existence of good and evil had a great impact on Emil Sinclair's life. His life possessed two realms: the "world of light" and the "world of darkness." The "world of light" was a more familiar realm to him because it consisted of his parents, religion, good manners, cleanliness, love, reverence, and wisdom. The "world of darkness" creeped into his home through the servant girls and workmen with ghost stories, rumors of scandal, slaughterhouses, prisons, murders, and suicides. Both "worlds" coincided with eachother within his home. The balance of two realms living together in one world is known as Abraxas. Pistorius, Sinclair's friend, taught him about religion and told him of Abraxas. Kromer, a bully, lets "darkness" seep into Sinclair's "world of light." But, Demian, a God-like figure, relieved Sinclair of him. In Demian, Hesse explores the theme of good and evil effectively by the use of contrasting characters, symbols, images, and the inner conflict of Emil Sinclair.
According to the bible, good and evil have co-existed from the beginning of time, when man was created. In the book of Genesis, Moses writes about the story of Cain and Abel. "But the Lord said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him." (Genesis 4:15) Most