Are People Truly Born Evil? “Evil” – defined by Dictionary.com as “morally wrong or bad; immoral; harmful; characterized by misfortune or suffering” (“Evil”) – is a very complicated topic few people can fully agree on. The view on whether people are born evil or are raised to be evil is highly subjective. What some people consider to be evil‚ others might believe to be valiant. Although researchers have been exploring many different viewpoints to find the correct answer to this controversy‚ their
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Now‚ evilness is not acknowledged to humans when they are born‚ they are taught it throughout their lives. Humans are just humans‚ the reason for them becoming evil‚ is because of the surroundings they’re in‚ encouraging them to do unpleasant things. When humans are born they don’t have a sense of what’s going on‚ they can’t memorize anything at all. Everything comes into their life as they grow older‚ they start realizing what is what‚ and understand what is or not. Evilness can be brought to humans
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Are people born evil‚ or is their behavior evil? People themselves are not born evil‚ but the wicked choices that one makes is what makes them evil. Veil behavior is what makes a person evil. Everyone is born innocent. Every single human being was born innocent‚ not knowing right from wrong. Throughout our lifetime‚ our influences and surroundings have molded us into who we are today. Different situations‚ different lifestyles‚ different circumstances‚ and different environments have molded
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What makes a monster a monster can be interpreted in many ways. A monster can be defined as an animal‚ plant‚ threatening force‚ strange terrifying shape‚ or something that is monstrous. Defining a monster is based upon a personal interpretation of what people deem monstrous. C. J. Roberts‚ an author from Captive in The Dark once said “monsters aren’t born‚ they’re made”. In my opinion‚ I agree. From the society‚ we live in today‚ most people are created into monsters by negative surroundings‚ pain
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Odile Bouchard 11/10/2010 Frankenstein Commentary: Female Monster Creation Scene (REVISED) Mary Shelley‚ the author of the novel Frankenstein‚ greatly uses various literary devices‚ such as language‚ setting‚ contrast‚ imagery‚ description‚ foreshadowing and in some cases a vague sense of irony‚ much to her benefit in order to portray a certain hidden meaning to her text. This ‘secret message’‚ a sense of reality that makes the text come to life‚ can only be found through analyzing the
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Victor Frankenstein was always fascinated with his studies witch ultimately lead to the creation of the monster. Since Victor Frankenstein felt isolated from the outside world‚ one would assume that he built the monster to have a companion and to perfect humanity in the process but he ultimately fails. Even though he created the monster‚ Frankenstein was appalled to see he had created such a grotesque abomination and had no intension in keeping him around. If only the monster would have received
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the smallest defect can cause the gears to malfunction and generate chaos within the entire system. Correspondingly‚ Grendel in the novel and the monster in Frankenstein resemble these defects. Their being amongst their surrounding societies makes them realize what outcasts they are. Grendel in the novel is somewhat similar to the monster in Frankenstein because both are pained to not being able to accommodate with people‚ both are rejected by people‚ and both compare their situations to the stories
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irked of being criticized for actions they aren’t responsible of performing. In the book Frankenstein‚ the society had created an image for the Creature‚ calling him a monster‚ even though he wasn’t‚ but eventually he became what the society thought of him to be because “whatever.” Mary Shelley‚ the author of Frankenstein‚ using the Creature and his tragic story‚ portrays the theme that society creates evil by encompassing the idea that society sets standards‚ then judges people
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to the evil of god; he witnessed his family being torn apart and death being cursed on them‚ as well as his innocence‚ was shortly buried six feet underground while living in Auschwitz. The events of the holocaust were caused by dozens of evil‚ cruel
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discussing the story of Frankenstein‚ the question of “who is the real monster” is brought up more frequently than any other question. For many there is no question that the monster is Frankenstein’s creation‚ while for others the answer is not as simple as one or the other. Some might believe that the creature was created in the image of its creator; that the monster took many of its characteristics from its main source of inspiration‚ that inspiration being Victor Frankenstein. What is for certain
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