Category: morality

Morality And Love In Oedipus Rex Oedipus is an ancient Greek text that questions whether or not something is moral if you have no clue of what you are doing. The text is a classic example of greek tragedy as well as a good example of what ideals were held in Greece during this time.…

Compare and Contrast Essay in ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ about Morality In literature, tradition can be seen as the driving force for an idea or a question that the author feels the reader has to know. The theme of tradition can raise hypothetical queries about the validity of these practices. This theme…

The Problem Of Morality In F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby And Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid’s Tale Both texts, F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby and Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid’s Tale, show aspects of conventional behaviour not always being moral. Gatsby is involved with criminal activities in order to obtain his highly sought-after American Dream.…

The Morality In The Pardoner’s Tale Geoffrey Chaucers The Canterbury Tales depicts the journey of a group of individuals on a religious pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Chaucer uses a frame narrative in his satirical poem to convey his stories through the pilgrims. The outer frame begins with all his characters meeting…

The Beauty And Moral Values In The Picture Of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Gothic novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in the July 1890 issue of Lippincotts Monthly Magazine during a period characterized by an emphasis on high moral sensibility and religious and scientific values. Upon being met by poor…

Odysseus’ Morality Principles, Its Formation And Changes One of the traits of an epic is that a character must have a transformation of nature throughout their journey in the narrative. For the Odyssey, that character would be Odysseus. Through all the encounters with gods, giants, monsters, and humans, each which helps in his development, he…

The Beauty And Moral Values In The Picture Of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Gothic novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in the July 1890 issue of Lippincotts Monthly Magazine during a period characterized by an emphasis on high moral sensibility and religious and scientific values. Upon being met by poor…

Odysseus’ Morality Principles, Its Formation And Changes One of the traits of an epic is that a character must have a transformation of nature throughout their journey in the narrative. For the Odyssey, that character would be Odysseus. Through all the encounters with gods, giants, monsters, and humans, each which helps in his development, he…

Revenge And Mortality In The Cask Of Amontillado Introduction to Revenge and Mortality Edgar Allan Poe is most known for his short stories containing the same gothic themes. In most of Poes stories all the characters sound alike but in The Cask of Amontillado Montresor is different and has his own voice (Morsberger 336). In…

Revenge and Morality in Wuthering Heights The Victorian Age was a period of remarkable development, growth and change for England. Dramatic changes happened in all spheres: economy, culture, trade, science and particularly literature. Due to the advancement of printing press and the increase of literacy, there was a boost in the literary culture. Among other…