Saturday, November 27, 2010
Jekyll and Hyde Background Knowledge
I read the article about Good and Evil. I found that the writer of this article tackles a very interesting topic that has caught my attention. For the most part, I agree with the writer; I believe that no matter what there will always be evil in the world. Although at birth we don't show much signs of evil, in every human being there is the potential of evil hidden within us. It lives deep inside of every one of us, however when and if it is shown varies for everyone. Because it is born with everyone, as long as there are humans on the Earth, evil will co-exist with us. Although evil cannot be completely depleted, if goodness can expand and grow, I do believe goodness can break the balance between to two. Goodness can never completely oust evil, however it may be able to break their deadlock and make the ratio of moral orientation more offbalanced. Or even vice-versa. The novella Jekyll and Hyde, can very well be a great example of this. As I progress in reading the book, this article may affect my outlook of the plotline. First off, I now know that the book will deal with good and evil, and their never-ending stalemate. I may also be able to infer that society's opinions on people may also play an important role in the story. As stated in the article, society decides what is evil and what is good. Society is what labels people, actions, or ideas as notorious or righteous. Overall, I believe that this articles ideas will be implanted into my mind and will further affect my opinions and attitude toward our future reading assignment.
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the idea of good and evil you discuss is not only profound and emotional, but also very logical. Your arguement on the subject is difficult to disagree with, although there are, from what i see, a few flaws in your veiw. I don't believe that good could ever outweigh evil. As human beings, we are born with the sinisterism in us. Perhaps it is not natural, rather something that occurs in a person throughout their social influences and the environment they grow up in, but nonetheless, evil is something that will possess every human being, wether it be in small amounts or large. For example, i believe that an ideal monarchy would lead to a better nation. Not what the media portrays to be a monarchy, but simply a well educated ruler (taught to lead since birth) to decide the laws for the nation. Ofcourse people will have a say in the government, but a single ruler rather than a bunch of ignorant people nonesenslisly voting. Although, the reason i deem this government to be impossible, is that no human can handle that much power. Anyone with too much power is doomed to be quickly overtaken by evil. As irrelevant as that rant may have been, it was an attempt to show how there will always be evil. AS pessimistic as it sounds, it is true that humans are born with more poor and "evil" genetics than good. But, overall the idea of good and evil will definitely aid us while reading Jekyll and Hyde, and your blog was very intelligent and reflective
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