n. Thus, the overall effect of good versus evil in the epic poem was to show that Beowulf was a good hero and to show that goodness will always prevail no matter what obstacles you will have to overcome.characters of Beowulf and Grendel are represented in stories throughout history. There will always be the hero looking for fame and glory. There will always be a «monster» that, acting like an overgrown child, throws a temper tantrum insisting on having everything their way and destroys everything that opposes them.masterpiece of literature that perfectly shows the struggle between good and evil comes from Elizabethan England, the age of William Shakespeare, who is renowned as the English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature.
People believe that when they succumbed to evil temptations, his or her actions would come back on them. When a person does something evil, such as murder, it would be believed that person would be fated to have an unnatural death, by way of divine intervention. In the play King Lear <# «justify"> 1.2 Changes in viewpoints on good and evil in English literature of the XIX century
As it had been already said the conflict between good and evil is a popular theme that is very often present in any type of literary text. When these two binaries are combined, they engage in a push-pull type of relationships that are constantly at war with each other throughout a work of literature.idea is demonstrated in various works of XIX century British literature in the concepts of optimism (good) versus pessimism (evil). An author may use this notion of optimism against pessimism to teach a moral lesson, to make opposite viewpoints evident to the reader, or to show a transformation of a character whether it is from an optimistic perspective to a pessimistic one or vice versa. Whatever the reason may be, the conflict between a hopeful outlook and a negative viewpoint provide an interesting and an effective means of grabbing the reader «s attention and pulling them headfirst into the writing.e type of pessimistic to optimistic transformation is apparent in an early nineteenth century British poem by William Wordsworth called «I wandered lonely as a cloud». Although it is possible to interpret this poem in an infinite number of ways, one particularly strong reading of the poem has the narrator changing his disposition from that of loneliness and despair to a more happy and cheerful mood by a mere fantastical nature scene. In the beginning of the poem, Wordsworth paints a picture of a person wandering like a lone cloud, seemingly in search of inspiration or simply just wandering about for some company. After seeing a breathtaking view of daffodils «fluttering and dancing in the breeze», the narrator »s perspective begins to change. No longer does he feel isolated in a bleak and sad world. Now he has seen the beauty that the world has to offer. This beautiful scene was imprinted on his mind and he even mentions, «For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils ». The narrator seems to be going from a hopeless, lonely, and pessimistic view on life to one filled with pleasure and bliss by this simple remembrance. Wordsworth even uses pleasing words like «flutter...
