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…Evil within Lord of the Flies - Essay – Within every soul’s lining lies the capacity for evil. This evil lurks about and is hidden deep inside almost every character in the novel, “Lord of the Flies.” It was most compellingly represented through…

… Characters Representing Society Groups in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Golding made each character represent a social group in Lord of the Flies . Piggy represents the thinker and Jack is the bully. They are two main characters…

…Lord of the Flies According to William Golding, the theme of the Lord of the Flies is: "The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical…

…Evil and Goodness The difference between Jack and Ralph in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is simply good versus evil. Some the examples of their oppositions are their ideals of social responsibility's, individual personality…

…The "Lord of the Flies" contains many examples of symbolism, which Golding has incorporated to show a deeper level to the main, mostly straight forward, storyline that revels his thoughts on the nature of humanity and evil. The use of object symbolism…

…instill order and stability within society. This observation, made by William Golding, dictates itself as one of the most important themes of Lord of the Flies. The novel demonstrates the great need for civilization ion in life because without it, people…

…novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes the setting, mood and tone in great detail to reflect how the characters think, act and feel. Upon a desolate tropical island, a group of boys of different characteristics get marooned when their plane…

…. Symbolism can be anything, a person, place or thing, used to portray something beyond itself. It is used to represent or foreshadow the conclusion of the story. In William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies symbolism of the main characters Ralph, Jack and Simon plays…

…a Christ-like figure. The Lord of the Flies symbolizes the devil. When Simon fell unconscious, that represented the sacrifices that had to be made in order to overcome evil. The last major symbolism was Ralph and Simon climbing the rocks, in which Simon finished…

…a kind of Original Sin. The weather in "Lord of the Flies" plays a major role in representing the attitudes, behaviour and mood of the boys throughout the novel. The beach during the day is always described as bright and there is little or no conflict…