Research Article

Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within

Volume: 14 Number: 2 December 31, 2019
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Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within

Abstract

The evil does not anymore lurk in the dark and hidden lands as in fairy tales or romance. It resides very near to the civilized societies appearing in many diverse forms. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the man, once glorified and placed at the centre of the universe, was portrayed as a morbid creature that has a serious potential for evil. As the line between the good and evil has become blurred, the novelists have produced texts depicting human nature in its bare form. Therefore, disregarding the outdated imaginary borders separating the good and evil, the novelists of the second half of the century, inspired by the developments in psychology and affected by the chaotic world of the Post-Second World War, attempted to reflect the evil and the urge for violence inherent in every man. In this study, three types of instinctive violence and evil presented in the novels of post-1950 English dystopian fiction will be analysed; firstly, violence committed by the innocent towards the innocent; secondly, the violence exercised by the victims towards another victim; and finally, the violence committed by so-called innocent society towards the previously evil. The scope of the study will be limited to the dystopian novels; William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange

Keywords

good and evil,borders,Lord of the Flies

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APA
Tanıyan, B. (2019). Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, 14(2), 739-748. https://izlik.org/JA57WE26NE
AMA
1.Tanıyan B. Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within. JSSR. 2019;14(2):739-748. https://izlik.org/JA57WE26NE
Chicago
Tanıyan, Baysar. 2019. “Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 14 (2): 739-48. https://izlik.org/JA57WE26NE.
EndNote
Tanıyan B (December 1, 2019) Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 14 2 739–748.
IEEE
[1]B. Tanıyan, “Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within”, JSSR, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 739–748, Dec. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA57WE26NE
ISNAD
Tanıyan, Baysar. “Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 14/2 (December 1, 2019): 739-748. https://izlik.org/JA57WE26NE.
JAMA
1.Tanıyan B. Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within. JSSR. 2019;14:739–748.
MLA
Tanıyan, Baysar. “Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 2, Dec. 2019, pp. 739-48, https://izlik.org/JA57WE26NE.
Vancouver
1.Baysar Tanıyan. Tales of Violence: Good-Evil Within. JSSR [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 1;14(2):739-48. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA57WE26NE