Good an Evil
In any work of literary art there is good and evil; one without the other does not and can not exist. This part of writing has existed from the beginning of literature. In Genesis 1-3 the most apparent good and evil are faith and temptation, but just like in all writings there are more than just the apparent facts. As for the writing of the Shah-nama, the good and evil are love verses fate and pride. Of course there is always more good and evil than what a reader firsts comes across, and more than most would ever find on their own. Good and evil are almost never set in black and white. There is generally a main good and evil; this is what the reader focuses on. If the reader goes more in depth with a writing they will find smaller components to these forces. These are needed to support the main points of interest. When characters show good and evil they will take on certain traits; such as specific ages, size, or mental ability. Although what one may see as being good or evil at the beginning may not turn out to be so by the end. What is seen as good and evil in Genesis 1-3 is not only the faith and temptation as stated above, but also light and darkness. The story breaks into two important parts; the actual creation
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, "Yea, hath God said, 'Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" And the woman said unto the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, 'Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die." And the serpent said unto the woman, "Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." As seen in this line, Eve is the one who chooses to eat the fruit; this also applies to Adam. Neither of them is made to eat, they choose to. These two choose to do so, because they are human, and have curiosity. Fate becomes evil in the Shah-nama when it lets the father kill his son; the one he does not even know. The main evil is pride; this is shown when the son asks the warrior he thinks is his father, and is, to sit so they may talk. The father refuses this request. Now rather than asking if this man is his father, or trying a new approach he goes back to plan of fighting the man to the death. of the Earth, and the story of the fall of the main characters. In the story of the creation light and darkness take the essence of good and evil. God, the ruler of all things, takes the light and darkness, and separates the two. It seems that the darkness hides the evil. The light lets all to see God's creation, and the good he has done. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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Approximate Word count = 1396
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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