Invariably human beings are faced with the challenge of making decisions. Cain makes the wrong decision because he does not prosper. He ends up living a life of secrecy and depression. Jealousy can ultimately lead to violence as it does in the story of Cain and Abel. The nature of brothers and all mankind is to struggle with one another.

             The archetype of enmity between brothers appears in the ancient Egyptian tale of Osiris, Isis, and Horus. Osiris is the King of Egypt and Set is his evil brother. Every time Osiris is out of the country, Set tries to take control of the country. When Osiris returns, Set becomes even more determined to take over the country. When Osiris is sleeping, Set measures the length of his body and constructs a beautiful box according to Osiris" measurements. To not sound suspicious, Set says, "Whoever among you would like to own this beautiful box should climb into it"(W.M. 164). Nobody fits exactly in the box except for King Osiris. When Osiris is in the box, Set seals the box closed and throws it in the Nile River. Osiris suffocates and dies. Set is the divine depiction of ultimate evil. All he means is evil. Somehow Osiris returned to life because good always triumphs over evil. But that"s beside the point. It"s the terrible deed Set did to his own brother. It is jealousy and hate that leads to violence. All brothers go through these acts of violence because the nature of human beings is to struggle with each other.

             This quote from Osiris, Isis, and Horus depicts Set"s evil nature:.

             It came to pass that Set was hunting in the desert by moonlight one night when he accidentally came upon the box that Isis had hidden. He recognized it instantly and opened it at once. As he gazed upon the corpse of his rival, Set"s heart filled with implacable hatred and rage. In a mad fury, the evil god tore the corpse of Osiris into fourteen pieces. Then Set traveled throughout the kingdom of Egypt, scattering the pieces of Osiris wherever his whim led him.