Emotions are a truly fascinating thing. They can affect basically everything you do, from writing an essay to commiting a crime or even to making a sandwich. The concept of emotions affecting the way people act is especially prominent in literature, or more specifically the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare and the Novels Night by Elie Wiesel and Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream the group of lovers is subject to many emotions that affect the actions they pursue. Next, in Night the protagonist, Elie, is subject to many atrocities that cause him to develop a sort of anger that affects his actions an judgement. And last but not least, in Lord of the Flies Ralph and Jack, especially Jack, …show more content…
In all three texts, extreme emotions cause the characters to act in impulsive and immature ways. In particular anger tends to be the most prominent emotion that seems to cause these immature and impulsive acts.
In these pieces of literature the Protagonists usually allow emotions to take control of their actions. In Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie was forced to be relocated in a concentration camp from his home. As you can probably tell he was not very happy, but above all else he was angry at the god he had put all his faith in. Throughout the novel Elie gets into an internal battle with himself over his god which arguably made it easier for his life in the camp. Rather than feel empathy for the ones around him and trust in god to set him free, he did what he needed to to help him and his father survive and those actions were fueled by the anger he had for his god and how they treated the people of their religion. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, the characters Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena get caught in a sort of love square that creates conflict. Lysander and Demetrius both end up getting poisoned by a potion both causing them to love the same lady, Helena. The conflict arises because
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First, Ellie. Elie’s decision to give up on his faith was influenced by all of the anger he had built up over the years he spent in the camps. For anyone with a sound mind, you would expect them to choose their own faith, especially if you are as invested in it as Elie was. As you can deduce, this was an immature and impulsive decision that Elie made out of anger at his own god and will have lasting effects on his life. Next, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the play, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, and Hermia all let anger overtake them after Lysander and Demetrius are both pt under the spell of the flower juice. In the circumstances of Demetrius and Lysander, they battle over Helena’s love due to their blind anger causing the conflict of who should have her as their lover. In the circumstances of Helena and Hermia, Hermia lets her anger take control after Helena insults her by saying “Fine, i' faith! Have you no modesty, no maiden shame, No touch of bashfulness? What, will you tear impatient answers from my gentle tongue?Fie, fie! You counterfeit, you puppet, you!”(3.2.292) which insults Hermia greatly. From there the supposed “best friends” begin to viciously attack each other, letting anger fuel their fight. Finally, Lord of the Flies. In the conclusion of the novel Ralph, the protagonist, is hunted through the forest while Jack,
As he was being forced to march towards the flames, his mind wandered to places it had never been before. Elie stated that “For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank him for?
Elie seems to lose faith in God. “"Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba…May His name be celebrated and sanctified…" whispered my father. For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” (33) The God Elie once prayed and cried out to before was allowing his people to die in horrible ways. God, a being who is supposed to be loving and merciful was allowing them to die alongside millions of other
In the novel Night, Elie Wiesel faces the horrors of the Holocaust, where he loses many friends and family, and almost his life. He starts as a kind young boy, however, his environment influences many of the decisions he makes. Throughout the novel, Elie Wiesel changes into a selfish boy, thinks of his father as a liability and loses his faith in God as an outcome his surroundings.
He loses his faith in many ways, one way was how he lost his faith in the Jewish community. Keep her quiet! Make that mad woman shut up. She’s not the only one here…”. ()Elie realized that people will kill one another in order to save their lives. He also realized that the sense of community is lost and it is every man for themselves. When the Jews were on the train they passed by a town. “In the Wagon where the bread had landed, a battle had ensued. Men were hurling themselves at each other, trampling, tearing, at and mauling each other. (101). The Jewish community is supposed to be a very supportive community. Seeing Jews fight and kill each other and being selfish at times where the community needs to stick together makes his faith in the Jewish community was completely
Eliezer loses faith in god. He struggles physically and mentally for life and no longer believes there is a god. "Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my god and my soul and turned my dreams to dust..."(pg 32). Elie worked hard to save himself and asks god many times to help him and take him out of his misery. "Why should I bless his name? The eternal, lord of the universe, the all-powerful and terrible was silent..."(pg 31). Eliezer is confused, because he does not know why the Germans would kill his face, and does not know why god could let such a thing happen. "I did not deny god's existence, but I doubted his absolute justice..."(pg 42). These conditions gave him confidence, and courage to live.
Elie Wiesel’s book “Night” shows the life of a father and son going through the concentration camp of World War II. Their life long journey begins from when they are taken from their home in Sighet, they experience harsh and inhuman conditions in the camps. These conditions cause Elie and his father’s relationship to change. During their time there, Elie and his father experience a reversal in roles.
...his acceptance. The last few final acts of acceptance, rebellion and thoughts that drive Elie as he makes his own path not knowing where it leads him while leaving behind his religion and fills it with hope of living to the next night.
Much of history’s most renown literature have real-world connections hidden in them, although they may be taxing uncover. William Golding’s classic, Lord of the Flies, is no exception. In this work of art, Golding uses the three main characters, Piggy, Jack, and Ralph, to symbolize various aspects of human nature through their behaviors, actions, and responses.
The irony of the plane crashing to start the story, the environment of an unknown island and many other cruel acts function into the work as a whole because it really does set up the major plot in the story. Cruelty will bring out the worst in people and this phrase proves to be true when it comes to Jack. The killing of the pig and the obsession of blood lust drives Jack into savagery and reveals that he is not morally strong. The violence also shows that Jack is manipulative as he uses the fear of the beast to gain power. While cruelty transforms Jack, Ralph stays morally strong and represents civilization throughout the novel. Cruelty proves to shows that Ralph’s character is very intelligent as he is able to think deeply. Cruelty also reveals how strong morally he is and how he will not succumb to savagery like the majority of the boys do. Lord of the Flies by William Golding, just proves to show that the cruelness of our savage, beast like instincts will take over without the order, rule, and conduct that civilized societies have to
In the book Night, there were multiple themes that were focused on. One of the themes was the belief of ones god or any god- it was being questioned by Elie himself. He struggles believing in his faith. He is conflicted because he wonders how a God is capable of allowing this type of pain to be inflicted upon anyone. He wonders why or how a God could allow such misery to those who did nothing but be his
Elie starts to become spiritually dead whenever his father blesses their god's name because after he hears that he says internally “For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should i bless his name?... What had I to thank him for?”. He starts to no longer rely on religion to keep him going, his god is slowly fading away from
One of the relationships he has that changes through the novel is with his father. “He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin.” (Wiesel 4). Elie’s relationship with his father,
He could not believe that the God he followed tolerated such things. During times of sorrow, when everyone was praying and sanctifying His name, Elie no longer wanted to praise the Lord; he was at the point of giving up. The fact that the “Terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent”(33) caused Elie to lose hope and faith. When one chooses to keep silent about such inhumanity going on, they are just as destructive as the one causing the brutality.... ...
When someone is put in a situation such as this it can really take a toll on them. Seeing people being murdered or die of exhaustion can darken the soul. Elie Wiesel knows what it is like to be in this situation. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses repetition, characterization, and symbolism to illustrate the loss of faith within the concentration camps. Elie Wiesel uses repetition to expose the loss of faith within the concentration camps.
Throughout their time at the concentration camps, Elie continuously shows the frustration he feels regarding his father, “I was angry with him (Elie’s father), for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak” (52). Elie is seen as not only more physically capable but also more mentally capable than his father, causing Elie to take charge of both his and his father’s lives, “‘Let’s be evacuated with the others,’ I said to him. He (Elie’s father) did not answer” (78). As time went on, Elie’s father continuously grew more and more weak. So weak that Elie even compared him to a “timid, weak, child” (100). Despite his father’s extreme health decline, Elie still attempted to help his father achieve survival, only to do it half-heartedly, “I gave him what was left of my soup… I felt that I was giving it up against my will” (102). Again, Elie was not the only person who dealt with this situation during their time at the camps. One example being while him, his father, and many other prisoners are traveling to … Elie witnesses a man beat his own father to death for a piece of bread (96). Another example being Rabbi Eliahou’s son abandoned his father in order to focus and ensure on his own survival. Elie, upon seeing this, vows to a God he no longer believes in to give him the strength to not betray his father in such a way, “My God, give me strength never to do