aggressor and victim (Enders, and Bevington). The idea of presenting violence, torture, and cruelty through fiction is a dangerous combination in which the related laws, drama, and poetry cannot present the lighter side of art and culture. The medieval authors presented the sufferings and culture of their societies. The French authors not only harmed their credibility in metaphor but at the same time the audience of these drams and fiction were also taught unethical practices. These included that finding truth through torture and violence. The creativeness within the drama and fiction was also damaged through projecting violence and the phenomenon that physical pain cannot resist language and it has to take a medium to flow out of the creative minds (Enders, and Bevington).
Good Man Is Hard to Find
The story based on fiction "Good Man is hard to Find" provides insight of the human feelings and desires. The coming events in lives of human beings play an important role. The impacts of various events have a profound effect on human lives even after being raised in humble environments. The characters of the fiction are normal human beings living around us and encountered by us in our daily lives. The old lady "Grandmother" is also one of the traditional women believing in kindness and goodness of human beings. She also propagates her beliefs of human behavior even in the severe conditions of life. The old lady had strong feelings about her death and events coming in her life. The traditional men and women had a humble attitude towards humanity and valued the cultural and religious philosophies. The belief in God, prayers, and forgiveness vanishes form the thoughts and acts of humans indulging in violence and cruelty.
Violence and Cruelty:
The origins and persistence of evil behavior is researched and narrated through research and fiction. The research sheds light on various issues of evil behavior. The human nature based on the egotism, revenge, idealism, and sadism provides the roots of evil conducts. The theory provides a distinctive view point of individuals. The evil behavior requires a perpetrator and a victim. The difference of opinion and perspective in both provides the grounds for escalating rival behaviors. There are various forms of executing evil behavior exhibited by the offenders including murders, beating, violence, betrayal, and torture. However the specifics of the event and related consequences have a profound impact on the evil behavior. According to Baumeister the gap or difference in perspectives of the victim and perpetrator provides the required basis for exercising violent behavior.
The reasons of adopting evil behavior along with the examples of specific evil behavior are also found in the work of Baumeister. The perception of the persona regarding the evil acts is also a notable basis. The effects of education and attaining high moral grounds persists that evil behavior should not be adopted. The individuals can refrain from becoming evil in case they are informed and educated about the evil behaviors and the impact of such behaviors on themselves and society. The acts of violence are originated through evil and are also mastered by the cruelty. The acts of brutality become behavioral patterns and human beings are least concerned about the impacts of such behaviors on them and other members of society.
The violent characters are also found in fiction and drama throughout medieval age. The French drama and fiction stories are famous for their violent characters. The societies passing through the ages of violence, wars, low moral standards, and lawlessness appear to incorporate their surrounding characters within their drama, theater, and cultural poetry. The acts of cruelty were dramatized and presented in theater. The audiences were also receptive of these arts as it resonated with their culture and society. The fashions literature and rhetoric created by the poets was also through the self-torture where the writer rhetoric both the characters including the aggressor and victim (Enders, and Bevington).
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