''The Lottery," a short story of threatening evilness written by Shirley Jackson, is an allegory of village itself. ... She displays hypocrisy and human weakness. ... This story supports the idea that everybody hides their evil nature by way of hypocrisy. ... It is the combination of horror, irony, convention, as well as hypocrisy, brutality and inherent evil of human nature. Many of the flaws of human nature are presented in the story. ...

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Allegoric Naivete The dictionary defines an allegory as a "Story that through events reveals the true nature of people". ... This meeting in the forest is symbolic of the natural occurrence of every human to be tempted by evil. ... Hawthorne is outlining more than the underlying transition from good to evil, but the failure of a human to prescribe to human nature, as sin is a natural part of life. ... The elements present in this story are resent in daily life, no matter where. ... The Story and its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. ...

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I thought "A Good Man is Hard to Find," a short story by Flannery O"conner, was a delight. ... Also, there was that timeless question of good and evil; forcing readers to look at human nature, disturbing as it may be. ... For this reason, the story is very unique. ... Instead, she's the most manipulative, judgmental person in the story. ... The final point of this story I"d like to commend is the good verses evil factor. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Augustine's view, human nature had been vitiated and corrupted as a result of Adam's sin, and all of Adam's descendants are in a "penal- condition wherein they are effectively prevented from choosing the path of righteousness by ignorance and the irresistible urgings of the flesh. ... All, men are spiritually enfeebled by Original Sin, but an actively sinful man increasingly paralyzes his moral nature by his deeds- (Aggeler, 123) O'Hara says it best when he says, "Man is not corrupted by original sin, he explains; he is free to choose goodness, and his reason is a suff...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Augustine's view, human nature had been vitiated and corrupted as a result of Adam's sin, and all of Adam's descendants are in a "penal- condition wherein they are effectively prevented from choosing the path of righteousness by ignorance and the irresistible urgings of the flesh. ... All, men are spiritually enfeebled by Original Sin, but an actively sinful man increasingly paralyzes his moral nature by his deeds- (Aggeler, 123) O'Hara says it best when he says, "Man is not corrupted by original sin, he explains; he is free to choose goodness, and his reason is a suff...

• Word Count: 2051
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In Augustine's view, human nature had been vitiated and corrupted as a result of Adam's sin, and all of Adam's descendants are in a "penal- condition wherein they are effectively prevented from choosing the path of righteousness by ignorance and the irresistible urgings of the flesh. ... All, men are spiritually enfeebled by Original Sin, but an actively sinful man increasingly paralyzes his moral nature by his deeds- (Aggeler, 123) O'Hara says it best when he says, "Man is not corrupted by original sin, he explains; he is free to choose goodness, and his reason is a suff...

• Word Count: 2051
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In Augustine's view, human nature had been vitiated and corrupted as a result of Adam's sin, and all of Adam's descendants are in a "penal- condition wherein they are effectively prevented from choosing the path of righteousness by ignorance and the irresistible urgings of the flesh. ... All, men are spiritually enfeebled by Original Sin, but an actively sinful man increasingly paralyzes his moral nature by his deeds- (Aggeler, 123) O'Hara says it best when he says, "Man is not corrupted by original sin, he explains; he is free to choose goodness, and his reason is a suff...

• Word Count: 2051
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School