LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:11 November 2020
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Reconnoitring the Conflict between Good and Evil in
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

Joy Das, M.A., NET

Lordoftheflies
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Abstract

Literary representation of the dichotomy between good and evil has flourished as a new trend especially in the post-war literature. Ugliness of war and hatred taught us about the inherent evil in human nature. Different scholarly studies showcase that human being is responsible for the perpetration of evil in society. Sir William Golding powerfully brought out this idea in his first and most popular novel Lord of the Flies (1954). The novel portrays the growth of evil interestingly in the absolute absence of the grown-ups and the evil is drawn through children without the control of any civilized restraints. This paper examines how the dichotomy between good and evil grow inherently in human heart with special reference to its theme, characterisation, different allusions, and the dystopian vision of the post-World War world.

Keywords: Sir William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Evil, Absence, Civil Restraints, Dystopian Vision.

Introduction

The concept of good and evil are very much relative that cannot be defined because of its open-ended nature among different spheres of academic studies. For example, philosophers, humanists, psychologists, each of them has a different understanding of the nature of good and evil. Whereas theologians are basically concerned in terms of religions, philosophers study the relative temperament or nature of good and evil with the reference of historical trajectory through classical to the present day. However, the term evil is basically associated with human cultural inheritance and the essence of it which emblems the destruction, violence, disorder and chaos in the society. Literary representation of the dichotomy between good and evil has flourished as a new trend especially in the post-war literature. Ugliness of war and hatred taught us about evil as a latent phenomenon of human nature. Different scholarly studies uphold that it is the individual who is solely responsible for the perpetration of evil in society.

Sir William Gerald Golding (1911-1993) powerfully brought out this idea in his most popular debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954). The novel skilfully portrays the growth of evil interestingly in the absolute absence of the grown-ups and the evil is drawn through children without the control of any civilized restraints.

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Joy Das, M.A., NET
State Aided College Teacher (Category I)
Department of English
Saheed Kshudiram College
Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar, West Bengal, India
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