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Essay Archive - Man's Evil Nature in Lord of the Flies
Man's Evil Nature in Lord of the Flies
When young boys are abandoned on an uninhabited island without
adults, even they are capable of murder. This is the scenario depicted in
the British author, William Goldings novel, Lord of the Flies, written and
published in 1954 during World War 2. Comparing the characters of Jack,
Ralph, Piggy and Simon with Freud's theory of id, ego and superego, one can
prove that man has an underlying evil nature. The characters are
represented with Jack as id, Ralph as ego, and Piggy and Simon as superego.
Freud's theory of id, ego and superego influences the spheres of
ones being. The ....
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