• S.Nagendra

The problem of evil and the conflict between good and evil have been among the leading concerns of some of the 20th century British novelties. In one of the novels, for instance one of the characters says that there is “a real something called evil in this world.” The circumstances and events of World War II particularly supported the belief and the interest in the existence of “a real something called evil”. A female character in another novel says that what torments her is whether life is good or evil, and she talks of “good and evil coupling to make the world.” This uncertainty about whether life is good or evil is representative of the attitude of some of the post war novelists. Three novelists in particular have shown a deep concern with the divided moral forces in this world. They are Iris Murdoch, Anthony Burgess, and William Golding. Each of these lived through the Second World War. Golding admitted in an interview that he was profoundly influenced by the war and the post-war developments in his writing of Lord of the Flies.

The Conflict between Good and Evil in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

"The Conflict between Good and Evil in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 7, page no.671-676, December-2014, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701D49.pdf

"The Conflict between Good and Evil in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 7, page no. pp671-676, December-2014, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701D49.pdf