"All that we are is the result of what we have thought... If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him... If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."
             -Buddha
             Evil, when we hear this word we think of the devil, death, or horrid things. But the three authors of these books don't bring evil out in such a blunt way, they underline their evil within their characters. The theme of "evil" is apparent in three of the novels that we read this year: Antigone, Return of the Native, and Of Human Bondage. In these three novels the motif of evil leads to the main character becoming an outcast. Because of the different time periods the authors wrote in, they are able to show the same idea of evil in different yet similar ways.
             In Sophocles, Antigone, the evil is present within Antigone her-self, because of her high ideals. Antigone had wanted to release her brother's sprit by burying him. In that time of the Greeks, it was not the role of the women to speak out against anything, especially the king. Her actions were perceived as disrespectful and insensibly idealistic. The evil that came from the king causes Antigone to become an outcast. We can see his evil for the first time in scene 1, ll. 8-11;
             "Gentleman: I have the honor to inform you that our Ship of State, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last, guided by the merciful wisdom of Heaven."
             Due to the evil that the king caused, he was ignorant to the fact that Antigone's physis was disrupting his nomoi, which lead him to outcast Antigone. It is tragic that in his evilness, he truly believed that he was doing what was upright. During the time of Sophocles, the Greeks believed greatly in the gods. You can see their views...