Essay - Destructive Element Traits in Literature a Destructive Element Refers to...

Destructive Element Traits in Literature

***** destructive element refers to that one trait which can destroy a person or negatively impact his life in some manner. This ***** is usually acts as a barrier between men and their full potential and can also seriously impede their growth. Some critics are of the view that fear is ***** most destructive element and we know from observation ***** fear is what s*****ps man from achieving his goals and from speaking ***** mind. Conrad believes that ***** must submit to this destructive *****, which ***** interpret in two ways. Either we completely become a victim to it ***** allow ourselves to be gripped by its po*****r. Or we can ***** ***** it by admitting that it exists and then do something about it. Every author who has explored the psychological dimensions of his characters is aw***** of ***** destructive element and it is ***** the leading character's struggle with this element that forms ***** basic plot of the story.

In Conrad's novel, "The Shadow Line," we come across this destructive element in the shape ***** immaturity, which makes the protagonist give up his job on whim and out of sheer boredom. ***** novel is autobiographical in t*****e ***** ***** author traces the growth ***** a young m*****n from immaturity to a deep sense of responsibility. Nothing much h*****ppens in the story, which is actually a se***** voyage where the protagonist gets a chance to grow. He submitted to ***** destructive ***** when he decided to leave his job ***** the opening pages and it is the same element of ***** that makes him believe he could take comm***** ***** ***** ship. When the author ***** describing the heart of Bangkok, we get a feeling ***** it is being used *****s a symbol to highlight ***** *****th ***** the narra*****r himself. The author describes Bangkok ***** series of images which begin with "flat spaces of the land" move on to the "brown houses... sprung out of the brown soil," and go a little further up the "crowded mob of low, ***** roof ridges" ***** fin*****lly reach ***** "great piles of masonry" that "*****wered" above. (Pp. 47-48). It is through this character ***** we understand that destructive element may turn in favor of a person if he opts for t***** second *****terpretation ***** the term "submit" and not the first one.

In ***** Dead ***** James Joyce, we ***** across another kind of destructive element, which is negative in nature because the protagonist ***** chosen to actually submit to it by becom*****g ***** *****. The s*****ry, which appeared in the collection Dubliners, revolves around a p*****rty scene that *****s place at the house ***** two old ladies who are close rel*****ives of the *****, Gabriel. *****'s character has a destructive *****, ***** is conceit. He is highly conceited ***** ***** considers himself more educ*****ted than the rest. However ***** of ***** element, he suffers various setbacks and even some rude shocks, which make hi, underst*****