Greek Greed And Jealousy

“Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer” (Julian Casablancas). Casablancas is simply stating that, as greed permeates lives, it causes people to embark on pathways which are typically harmful. Bernard Evslin discreetly portrays the concepts of greed and jealousy in the book, Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths. Greed and jealousy lead to injustice, leaving negative impacts on relationships, and eventually leading to one’s downfall.
Part of human nature to strive for extra than one has, but consequently an excess of this can lead to trouble and heartache. Midas was a rich king who “loved [gold more than anything else in the world]” (Evslin 193). His greed was so remarkable, that he was willing to cause

The Gods of Greek mythology feeling excessive greed towards the mortals on Earth was destructive and never turned out good. Aphrodite was jealous of Psyche’s beauty and in turn send her son, Eros, to strike her with his arrows of love. Aphrodite would place an ugly creature “the castle dwarf, perhaps. Or the gardener, who has just celebrated his hundred-and-second birthday. Or a donkey-yes that’s possible too” (Evslin 94). This backfires and Eros falls in love with Psyche instead. In his shame from his mother, who’d decided to marry the two, he kept himself invisible from the

In the Middle East, terrorist groups, such as the Islamic State, portray an extreme quantity of greed. They value more land for their desired nation and the growth of their religion over humans’ lives. If life is what keeps us alive, then safety is arguably the most important value in the world. Therefore, the Islamic terrorists are valuing personal beliefs over basic life. Intergovernmental ordeals are a substantial aspect of today’s culture, but the events that occur in the privacy of people's’ homes are certainly relevant. Most crime shows, which have roots in real life, give a great example: wives murdering their husbands or their husbands’ mistresses. The women somehow find out that their husbands don’t value them any longer, then, hurt and jealous, resort to desperate measures in order to eliminate the pain and better person from their lives. Of course, this may just end with angry partners and a divorced and torn family as well. The problems in today’s world, however, don’t stop at a home’s front door or at a far-away country’s borders because even friends can do this to people. This happens in high schools across the country: some kid wants to befriend one of the cool kids so they stab their original friend in the back by spreading rumors or insulting them in order to gain rapport with their new