Abstract
Theories from all fields of knowledge affected the English noveldirectly or indirectly. This genre has become a platform of all conceptscreated through the other fields of knowledge. Manichaeism is areligious movement which believed in the association between darknessand evil, light and good. It will be noticed that they deal with theeverlasting struggle between good and evil. This doctrine of light-goodand dark-evil was the major dogma in Manichaeism.Although Manichaeism died out, its belief in the fight between good andevil can be detected in mostly all English novels. This study inspectsManichaeism in John Steinbeck's East of Eden. In spite of being extinct,its doctrine highlights this principal theme in all literary works.
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