What Is Evil...?

I think the difference between Evil and Good lays in Hope. If there is NO hope, if one refuses to have hope for a better self, then the only choice he has is Evil (But then again, the Body which includes the Mind can physically give up Hope, so it may not be entirely someone's fault. But who's to say there was a struggle...? This brings up two questions: whether someone can be born Evil and whether Evil is physical). It is only Hope that distinguishes good from evil because an evil man with hope will do good things.