The whole act of sucking the blood out is the symbol of endearing energy, the source of nourishment for evil force. ... Coming back to previously mentioned vision, the evil side is gaining energy and the act of sucking becomes only a symbol. ... As without the good, there would not be the evil, just like without the light there would not be the darkness. ... Firstly, let's look at this act as a symbol of an energetic vampire, who needs to gain energy because is unable to keep its own energy. ... The evil is triumphant just like in Jacopo Ligozzi's "Death Exterminating the Human Race-...

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Legalism believed that human nature was evil and individuals were disciplined by laws, where rewards and punishments were enforced. ... Therefore, the Legalists, "recommended terrible punishments for those who refused to obey the power. " The most essential principle of legalism was that humans were naturally evil and inclined toward unlawful and self-centered behavior. ... There was no total good and evil or negative and positive. The Yin-Yang symbol exemplified this view of unity. ... This symbol portrayed that within the Yang there existed the Yin and vice versa which caused the balance ...

• Word Count: 1267
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Critic Aurélie Guillain, Professor of American Literature at University of Toulouse, refers to Aylmer as "becom[ing] gradually convinced that the red mark on his wife's skin is the symbol of the innate depravity of human flesh" (49). ... Although the birthmark may be perceived as a beautiful feature or as a flaw, this birthmark is a symbol of humanity and all of humanity's imperfection that may or may not be criticized by others. ... People from throughout the village of Salem all gather for the evil ceremony. ... Brown sympathizes with the sinners in the forest by...

• Word Count: 1568
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Humans are naturally inclined to act in an evil way therefore the created world is not perfect. ... No one is destined to be good or evil. ... I agree that the world is genuinely good and that evil is only materialized through the wrongdoings of the human race. ... Creation is not evil by nature: but it is what we do with it that affects its outcome for humanity. ... Everything tangible part of our world is a symbol of God's presence. ...

• Word Count: 1680
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the history of the myth and the ways is has been explicated for modern interpretation, it has been argued that Medusa actually serves as the quintessential representative of "the Other" and that she is an example of the duplicity that exists in every woman since one of the great Athena's own symbols was that of snakes. ... Travis and Barlowe (1995) make note of the fact that in the "original" myth of Ovid, Perseus "seeks the power of Medusa's evil eye, which is the ability to arrest, immobilize, and make statues of others" (pp. 47). ... As a result, the symbols through wh...

• Word Count: 1572
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This poem is about the child praying to his mother, God and society to make the world a better place for him to live in without the current hazards. The child represents society and so when he says "I fear the human race", he is showing that he is afraid of his own kind and of himself, "me", the mo...

• Word Count: 2163
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School