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A 4 page examination of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as they present the nature of evil and human nature. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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them. It is a topic that involves religion and the simple spiritual nature of people and as such is a very intricate topic that is also controversial as well for
some may well argue that there is no such thing as evil while others would quote classic texts in stating evil was nothing more than the absence of God. With
that in mind the following paper examines William Peter Blattys The Exorcist and Mary Shelleys Frankenstein as they present the nature of evil and human nature. The paper focuses on
which story actually seems to depict evil and its interaction with human nature. The Exorcist and Frankenstein The two works being discussed are very different as they address
the nature of evil. Blattys work is one that directly addresses evil through a demonic possession of a young girl and then counteracts that evil nature with a priest who
struggles with his own identity. In Shelleys work there is not really any focus on religion or on devils or demons and as such the evil is very different, although
how evil plays with human nature seems far stronger in Shelleys work than it does in Blattys. Blattys novel shows very clearly how evil is embodied in a demon that
possesses a girl. She has no control over this possession and there seems to be no character that actively engages in evil. As such it is a very imaginative text
that speaks of the unknown as it relates to the belief in demons and God and the Devil and a battle for souls. It does, however, show how people are
frightened of evil, even the priest who has faced this particular demon before. But, it is not obscure or allusive. The evil is not something that cannot actually be seen
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