A critical response on the portrayal of 'evil' in the Arts and it's depicted archetype in various medias.

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Evil is one of the deepest and most central aspects in human existence, a problem that every individual and every age must face for itself. Different cultures, religions and societies have used various Arts to portray their interpretation what is 'evil' and what is the true archetype of evil. Early depiction of evil was entirely based on verbal mythology where it is told gods banished those that are evil i.e. mythical wicked beast. Later …

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…individual. How we see evil and how previous generation sees it has changed, due to the social, cultural and technological shift. This archetypal change of evil has no doubt changed our portrayal of evil and the ambiguity surrounding describing of evil. Whether there is such a force of evil, or whether talk of evil is merely to give expression to something rooted deeply in human mind is a question that is remains a mystery today.