The ideas of good vs evil, yin and yang, and darkness and light, have been central ideas in multiple cultures throughout the history of human civilization. Evil is seen as a darkness that consumes light, which is the good. Ray Bradbury explores the battle between good and evil in his book, Something Wicked This Way Comes by proposing the concept of peoples defects and shortcomings representing a evil that eventually corrupts the human soul and turning people into a physical manifestation of their sin and that only acts of kindness can combat the creatures of the Darkness.
B3The symbolism of evil can be seen as soon as the story begins with the lightning rod salesman sensing the storm that is about to take the town which represents the evil carnival that is about to arrive. One of the main protagonists, Jim Nightshade is the devious of the two main characters, with his name Nightshade meaning literally a poisonous plant. Jim also has dark eyes and dark hair which suggests an evil aura about him which is later proven to be true later in the book. The carnival, run by Mr. Dark comes in October which includes the holiday Halloween in it. It also arrives in the middle of the night when it is the darkest. This is when evil monsters come out which is alluded by the carnival itself. Mr. Dark is evil; his name is literally dark.A4 The carnival …show more content…
The only way to combat this is through kindness from other people to erase the despair one may feel. It is one’s duty to help remove the darkness from other people in order to provide comfort and closure to the carnival “freaks” in their life. One can do this through their community by reaching out to those who suffer from despair by being kind to them, to help them take away the darkness and replacing it with
B3The symbolism of evil can be seen as soon as the story begins with the lightning rod salesman sensing the storm that is about to take the town which represents the evil carnival that is about to arrive. One of the main protagonists, Jim Nightshade is the devious of the two main characters, with his name Nightshade meaning literally a poisonous plant. Jim also has dark eyes and dark hair which suggests an evil aura about him which is later proven to be true later in the book. The carnival, run by Mr. Dark comes in October which includes the holiday Halloween in it. It also arrives in the middle of the night when it is the darkest. This is when evil monsters come out which is alluded by the carnival itself. Mr. Dark is evil; his name is literally dark.A4 The carnival …show more content…
The only way to combat this is through kindness from other people to erase the despair one may feel. It is one’s duty to help remove the darkness from other people in order to provide comfort and closure to the carnival “freaks” in their life. One can do this through their community by reaching out to those who suffer from despair by being kind to them, to help them take away the darkness and replacing it with