Why Are We Considered Evil In Our Society

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Within our society there are people who are considered monsters. These monsters are different than monsters in Greek society in the fact that today’s monsters are very mortal and could be everyday people. Monster is a term used today to describe exceedingly evil people. In our society evil people are considered evil when they commit an act that hurts other with malicious intent. To truly be considered a monster in our society you have to either do these evil acts on an extreme scale or do multiple evil acts together. An example of this is to say that a murderer is evil, but a person who brings this further could be a monster, such as a mass murderer or a murderer that does other evil acts to people before he kills them. Today people use the

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