Zoom's Unmitigating Destruction In 'The Flash'

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In the show, “The Flash”, Zoom is perceived as a psychotic and villainous antagonist with supernatural abilities and epitomizes the theme of unmitigating destruction, caused by a scar from a childhood experience. Guided by his irrational and aberrant mental state, Zoom does not grasp the fact that he is blindly chasing a non-existent ambition and in essence, he continues on his merciless rampage of carnage. The existence of Zoom demonstrates how even a simple life experience can translate into the creation of a growing darkness within one's shadow and develop into an inevitable disaster.

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