Friday, January 3, 2003

The Mask Of Evil Comments

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On my wall hangs a Japanese carving,
The mask of an evil demon, decorated with gold lacquer.
Sympathetically I observe
The swollen veins of the forehead, indicating
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Bertolt Brecht
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baku 19 February 2021

what! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Andrew Hoellering 02 December 2009

Evil is generally regarded as a totally unsympathetic state; one is either evil, or not.Brecht's point is that people are not all good or bad, but a mixture of the two. Hence evil can be seen as the result of a conflict, and viewed as a bit of a strain.

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