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Argumentative Essay About Demons

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Everyone has heard of a demon before, but rarely anyone knows what it really is. Most people imagine it to be something dark, maybe in the form of a spirit--something transparent and something unseen--and maybe even something dark with red eyes. We all have different views on demons, what they really are, but are all of them really bad? Demons are described to be unclean spirits, or fallen angels. Maybe even something that may possess you. A demon's appearance varies from country to country. A classical Japanese demon is an orge, most of times red with horns and yellow, big mean eyes. Their apperance varies from religion to religion as well. Imagine Dragons has explained the word "demon" to be something dark inside of you; the bad …show more content…

As I have mentioned above, demons are seen as bad spirits but they have also been recognize as good spirits. Not a spirit of sorrow and pain, but a magnificent spirit of power. "That is why Acleptos changed the words of the motto in front of the Sane Asylum. They now read: A devil is just a sick angel." - Fallen Star, by John Collier. Demons can also be seen, as quoted above as fallen angels. Good that became "bad". Many series has adopted the idea of demons and spirits. One example of a "reality" serie with such is "Supernatural". A story of two brothers whose mom was killed by a demon, so they--including their father--seek revenge and on their mission they clean out the evil of the world, losing many and much in result. An example of an animated serie could be "The Blue Exorcist" (Ao No Exorcist, in Japanese). Where the protagonist, Rin is a demon. He is the son of Satan, the most powerful demon and a beautiful mortal woman. He wields the blue flames of Satan, but does not seek revenge on the humans, instead he becomes an Exorcist; those who drive away evil spirits to help save the world from his cruel father,

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