How
does Buffy deconstruct traditional literary notions of good and evil?
Traditionally or
religiously the notion of good and evil can be distinguished by that bad people
will go to hell and good people will go to heaven. Perhaps the Buffy as a person,
she is good. However as looking through her life, she isn’t a good one. Braun
(2000), It was season 2, it was called "Innocence". Angel experienced
a true moment of happiness when he and Buffy had sex, and because of that, his
curse was broken.“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” broke the traditional
notion of good and evil. Probably Angel is a big factor in that.
When
people like the contras between the two, it’s just a matter of awareness. Has
nothing to do with "back sliding" as much as it has to do with the
denial of human experience that serves a purpose. Attitudes toward good and
evil are very rigorous and unbending.
Braun, B. (2000) The X-files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
The ambiguity of evil in supernatural representations. Retrieved 18
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Hey Soyoun,
ReplyDeleteI really like your blog post on your question. I definitely don’t think that Buffy would be seen as a good because of her position as a vampire slayer and basing it on the whole series of Buffy. "Good", meaning that she does nothing wrong and she is perfect, which she’s not. The series of Buffy overall shows her struggles of growing up and having a huge responsibility, and of course there is so much pressure on her being the vampire slayer it’s her job to try be good. Faith, on the other hand (the 2nd vampire slayer) could be seen as bad because she actually kills people and doesn’t care. I don’t think Buffy has ever killed a person but there was an episode that someone made her think she had killed a person and she clearly felt guilty about it. Going back to Faith, she does kill people but then when she moves to the “Angel” series she actually seeks redemption for what she has done. I don’t think that any of the characters in Buffy could be seen as good overall but I think if people do something bad it doesn’t mean they’re going straight to hell. It’s more of how we fix it and if we try to redeem ourselves by wanting to change.