The Devil in the White City and Dark Souls

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Isaac Calcagne Mr. Butler English 12 Hons: Humanities 19 December, 2017 The Devil and his Dark Soul Many works of art all share a collective ideal and their portrayals of this ideal elicits a more profound perspective from the audience. A highly popular theme among books, movies, shows, has the coexistence of good versus evil. Erik Larson’s 2003 novel ​The Devil in the White City ​and Hidetaka Miyazaki’s ​action role-playing game​ ​Dark Souls ​accentrate the internal struggle between light and dark. Erik Larson’s ​The Devil in the White City ​epitomizes the ideal of light versus dark through the ambitions of the main protagonists and the facade of Chicago that is“white city.” Hidetaka Miyazaki’s ​Dark Souls ​directly creates a battle of the forces of light and dark. This battle is elaborated on through the motives and life of Lord Gwyn and the facade within the city of Anor Londo. The conflicts of good vs. evil portrayed as light and dark is heavily demonstrated in ​The Devil in the White City ​and ​Dark Souls​. Both stories contain cities associated with light;however, they truly hold facades to their true nature. The facades created in ​The Devil in the White City and ​Dark Souls ​are made to hide the terrible truths behind each city. The world’s fair and the creation of the “white city” hides the crime and trash filled city that truly is Chicago. The great sun that looms over Anor Londo is just an illusion casted by a spell to shroud the treacherous turmoil and darkness that the city lies in. In ​The Devil in the White City ​Chicago is described as a “rapidly achieving recognition as an industrial and mercantile dynamo”, however “its leading


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