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==Analysis== Picart and Browning describe the First Evil as "evil by definition".<ref>Caroline Joan S. Picart, John Edgar Browning (2012): Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology. Springer. P. 78 {{ISBN|9781137101495}}</ref> According to Gregory Stevenson Whedon's creation of the First Evil shows that evil is persistent. It can never stop nor be fully defeated. There is always a balance between good and evil and the characters get from one fight, that is won to the next.<ref>Gregory Stevenson (2003): Televised Morality: The Case of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Hamilton Books. P. 63-70 {{ISBN|9780761828334}}</ref> As the evil is an entity that can not be fully defeated, Buffy and their friends have to keep it up with an army of this entity within the last season, which can be defeated by them, while the entity continues to exist.<ref>Kevin K. Durand (2014): Buffy Meets the Academy: Essays on the Episodes and Scripts as Texts. McFarland. P. 22 {{ISBN|9780786453740}}</ref> According to J'annine Jobling the First Evil seems to be "a radical reversal of the Christian mythos". "An original graced state gave way to a fallen one" because of "humans' disobedience and misuse of free will". According to [[Augustine of Hippo]], a god who is perfect is not able to be the "source of evil", just as the "First Evil" does not seem to be able to be the source of any good.<ref>J'annine Jobling (2007): Fantastic Spiritualities: Monsters, Heroes and the Contemporary Religious Imagination. A&C Black. P. 185-2000 {{ISBN|9781472535290}}</ref> According to James B. South, [[Buffy Summers]] is not interested in the theological implications of this entity. She merely states: "Alright, I get it, you're evil." He adds that the First Evil seems to precede good. It is omnipresent and very powerful. With it, [[Joss Whedon]] was aiming to create an enemy that was neither human nor demon. It could either appear in a human form or in a demonic form.<ref>James B. South (2011): Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale. Open Court. P. 213-225 {{ISBN|9780812697476}}</ref>
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