Evil. One of the most terrifying words someone could say. Is it an embodiment of all wrong doing? Or is it a manifestation of what scares people the most? Is it a person? Is it an action? Can it even be seen? Or is it even real? According to the dictionary it is an adjective and a noun. Evil is like a disease that seems to spread from person to person. It is not always hereditary, but it does tend to spread to a child, through actions of someone else. Evil is actually anything that a person perceives it to be. Evil connects to that of good in a way that sustains our culture and humanity.

In The Epic of Gilgamesh evil tends to be in a undefined form. Evil is usually committed in acts. An example would be when Gilgamesh forces the elderly to build walls in...