The Death of Superman Themes

The Death of Superman Themes

Good Versus Evil

Good Versus Evil in the story is a very central theme. When Doomsday erupts into the world he comes out of an underground lair of some type. Even his entrance into the world seems to foreshadow evil coming. Doomsday will kill a small yellow bird and a deer by crushing them in his hands. Each time that he takes a life he laughs about it and seems to delight greatly in their deaths. Superman and the members of the Justice League will be the forces of good in the story. These characters will continue to sacrifice themselves in order to try to protect people and try to stop Doomsday.

Even the names of these two sides show the sides of the coin that they are on. Doomsday will appear almost inhuman with his lack of emotion. He kills hundreds of people before he is finally stopped. The differences between...
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