Week 2 Reflection - Demons

Are demons a metaphor for what is marginalised and unwanted, or of those who desire control and authority?


The way demons are portrayed in many television shows is that they are fairly simple creatures. They know what they want and usually their sole focus is to get what they want. I believe that demons can be representative of a part of ourselves as humans which we need to ignore if we are to be good, ethical people.

In order to be a 'good' person, it can be more a complicated matter because we often have to put our own wants and needs aside to meet those wants and needs of others, especially if they are deemed to be more urgent or more important than our own.

As children, this is one of the lessons we learn - that we can't always have what we want. Demons still seem to be in this child-like frame of mind - they want what they want and nothing stops them because they are considered 'evil', so they have no conscience or ethical considerations to take into account.

Also, in order to progress forward as humans we have to tackle our 'inner demons' which means acknowledging that part of ourselves that we do not want and not letting it rule our behaviour which helps us to be 'good'.