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How does The Tyger represent people's simultaneous attraction toward and repulsion from evil?

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Answer: William Blake"s "The Tyger" is a poetic metaphor or allegory using the symbol of the tiger, mythological allusions, and images of Creation, Heaven, and Hell to make a point about the nature of good and evil. One reason for the poem's immortality is its exciting, unusual, and evocative imagery and another reason is its universal and timeless theme.

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The tyger is bad. The main reason is because it is represented as something "fearful." It also talks about the fire in it's eyes which is something evil.
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