"Evil is the Underlying Element in Life of a Living Creature" - How Evil Appears in The Elephant Man by Sparks, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and Taylor's Let the Circle Be Unbroken. "Evil is the underlying element in the life of a living creature." This quotation, by Ray V. Sjorvek, expresses the idea that all living creatures contain a certain degree of evil inside themselves. In literature, protagonists usually express their sinister sides through words or actions when trying to prove the point that one's hidden emotions cannot be concealed. Authors generally write about evil