📚ap english literature review

Inherent evil

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The idea that evil or destructive impulses are innate to human nature rather than learned or acquired through experience.

AP course connection

Topic 6.5: 6.5 Characters as symbols, metaphors, and archetypes

Unit 6

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