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Surfer Posted 10 years ago
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"Unto the Evil"
Hello, ..
I just came across the following headline for news related to a video game:
"E3 2016: Doom's First DLC Is Unto the Evil"
Source:http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/13/e3-2016-dooms-first-dlc-is-unto-the-evil
What can one understand from a phrase like unto the evil?
Thank you.
I just came across the following headline for news related to a video game:
"E3 2016: Doom's First DLC Is Unto the Evil"
Source:http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/13/e3-2016-dooms-first-dlc-is-unto-the-evil
What can one understand from a phrase like unto the evil?
Thank you.
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"Unto the Evil" is apparently the actual title of this "DLC". The phrase suggests that, with the DLC, the game progresses to an evil (or more evil) stage.
- "Unto the Evil" is apparently the actual title of this "DLC".
- The phrase suggests that, with the DLC, the game progresses to an evil (or more evil) stage.
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"Unto the Evil" is apparently the actual title of this "DLC". The phrase suggests that, with the DLC, the game progresses to an evil (or more evil) stage.
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Hi
In some cultures, that would be taken as a biblical reference (Matthew 6:34). "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"
It is usually taken as a warning not to think too far ahead. If you can tackle the evil that is coming at you at this moment, you're doing everything you humanly can
Whether the game designers had that in mind, I don't know!
Dave
In some cultures, that would be taken as a biblical reference (Matthew 6:34). "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"
It is usually taken as a warning not to think too far ahead. If you can tackle the evil that is coming at you at this moment, you're doing everything you humanly can
Whether the game designers had that in mind, I don't know!
Dave
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GPY"Unto the Evil" is apparently the actual title of this "DLC". The phrase suggests that, with the DLC, the game progresses to an evil (or more evil) stage.Thanks, GPY. But wouldn't that be what into the evil would've meant.. ?
I kind of felt unto there gave a sense of going against and/or colliding.. , but I'm not really
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Surfermore evil) stage.Thanks, GPY. But wouldn't that be what into the evil would've meant.. ?I kind of felt unto there gave a sense of going against and/or colliding.. , but I'm not really sure.. ."unto" really just means "to". However, it has an archaic or poetic/dramatic feel, and it is for that effect that it is probably chosen.
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GPYand it is for that effect that it is probably chosen.... and/or, as Dave mentioned, it may have been influenced or inspired by the well-known Biblical quotation.
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