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Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is.
— T-Bird · The Crow
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An editorial interpretation.
Goodness leaves the Devil ashamed and overwhelmed. Here, awful suggests a power that inspires awe or dread, rather than goodness being bad. The reversal makes a gentle moral quality strong enough to unsettle the figure who stands against it.
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