![]() He leads men to temptation, though not in the same way the snake worked his charms on Eve in ‘Ballad’, where Dougal is employed as an Arts man at a small textiles firm in Peckham, the Devil tempts many of those he meets to take Mondays off. ![]() In this case, think Bulgakov’s Woland in ‘The Master and Margarita,’ a character so sympathetic and downright interesting as to make you want to re-evaluate your otherwise most deeply held beliefs.ĭougal Douglas, the protagonist in Muriel Spark’s excellent short novel, ‘The Ballad of Peckham Rye’, is supposed to be the Devil. We all know who Satan is, and so a simplistic rendering can be used as short hand for the ultimate in evil for those of a more subversive persuasion he can be used as the ultimate in misunderstood evil. The Devil has often been represented in popular culture, and for good reason. ![]()
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