Finally, and again it's just an opinion, I think lots of people, especially women, have no desire to expose their kids or themselves to orcs and Raiths, and all the other dark creatures of Middle Earth. HP was about as deep as they'd willingly go into that forbidding realm.
People like their portrayals of evil to be sanitized. I'm sure the Devil likes it too.
54 posted on 12/10/2001 8:53:54 AM PST by JoeSchem
I rarely try to imagine the motivations of the devil, but I would imagine the devil gets few recruits through dark and scary characters such as orcs and trolls... These guys are ugly enough that most would not want to join their cause.
I think the more dangerous personifications of evil are those where the evil is more hidden behind gleaming smiles, perhaps dressed in smart wool pantsuits.