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The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed. Are we “born that way?”. What does the phrase “bad seed” mean to you?. What is the tone at the beginning of the film when the opening credits appear on the screen?.

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The Bad Seed

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  1. The Bad Seed Are we “born that way?”

  2. What does the phrase “bad seed” mean to you?

  3. What is the tone at the beginning of the film when the opening credits appear on the screen?

  4. When you are first introduced to eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark, what are three adjectives that you would use to describe her?

  5. How does Rhoda’s personality change when the penmanship medal is mentioned and when she interacts with LeRoy at the foot of the steps of her apartment building?

  6. How does Rhoda fit the definition of a sociopath: “a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience?

  7. Are criminals and murderers products of their environments, systematically groomed for a life of deviance by abusive parents, squalid living conditions, and other external influences?

  8. Or -- is evil inbred, merely the predetermined result of genetics and heredity, and there's nothing anyone can do to curb such tendencies?

  9. IS RHODA EVIL?

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