The Satanic Verses | Themes
Good and Evil
The Satanic Verses touches on a great variety of political, cultural, abstract, and theoretical themes. Many of its most central ideas relate to philosophical and religious notions of good and evil. The narrator tends to view the plot as an epic battle between Gibreel, the angel of good, and Saladin, the devil of evil. Rushdie reinforces this framework by giving these characters their supernatural qualities.
Good and evil in the epic battle between Gibreel and Saladin often refer to two main areas: national/ethnic identity and religious...
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