Aquinas defined envy as "sadness over the good of another". Usually, that sadness feels because that other person has something you want, but it is gone, be it a wealth, loveice, happiness or power. Envy makes you not improve yourself, but to fight hatred for that other person. You want them to lose what they have even more than you want to acquire yourself.

So, the envy of the homodulus is a shapper. Envy is all about stealing what others have so that envy can take it everything For someone with literally stealing their identity. They can also spread the discord and pain that envies people; The envy kills the friend of Elrits, Colonel Mes Hughes by shaping his wife Gracia, stealing his happiness by adopting her face.

Envy is often considered the ugliest of the seven sins, and I see why, because there is simply no upside down. Pride, lust, stupidity and laziness can all feel comfortable, even if they are saturated. Anger can come from a good place (good to get angry at injustice, for example). Greed can also drive someone to succeed and look for what they want, but envy does not do such a thing. Philosopher Bertrand Russell said:

"Not only does the envious person want to cause an accident and do so whenever he can with impunity, but he is also to be satisfied with envy. Instead of getting satisfaction with what he has, he stems pain from what others have."

Most of the time, envy prefers to look like an androgen young person - but it is also masking. Their True The template is a huge reptile monster with green skin. Green is the color that is most related to envy, associated with Shakespeare, describing the alubomora as a "green -eyed monster" in "Othello".

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So if the envy can look as they want, why do they choose to look like one of the people who despise them? Because, as Edward understands in the end, envy is (of course) je -boring of people and their ability to love and improve. Unable to stand to complain, Evir's last act is to end another life of suffering - your own.