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'''''The Bad Seed''''' is a novel by William March, published in 1954. It was made into a play, which was then adapted to film in 1956, and a made for TV remake in 1985.
Christine Penmark, a housewife, moves into a new town with her husband Kenneth and daughter Rhoda. She has always thought her daughter was very peculiar; while always polite, courteous, and charming in public, there was a cold, apathetic, and calculating quality in her personality that she found very disturbing in a child. As Christine notices the strange, horrible things that happen in the proximity of her daughter, she comes to see that Rhoda is the very definition of [[Enfante Terrible]].
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One of the earliest and more notable examples of a child being portrayed as [[Complete Monster|irredeemably evil]], and delves into the issue of nature vs. nurture as Christine discovers the truth of her own origins.
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Almost all of the adults buy Rhoda's act; the children in her school know there's something wrong there and usually avoid her.
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