The Quantitative Qualities Of Vile Villainous Villains
The Quantitative Qualities of Vile Villainous Villains
What makes a good Villain? This year as we have read multiple stories and books, analyzing the qualities and acts of villains in these stories nearly all of them have been misogynist. Therefore one might conclude that Villains, especially good ones, need to be misogynist. That is incorrect, and I will tell you why, focusing on the Villains; Iago from Othello, Count Fosco from The Woman in White, and Jean Brodie from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie I will prove that misogynist is a quality to make a good villain but is not necessary by any means.
Iago and Count Fosco both are misogynist, treating women with little respect and constantly demeaning them. They both share this quality, expressing it through each of their stories. Iago considers his women to be no more than objects to men, fit to only do whatever their husbands command them. He treats them as whores who can't possibly be as smart or intelligent as a normal man, “rise to play, and go to bed to work.” (2.1.127) Iago says about the lives of women. That they do no more then wake up, enjoy themselves and work by pleasing their husbands in bed. The Count also believes …show more content…
The reader hates them, is the only necessary quality of a good villain, to make the reader root for the good guy and cheer when the bad guy meets his/her untimely end. Misogynist is merely a tool to create hate and anger from the reader towards the villain, many other qualities work in the same way. Racism, Fascism, or just being a complete asshole overall are all qualities that could have replaced Misogynist to accomplish the same goals in modern times. Though in the past it was a bit different since Fascism was more widely accepted before Hitler and Stalin, and, at least in america, blacks did not get equal rights until the mid 1900’s. So Misogynist would have appealed to a wider range of the general population then the other
What makes a good Villain? This year as we have read multiple stories and books, analyzing the qualities and acts of villains in these stories nearly all of them have been misogynist. Therefore one might conclude that Villains, especially good ones, need to be misogynist. That is incorrect, and I will tell you why, focusing on the Villains; Iago from Othello, Count Fosco from The Woman in White, and Jean Brodie from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie I will prove that misogynist is a quality to make a good villain but is not necessary by any means.
Iago and Count Fosco both are misogynist, treating women with little respect and constantly demeaning them. They both share this quality, expressing it through each of their stories. Iago considers his women to be no more than objects to men, fit to only do whatever their husbands command them. He treats them as whores who can't possibly be as smart or intelligent as a normal man, “rise to play, and go to bed to work.” (2.1.127) Iago says about the lives of women. That they do no more then wake up, enjoy themselves and work by pleasing their husbands in bed. The Count also believes …show more content…
The reader hates them, is the only necessary quality of a good villain, to make the reader root for the good guy and cheer when the bad guy meets his/her untimely end. Misogynist is merely a tool to create hate and anger from the reader towards the villain, many other qualities work in the same way. Racism, Fascism, or just being a complete asshole overall are all qualities that could have replaced Misogynist to accomplish the same goals in modern times. Though in the past it was a bit different since Fascism was more widely accepted before Hitler and Stalin, and, at least in america, blacks did not get equal rights until the mid 1900’s. So Misogynist would have appealed to a wider range of the general population then the other