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    Villains are bad people but they spice up everything. Joker from Batman or Dr.otto from Spiderman are some villains that are in movies or tails. The novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby that is trying to get back with his teen romance‚ and is not very successful. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes three characters that we as the readers determine who are villainous. Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom are the villainous character in this novel. A villainous character is Daisy‚ she is a cheater‚ killer

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    Villains: Good or Bad? A villain is a person‚ character‚ or thing that is an antagonist who has a negative effect on people. Many people see villains in one way: bad. When referring to a villain‚ people imagine a big‚ bad beast that only commits acts of crime to be greedy or mischievous‚ when in reality‚ some villains may be taught that bad things were good or the villain may have a backstory that provides a reason on why he or she commits acts of crime. If people would not anticipate what a villain

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    Andrew Jackson a hero? Yes‚ no‚ maybe so Andrew Jackson was neither a hero nor a villain‚ but still deserves to be on the 20 dollar bill. Although Andrew Jackson did many things that made him a hero‚ he also did things that would question that. He can be known as an American hero for leading America in defeating the British at Battle at New Orleans and can also be known as a villain for passing the Indian Removal Act. Jackson’s strong leadership in being a general and president still gives him

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    Christopher Columbus: Hero Or Villain By: Martin Boykin Christopher Columbus can in no way‚ shape‚ or form be considered a hero. A hero is someone who performs good deeds for the sake of others and not for their own benefit. Christopher Columbus did not do a single good deed in any of his four voyages in the late 1400 ’s. Christopher Columbus was not the founder of the Americas we live in today because he did not set a single foot on these grounds‚ even if he did there were already the natives

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    Villain or Hero? Marcus Junius Brutus‚ the biggest backstabber of them all. Brutus is a roman politician and is portrayed in Shakespeare’s play: “Julius Caesar”. While many may say that he is a hero‚ he is in no doubt a villain‚ some may even describe his as a “selfless” villain. Brutus betrayed his friend‚ murdered a man‚ and brought upon a civil war saying it was for the good of all Rome. Brutus is a backstabber both physically and metaphorically. Brutus was the best friend to Caesar and one

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    act. Andrew Jackson had also inspired the Trails of Tears‚ killing over 4‚000 Native Americans. Out of all the thing Andrew Jackson did in his two terms of being president he brought more terror than honor‚ which is why he should be considered a villain. The Indian removal act was an

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    Oliver Cromwell was born in 25 April 1599 in a town in England called Huntington. He went to school at Huntington Grammar School then went to Sydney Sussex Collage at Cambridge. He studied law at Cambridge and then went to London and became the MP for Huntington in 1628 and MP for Cambridge in 1640. In 1630’s Oliver Cromwell became Puritan due to a religious crisis and started to become a Radical Puritan when he elected to represent Cambridge‚ first in the Short parliament‚ then in the Long parliament

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    Shakespeare once said‚ “One may smile‚ and smile‚ and be a villain.” Eventhough the the typical villains in movies are easy to pick out due to wearing black and wreaking havoc (bring/cause destruction). A good villain is considered to be intimidating‚ cause entertainment‚ antisocial‚ and mischievous. In Strangers on a Train‚ Bruno is depicted as the villain. Based on the description/ traits of what an actual villain is‚ Bruno does not meet the criteria. Bruno is considered more of a misguided hero

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    In real life‚ villains really should be avoided but in fiction they are just unavoidable. Without a villain getting in the hero’s way‚ there would be no conflict‚ and a movie with no conflict would not be as entertaining as other movies. Great villains can have a meaningful effect on the value of their stories‚ but what makes a great villain? An example can be Ursula from the movie The Little Mermaid. I would describe Ursula is persuasive‚ wicked‚ cruel‚ clever‚ tricky‚ and glutton person. Ursula

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    What is a villain? By definition it is “the person or thing responsible for specified trouble‚ harm‚ or damage” or an antagonist who seems fit to be a terrible‚ evil‚ unjust person but to me villains are not that. Villains are people who are unfairly looked upon as villains such as those with tattoos‚ graffiti artists‚ hacktivists‚ or even urban climbers. These people are all labeled as villains because they do something out of the norm to make themselves happy or perhaps others when what they do

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