Alyssa Auch Professor Grover ENG 314 November 17‚ 2012 A Victimized Villain in Venice What makes a villain? When introduced in films‚ the antagonist is often given tell-tale‚ gloomy music and shadowed lighting. They scowl and sneer and laugh in derision‚ and we know they are the opposition. In William Shakespeare’s plays‚ the villains often introduce themselves as such‚ stating their macabre intentions or hateful jealousies. From a psychological point of view‚ their thoughts are simple enough
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think Columbus is a villain? To begin with‚ Christopher Columbus is a villain is the fact that he stole America from the natives. His job was to find a passage to Asia but instead he found this new land and took it upon himself to take their treasures and gold for his own country and instead of trading like they would do with Asians he took advantage of their nobleness and didn’t just take their gold but made them work to death Second reason ‚ that makes Columbus a villain is the fact that he
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conflict? Or even give the people someone to despise.The villain is one of the most crucial people in literature‚ movies‚ and history. The villain is the person who constructs the storyline and brings about the hero. Therefore‚ if I had to choose between the role of a villain and the hero‚ I would make the unlikely selection of portraying the villain. The villain is able to teach a countless number of life lessons to the audience. For example‚ a villain is able to demonstrate that life is not always easy
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In many works of fiction the villain is the epitome of evil with some contrived motive such as ruling the world or destroying it for no other reason than that is what villains do. In others they are such a shade of grey‚ they are almost indistinguishable from the hero. While the first serves it’s purpose as the villain‚ the shallowness of the character destroys the sense of conflict. The second adds that dimensionality but confuses the reader to the point of not knowing where their sympathies should
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The Villain in Hero’s Clothing Hero’s and villain’s is a theme that spans genres and age groups‚ from the foundation of a little boys play to the theme of a college level literature class. It is an idea deeply ingrained‚ good against evil‚ light against dark. However just like hero’s villains are guided by a set of rules‚ different from what is considered normal but there all the same. They have their own societies‚ created with those that follow them and they are strong‚ presenting a challenge to
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reality. In most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ there is a hero and with a hero‚ there is usually a villain. Some audience members generally have a tendency to speculate great analytical views about the heroes of the play while villains are ignored and perceived to be even more evil. This may be true‚ but the portrayal of villainous characters does not mean that they were forced to become evil. The query is how a villain becomes
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the villains/ nemesis play within the Bond novels isn’t unique per say‚ but without them‚ there would definitely be no Bond novels. Each villain Bond faces shapes who Bond is as a character. They test Bond’s limits and they provide him with the tools to make himself look good within the novel and films. Every good guy has a bad guy to fight type situation is what we see in the Bond novels. Though Bond is tortured and put to the test by these villains‚ he always comes out on top. The villain will
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"The more successful the villain‚ the more successful the picture."- Alfred Hitchcock. In the world of film and literature‚ villains have been used to show the opposite of the hero. Where the hero is strong and makes honorable decisions‚ the villain is usually self-centered and uses evil to damage the lives of others for his own purposes. Villains sometimes fill others with fear‚ anger and occasional sadness. In general‚ every great tale of a hero also has a villain that readers love to hate. In
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Magneto: hero or Villain? When we think of villains there are several that quickly come to mind. For Batman there is the Joker‚ Superman has Lex Luthor as his great revel‚ and Spider-Man fights the Green Goblin. Yet no other character is as complex as the X-Men’s villain‚ Magneto. From they very beginning of the comic series there has not been a person that has crossed the line between hero and villain as much as Magneto. Even though he has helped and saved the X- men on several occasions. What
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reading the Merchant Of Venice. Is Shylock really a victim or a villain? At first‚ we weren’t quite sure about the answer as throughout the play Shylock is portrayed as being both victim and villain. However‚ after reading and analyzing the book and getting enough evidence to prove our point‚ we finally made up our minds and decided which was the most suitable adjective for Shylock. On the one hand‚ Shylock might be considered as a villain as he is a miserly moneylender who delights in the prospect
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