Shylock: Victim or Villain? In the Merchant of Venice play written by William Shakespeare the character Shylock is highly debated as victim or villain. Throughout the play Shylock is mistreated by everyone. Shylock is physically‚ emotionally and mentally abused. By the end of the play Shylock has lost everything he owns‚ including his daughter Jessica. Thus Shylock is in fact a victim during the play. Unfortunately during the play the reader reads about Shylock being mistreated by everyone around
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very courageous‚ I resonate more with the villain because they are smarter and more creative‚ always stand up for what they believe in‚ and are willing to do anything to achieve their goals. I will take these values with me into the next stage of my life. As Marilyn Manson once said‚ “In any story‚ the villain is the catalyst. The hero’s not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He’s one-dimensional intentionally‚ but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is
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The Villain Inside Have you ever had someone in your life that influenced you to make poor choices? It is hard not to listen to them. Then they start to taunt you and make you feel bad for not doing the wrong thing. This is how Lady Macbeth and the Witches entice Macbeth to commit crimes and murder so many people. By using his insecurities against him to bring out his bad side‚ they show what is truly beneath the surface. Despite influence of Lady Macbeth and the Witches‚ Macbeth is undeniably
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action influences them to be victims of tragedy. Based on Aristotle‚ every tragic play demonstrates a noble tragic hero having a fatal flaw that destructs their life but signifies a meaningful lesson. When examining the tragic hero in works of writing‚ Shakespeare’s plays portray characters whose flaws lead to their tragic end. In the play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare determines the tragic hero is Julius Caesar however many select Marcus Brutus
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as a youth. Napoleon attended French military school‚ where he was able to prove his strength and mathematics‚ and at sixteen‚ received his deputation as second lieutenant. Some would say that Napoleon was a hero and others would say that he was a villain. In my eyes‚ I see him as a hero due to: he was able to turn a very troubled social and political situation in Post-Revolutionary France around in one year of coming into power‚ he was very smart and some even claimed that he was a genius‚ and because
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In almost everything you read or watch there is a villain. Villains have been used in stories for a very long time. One particular villain‚ Iago from the play Othello by Julius Caesar‚ is a very famous villain. Iago was an extremely bad guy in this play and was always up to no good. The character Iago and his traits have influenced many more modern villains. Iago influenced other villains with his criminal traits of being evil‚ egotistical‚ and dishonesty. First of all‚ Iago influenced the Character
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The Villains of King Lear “A villain must be a thing of power‚ handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion‚ strong enough to arouse our fear‚ human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall‚ yet not barbarously nor with contempt‚ and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.” -Agnes Repplier What makes a villain a villain? Some people might say that it is maniacal laughter and a
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From Victim to Villain Everyone has their reasons for their actions; some make decisions out of love or anger. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Abigail’s decisions are made from an intricate weave of mixed emotions driven by the tortured mind of a 17 year old girl. It is those decisions‚ those choices she makes that destroy the town of Salem. While in the beginning she is the victim of unfair and cruel circumstances‚ her choices such as witchcraft‚ manipulation‚ and blackmail lead to her descent
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Beowulf and Grendel define each other as we know a hero is incomplete without a villain and in order for a hero to be famous the need of a villain in his story is necessary. Grendel is a necessary evil in the story and is needed to depict Beowulf‚ as would not be what he is if Grendel wasn’t there. A hero cannot live in a fantasy tale without a villain furthermore a person cannot live without having a nemesis‚ this gives their lives a purpose. A purpose to live‚ fight‚ and be famous. Grendel is
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Superman‚ an army soldier… What about Adolf Hitler? Many people have heroes that they look up to‚ whether they be fictional or real. Others‚ however‚ may see these heroes as villains‚ and hate them. When you hear people talking about Hitler‚ you likely think of the Holocaust‚ leading to Hitler being thought of as a villain. Going more indepth with the thought of Hitler‚ he‚ believe it or not‚ was honored as a hero of Germany‚ and was idolized before the Holocaust. He started as a simple painter
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