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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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    Heroes and Villains in Postmodernism The perfect (maybe) word to write about in Urban Dictionary because everything you say about it is encompassed by it. So if I were to say that Postmodernism is a goat‚ I am of course‚ right (left). If I say that Postmodernism is an art movement based on the unsurity of a declining art market of the 90 ’s‚ I ’d be correct (whatever that means). Eat your Captain Crunch‚ look at a Madonna video and drink a glass of Tang. Reality is media. Reality is simulation.

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    Hero Vs Villain

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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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    Villains In Bond Novels

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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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    Magneto Hero Or Villain

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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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    Odysseus: Hero or Villain

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    Breyer 1 Lauren  Breyer Holcombe Period 8 April 2‚ 2014 Odysseus: Hero or Villain? In the epic poem “The Odyssey” by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) Odysseus‚ the King of Ithaca embarks on his journey home after the Trojan War with his crew men. On his way home Odysseus gets caught in storms produced by Poseidon and end up traveling to many islands to survive. Meanwhile his son and wife stay at home dealing with over welcomed sutors  in their home who are trying to marry Penelope.

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    the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda‚ king and queen of Sparta; half-sister of Helen of Troy‚ and husband of Agamemnon‚ ruler of Mycenae. She is infamous for plotting to murder her husband and Cassandra with Aegisthus‚ enemy of Agamemnon. She is a villain for her murder of innocent Cassandra and of her committing adultery. Clytemnestra is a murderer‚ slaughtering Cassandra for no reason besides for her own pride. Cassandra was a slave brought back by Agamemnon as a prize from the Trojan War (Clarke)

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