the Great is known as one of history’s brilliant military leaders and most powerful rulers. However‚ he isn’t a gracious ruler we learned about. Alexander the Great was a warfare ruler that used his power to his advantage. Alexander the Great is a villain because he grew power hungry and influenced major cruel dictators in history. Alexander became the king of Macedonia when he was 20 years old but‚ this is when his need for power began. Alexander became king after his father’s death. As a matter
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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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Cask of Amontillado What actions and characteristics of Montresor make him an effective villain one might ask? " I must not only punish but punish with impunity" (Poe‚ 1199). Montresor desires to punish Fortunato for an unknown crime against him. Montresor took his revenge on fellow nobleman Fortunato during a night of Carnival while he was drunk‚ dazed‚ and wearing a jester’s outfit. It would seem that it would be pretty hard to murder a man during a festive occasion. However with the proper
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Femme Fatale or Victim Emma Bovary is a complex and intriguing character as the protagonist of Gustave Flaubert’s novel‚ Madame Bovary. Throughout the novel‚ Flaubert’s use of elaborate details and explicit dialogue lead to the question of whether Emma plays the role of a fierce femme fatale who caused the destruction of her husband and daughter‚ or that of the vulnerable victim‚ trapped by societal expectations and depression. Critics may claim that the novel supports the idea that Emma Bovary
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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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2309.007 October 30‚ 2013 Ostracizing A Monster In the world of Frankenstein if you aren’t normal then you are automatically ostracized by the world. But it seems like it has been that way since the beginning of time. In the book‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ a man named Victor Frankenstein created a monster. This monster came to be known as Frankenstein but was never actually named. When introduced into the world‚ Frankenstein is automatically shunned by the people. Nobody ever starts out evil
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Maximilien Robespierre has always been known to be controversial and misunderstood. He was the face of the French Revolution. In accordance with the Jacobins‚ they controlled the time known as the Reign of Terror‚ due to their influence in the accumulation of murders of those opposed to the revolution. Reign of Terror was a symbolic time period within the French Revolution that involved corruption of power and influence and mass executions. With Robespierre at the forefront‚ he became one of the
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In this essay I intend to explore the narrative conventions and values‚ which Oliver Smithfield presents in the short story Victim. The short story positions the reader to have negative and sympathetic opinion on the issues presented. Such as power‚ identity and bullying. For example Mickey the young boy is having issues facing his identity. It could be argued that finding your identity may have the individual stuck trying to fit in with upon two groups. The main character Mickey is represented
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Oedipus: A Victim of Fate Oedipus‚ the protagonist from Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King”‚ is a great example of the immense power that fate has within literature. Sophocles is very effective in portraying the wrath of fate as he shows how Oedipus is a victim of fate and‚ despite his endless efforts‚ was unable to avoid it. Fate managed to overcome Oedipus’s efforts to avoid falling victim to it. He is completely innocent of what happened to him. Oedipus was a good king and a man of honorable character
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Nurbani Trisna Wardhani 10/297584/SA/15201 In this “Boarding House”‚ a short story form James Joyce‚ I think the character that becomes the victim is Mr. Doran. At the first the story tells about Mrs. Mooney who had been lived separated with his drunkard husband and built up a boarding house. She lived there with her two children‚ Jack and Polly. In another angle‚ we can see Mrs. Mooney boarding house is actually a ‘tool’ that was used by Mrs. Mooney to look for an ideal husband for Polly.
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