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    Magneto: Super Villains

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    The villain Magneto killed millions of people‚ Loki the great trickster god who managed to kill over 80 people in his first 2 days on earth and Khan opened fire on unarmed Captains of Starfleet during a meeting. All three are seen as classic super villains out for blood. Can their actions be justified though? Can we truly justify the actions of a great super villain by their past experiences‚ by their perspective or even by their personality traits twisting their morals into something more? We will

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    Justifiable Victim

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    herself” (2014‚ p. 306). In addition‚ if an individual feels imminent threat‚ excessive force‚ or reasonable fear or force justifiable homicide can be used as a form of defense when killing an individual. The autobiographical book “I am Not Your Victim” helped me to understand the types of domestic violence abuse committed

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    Okonkwo Villain Quotes

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    In the book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe Okonkwo is depicted as a hero in many ways‚ however he can also be depicted as a villain. I believe that Okonkwo possesses characteristics of both a hero and a villain. In Things Fall Apart Okonkwo is described as a villain‚ a villian can be described as a cruelly malicious person. These qualities are seen through the qoute “His wives‚ especially the youngest‚ lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper”. This quote show that he beats

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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter"‚ Roger Chillingworth‚Hester’s husband‚ is a villain because he becomes a man deficient in human warmth due to his desire to gain revenge against Hester’s forbidden paramour:Reverend Dimmesdale. His vindictive desire and malice affects his external appearance and makes him torture Reverend Dimmesdale. Roger Chillingworth is a villain because he wants to exact revenge against Dimmesdale.When Chillingworth talk to Hester in her prison cell‚ he

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    Shylock A Victim Analysis

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    We agree that Shylock is more a villain than a victim. Shylock is a villain because he has evil intentions towards Antonio. In an aside‚ shylock displayed his hatred for Antonio when he said “If I catch him once upon the hip‚ I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” This means that shylock’s hatred for Antonio has reached such a point that he desires to harm Antonio in some way. The phrase “feed fat” suggests that if he can find some way to get the upper hand of Antonio‚ He will use it to

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    Victim Assistance

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    Victim Assistance When a person experiences a crisis they may require assistance. The person experiencing the crisis may look for that assistance from people who may have witness the crisis‚ or showed up after the crisis‚ but when assistance is still needed. People will respond to emergency situations in different way. Some may assist or call for assistance‚ and some may not respond or assist to the occurring emergency the manner in which people respond to situation can be influenced by many factors

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    Because revenge is unjustified‚ it is easier for Iago to perform evil actions because he is the play’s villain; whereas‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to perform evil actions because he is a protagonist. Shakespeare’s placement of character traits creates a large impact on Iago and Hamlet’s revenge strategies. Because Iago is an antagonist‚ committing evil crimes is what his persona is meant to do. Villains are primarily ones to hold solely evil traits with little room for sympathy or improving one’s mentality

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    King Richard's Villain

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    Deformed in body and twisted in mind‚ Richard is in every way the dominant character of the play‚ to the extent that he is both the play’s protagonist and major villain. He is selfish‚ evil‚ corrupt‚ sadistic‚ and manipulative. His intelligence‚ political brilliance‚ and dazzling use of language keeps the audience fascinated and his subjects and rivals under his control. At the beginning of the play‚ it is made clear to the audience that Richard has no justification for seizing the throne. This

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    Heroes and villains essay

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    In today’s society‚ one does not need to wear a cape or be able to fly to be a hero. Someone does not need to wear black and have an evil laugh to be a villain either. Today‚ an ordinary‚ everyday person can be transformed into a hero or villain almost instantly. A catalyst is definitely needed to perform this transformation. An event usually has to pull out the heroic traits of a person. For instance a person who witnesses a car accident and this person runs to the scene of the burning car and

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    Odysseus: Hero or Villain

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    Introduction to Literature Period 3 18 April 2008 Odysseus: Hero or Villain? Heading home‚ to Ithaca‚ Odysseus is faced upon many obstacles that he and his men try to overcome‚ but in the end substantiate that Odysseus is a villain. “The old soldier in despair: He has spent ten years (seven of them as Calypso’s not entirely unwillingly captive) trying to get home” (652‚ summary). Evidence proves that Odysseus is a villain‚ because he tries to convince that he was kept unwillingly by Calypso.

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