"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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Discuss different opinions about whether Genghis Khan was a hero or villain. While Genghis Khan’s intent was and still is very clear‚ putting the label of hero or villain next to his name is still an awfully hard task to perform. Genghis Khan can be labelled a hero because of his incredible leadership and his advanced military skills that helped him to create undoubtedly one of the largest empires the world has ever seen. Although Genghis Khan did achieve some great things‚ if you look at his ‘achievements’
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Dang ENGL 1302 M-W 2-3:30pm Alexandra Lindsey 4/30/2014 Prospero: A True Villain In Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ Prospero is always pointed out as a truly moral main character. There are ideas that Prospero’s characteristics‚ his behavior‚ and the way he uses his magic contribute alternately to Prospero’s role as an undeniable protagonist of the play. Although there is evidence to support strongly his status as an unquestionable hero of The Tempest‚ Prospero still can be viewed in an opposite perspective
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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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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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We want to know at exactly what moment in time this character decided to be “evil.” We want to be able to relate to the villain because we have realized we can no longer relate to the hero. The hero has knowledge unattainable in books‚ the honor only found in gods‚ and nobility that is too hard for us “mere mortals” to obtain. Our society has given up on the idea of the hero. We are all sick of being the mad scientist in a superman cape‚ The scratchy polyester choking our necks like a tightened
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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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Although the hero in many films is 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
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obnoxious 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
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The hero that I most identify with in Hinson’s Courageous Faith‚ is Gideon.1 I have previously discussed my Army career where I served as a senior leader. I held various leadership positions for 28 of my 31 years of service. Gideon was not a leader‚ in fact‚ he was a frightened farmer who is hiding in a pit trying to remove the wheat from the chaff. 2 I am the opposite of Gideon when it comes to leadership. The Lord had to teach Gideon how to lead‚ or shall I say Gideon had to submit to the Lord
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