a descendent of Henry VII‚ who took the throne from Richard III. In the play William the conqueror was shown as the one to bring freedom and prosperity to England. This makes us wonder if there was a reason Shakespeare portrayed Richard to be a villain. Could there have been adverse results of doing otherwise? Its spectacular how Shakespeare sets up the play in a way that Richard tries to convinces the characters that
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are many different definitions of a tragic hero. Aristotle claimed "The tragic hero evokes our pity and terror if he is neither thoroughly good nor thoroughly evil but a mixture of both. The tragic hero evokes our pity because he is not evil and his misfortune is greater than he deserves‚ and he evokes our fear because we realize we are fallible and could make the same error." (www.killdevilhill.com) Another definition describes an archetypal tragic hero as having six distinct characteristics. They
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Villains in Fairy Tale Stories Almost every fairy tale story has an evil figure. Evil figures that put harm on the main characters life or other people’s life in the story. Evil figures are people in the story who do not want peace for everyone but himself or herself‚ people who are selfish‚ jealous‚ evil‚ and harmful. Those evil characters also prompt interest and allure in the story‚ and sometimes those characters are the reason of the climax in the stories. For this essay the three evil characters
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the notion of villains through its key characters and throughout the play the audience is left wondering who is actually the ‘real’ villain. Lady Macbeth seems to portray certain characteristics of a villain and appears to have evil intentions and Macbeth is also perceived as a villain due to his violent rampage. Nevertheless‚ both Macbeth and his wife have a conscience and they realize what they’ve done wrong. With this considered‚ it is ultimately the witches who are the true villains as they continue
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Dickens Directed Study August 21‚ 2001 Miss Havisham A Victim or a Villain? Was Miss Havisham a victim or a villain? This extremely eccentric character is absolutely essential to the plot of Great Expectations‚ for with malice intended‚ she greatly alters the paths of Pip’s and Estella’s lives‚ and with obsessive behavior destroys her own life. Miss Havisham was heir to a fortune that had been gained by successful industry rather than noble birth. Miss Havisham’s suitor‚ Compeyson‚ was‚ by social
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My Hero In your life people come and go‚ but there is always that one person or people who you will always remember‚ and those are the ones that you admire or look up to. “The simple acts of heroism are often overlooked- that’s very clear to me not only in war but in peace.” (Oliver Stone p.3) People can walk by the homeless and think they aren’t important but in reality most of them are. Most of them are veterans from war who saved us and our ancestors
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first-class heroes. Her principles are held true in Disney Pixar’s Despicable Me. In the beginning of the movie‚ the protagonist‚ Gru‚ is a grumpy super villain who undergoes a complete change of heart after experiencing the joy of becoming a father to three orphaned sisters. His previous life as a villain is forgotten‚ and he becomes a great hero and dad. Gru morphs into a completely different person from the beginning of the movie to end with the support of many helpers and a new found arch nemesis
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Villains are bad people but they spice up everything. Joker from Batman or Dr.otto from Spiderman are some villains that are in movies or tails. The novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby that is trying to get back with his teen romance‚ and is not very successful. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes three characters that we as the readers determine who are villainous. Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom are the villainous character in this novel. A villainous character is Daisy‚ she is a cheater‚ killer
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Villains: Good or Bad? A villain is a person‚ character‚ or thing that is an antagonist who has a negative effect on people. Many people see villains in one way: bad. When referring to a villain‚ people imagine a big‚ bad beast that only commits acts of crime to be greedy or mischievous‚ when in reality‚ some villains may be taught that bad things were good or the villain may have a backstory that provides a reason on why he or she commits acts of crime. If people would not anticipate what a villain
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Alec Hendrickson 11/14/10 p.3 Did John Proctor Die a Hero? In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor displays some of the key aspects of beig a hero. Those aspects are‚ he risked his reputation and his life to save the lives of the falsely accused people in his town. A big aspect of being a hero is sacrifice‚ but even though he lacks the other aspects such as unselfishness and compassion‚ he is still a hero. John is selfish because before his wife was accused of witchcraft
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