reality. In most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ there is a hero and with a hero‚ there is usually a villain. Some audience members generally have a tendency to speculate great analytical views about the heroes of the play while villains are ignored and perceived to be even more evil. This may be true‚ but the portrayal of villainous characters does not mean that they were forced to become evil. The query is how a villain becomes
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"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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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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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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Iago’s role as the ultimate villain. Handelman states “Iago is a relentless and witty villain…” Iago ultimately causes the deaths of Othello‚ Desdemona‚ and himself. Killing Othello and Desdemona alone‚ would not have quenched his thirst for evil‚ he had to destroy the lives of his victims before he killed them (Handelman 1). In agreement with the idea of Iago being the ultimate villain‚ Samantha Markham of Suite101.com Inc.‚ wrote the article “The Brilliant Villain of Othello‚” which states
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Shylock: Victim or Villain? He is a Jewish moneylender who earns his living by charging interest on money he loans (like modern banks). He often speaks prose in the play‚ which marks him out as an outsider. He is persecuted by all the non-Jews he knows: He tells Antonio‚ "suff’rance is the badge of all our tribe". He is verbally abused and bullied by most characters in the play and is called cruel names including "villain with a smiling cheek‚ cut-throat dog‚ bloody creditor‚ damned inexecrable
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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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kind of fucked up story does the bad guy win? In what kind of story does the victim end up in disbelief that she never got the justice she deserved. That’s when you realize you’re the villain. But no‚ the other person’s not innocent either‚ they’re the villain too. They’re worse than you‚ but you’re still the villain‚ because you let it get this way. Everything’s your fault. And you hate everyone. And you hate yourself. And you hate everything. And your so filled with hate that you just want to end
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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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