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    Iago’s cunning and ingenuity‚ although helpful in his course of destruction‚ in the end do not disguise the fact that he is a malevolent manipulator who‚ throughout the play‚ fails to conceive a legitimate motive for his malicious actions. Iago is a villain. He is the embodiment of evil‚ hatred and spite‚ a vicious sociopath with no moral compunction‚ and therefore while he does initially provide a reason for his wicked intentions‚ his true motive is only the promising destruction of purity and goodness

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    “Well‚ you need the villain. If you don’t have a villain‚ the good guy can stay home.” Christoph Waltz.Villains are like school‚ you don’t really like it but you would be nowhere without it. A villain is a character that is evil and creates problems in the story. Queen Levana from Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles‚ and the Sirens from Homer’s The Odyssey. Queen Levana is the queen of Luna and lets know one dampen her reign‚ she will do anything to get what she wants. The sirens are mythical creatures

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    continuous battle with good vs. evil‚ both mentally and physically. These characters‚ when compared‚ are all very relatable. Claudius and the sisters Goneril and Regan are nearly the same when examined. Claudius is the plays antagonist and main villain. He is the brother to King Hamlet‚ second husband to Gertrude‚ and uncle to Prince Hamlet. Claudius obtained the throne by murdering his own brother purely out of greed and ambition. On top of murdering him‚ he also married the late king’s wife‚ Gertrude

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    THE INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison Ralph Ellison’s novel‚ Invisible Man‚ embodies many villains that the narrator (the main character) faces. Dr. Bledsoe and Brother Jack are just two of the villains that use and take advantage of the narrator. After each confrontation with his enemies‚ the narrator matures and augments his personality. Through his words‚ the reader can see the narrator’s development in realizing that he is invisible simply because people refuse to see him. Dr. Bledsoe

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    Whether kidnapping dalmatian puppies to make into a coat or just mocking a shy girl’s homemade dress in study hall‚ villains make stories compelling. We love and need the bad guys‚ perhaps just for their representation of the secret bad guys in ourselves. But there are rules. One of two things must eventually happen to the antagonist for the reader to feel closure: he has to learn‚ to realize the error of his ways and repent‚ or he has to pay‚ to get what he has got coming to him. But what if

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    Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog‚ directed by Joss Whedon‚ is a super-hero musical tragicomedy produced in very limited budget. Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris)‚ the protagonist‚ Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion)‚ the antagonist‚ and Penny (Felicia Day)‚ the girl between Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer‚ are the main characters in this 40-mins miniseries. It won the People’s Choice Award for "Favorite Online Sensation" in 2008 and Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2009. What makes this movie

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    mentioned earlier in this analysis. Comparatively to the aforementioned Maleficent‚ Ursula breaks all the boundaries of how a female antagonist presents herself to the audience. For instance‚ Maleficent is a physically elegant and an overall intimidating villain in appearance‚ whilst Ursula commands a more playfully ominious presence‚ something where Trite describes “…the mature female body as ominously menacing.” (Trites‚ 1991‚ 149). Russo continues this by arguing that "The grotesque body is the open‚ protruding

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    received his application and he needs to prove himself before he can be in the league. If you listen to Dr. Horrible song on being a villain you will notice he is not becoming evil to destroy the world‚ but rather to stop it so he can find the time to think of the perfect words to say to Penny; his secret love. Perhaps Dr. Horrible thinks that to be an evil villain he must be strong‚ smart‚ and brave; things he may be insecure that he lacks himself. Also in his song he says that it is not nor a death

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    The villain of the book‚ Frankenstein or his monster the unanswered question of the class discussion. My pick of the villain will Frankenstein himself. His unwillingness to take responsibility for his mistakes for dwelling into the unknown‚ not one occasion but multiple occasions. The monster deaths he knew the truth

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    they falsely accuse someone innocent‚ but after a chase by the monster. Then some of Velma’s excellent detective work they get the bad guy. The villain then say’s something along the lines of “I would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those kids and their dog.” By this point we know that the adults were wrong‚ that without the gangs work the villain would still be on the loose. The adults never admit that they were wrong‚ which in my opinion is wrong; credit is due‚ where credit is due.

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