Shakespeare once said‚ “One may smile‚ and smile‚ and be a villain.” Eventhough the the typical villains in movies are easy to pick out due to wearing black and wreaking havoc (bring/cause destruction). A good villain is considered to be intimidating‚ cause entertainment‚ antisocial‚ and mischievous. In Strangers on a Train‚ Bruno is depicted as the villain. Based on the description/ traits of what an actual villain is‚ Bruno does not meet the criteria. Bruno is considered more of a misguided hero
Premium Othello William Shakespeare Iago
the Great is known as one of history’s brilliant military leaders and most powerful rulers. However‚ he isn’t a gracious ruler we learned about. Alexander the Great was a warfare ruler that used his power to his advantage. Alexander the Great is a villain because he grew power hungry and influenced major cruel dictators in history. Alexander became the king of Macedonia when he was 20 years old but‚ this is when his need for power began. Alexander became king after his father’s death. As a matter
Premium KILL Military Chandragupta Maurya
In real life‚ villains really should be avoided but in fiction they are just unavoidable. Without a villain getting in the hero’s way‚ there would be no conflict‚ and a movie with no conflict would not be as entertaining as other movies. Great villains can have a meaningful effect on the value of their stories‚ but what makes a great villain? An example can be Ursula from the movie The Little Mermaid. I would describe Ursula is persuasive‚ wicked‚ cruel‚ clever‚ tricky‚ and glutton person. Ursula
Premium Villain English-language films Antagonist
“Literary Villains: Iago and Krogstad” In “Othello” and “A Doll House”‚ the two plays resulted in destruction of two families due to one’s jealousy and revenge. The antagonist in “Othello” is Iago who served as Othello ancient in the play was against him from the start. Iago had several motives for plotting against Othello‚ because they did not give him the rank of Lieutenant and he did not approve of the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. In “A Doll House”‚ Krogstad was an employee of
Premium Henrik Ibsen Othello A Doll's House
What is a villain? By definition it is “the person or thing responsible for specified trouble‚ harm‚ or damage” or an antagonist who seems fit to be a terrible‚ evil‚ unjust person but to me villains are not that. Villains are people who are unfairly looked upon as villains such as those with tattoos‚ graffiti artists‚ hacktivists‚ or even urban climbers. These people are all labeled as villains because they do something out of the norm to make themselves happy or perhaps others when what they do
Premium Sociology Race Racism
Maximilien Robespierre has always been known to be controversial and misunderstood. He was the face of the French Revolution. In accordance with the Jacobins‚ they controlled the time known as the Reign of Terror‚ due to their influence in the accumulation of murders of those opposed to the revolution. Reign of Terror was a symbolic time period within the French Revolution that involved corruption of power and influence and mass executions. With Robespierre at the forefront‚ he became one of the
Premium French Revolution Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre
the arguments: “Was Che Guevara a hero or a villain? Hero … * Che was‚ and remains‚ an inspirational figure for revolutionaries against imperialism and social oppression the world over * The rise of anti-American‚ left-wing elected governments in South America shows that Che’s ideals still hold great appeal * Che was right to show with his life that the Cuban example could be followed only by spreading the revolution beyond Cuba’s shores Villain … * If it were not for the Korda photograph
Premium Che Guevara Fidel Castro Cuba
acceptable President. He was considered as the "People’s President‚" he was very straight forward and honest to his people. He takes his job seriously and is probably the most liberal president in history. His presidency however was neither a hero nor a villain‚ but shared a fair amount of each. First off‚ the good qualities he had was the fact he had bold commitment to enforce laws and fight back against secession threats from the South. Two high tariffs were passed during 1828 and 1833 which increased
Free United States John C. Calhoun President of the United States
Nabokov Online Journal‚ Vol. VI (2012) _______________________________________________________________________ NABOKOV’S SHORT STORY “SIGNS AND SYMBOLS”: An interdisciplinary roundtable discussion♣ _______________________ Hal Ackerman‚ Screenwriter (UCLA) Murray Biggs‚ Theater scholar (Yale University) John N. Crossley‚ Mathematician (Monash University) Wayne Goodman‚ Psychiatrist (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Yuri Leving‚ Moderator (Dalhousie University) Frederick White‚ Literary scholar
Premium Schizophrenia
the plot. In ’Richard III’‚ William Shakespeare‚ the author‚ uses Richard’s intelligence‚ wordplay‚ and wit to advance the story and characters. There is no doubt about the fact that Richard is the villain of this play. He is also the protagonist‚ which is the leading character of any work of literature. Clearly‚ Richard wastes no time putting his evil plans into action. His first step out many more to come‚ was that he needed to get rid of his older brother‚ Clarence‚ since he was next in line for
Premium English-language films William Shakespeare Performance