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    Iago Villain Analysis

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    Iago the Master Villain In the play Othello by William Shakespeare the character Iago is a brilliantly devised character. He is the nemesis to Othello‚ a general in the Roman military yet is his friend and trusted companion. Iago is such a villain that everyone around him trusts him and feels that he is a confidant‚ Othello the most. In the beginning the of the play Iago even says it himself that he is a liar and cheat and that he is not what he seems to be. "I am not what I am" (I‚ 1‚ 65). This

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    Villain, Hero, or Victim?

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    Katie Parlier Villain‚ Hero‚ or Victim? Jay Gatsby is one of America’s most prized antagonists who the reader genuinely wants to believe in but his personae of a hero is falsely presented and admired. Characters are commonly placed in either the hero or villain category‚ but Gatsby is the exception because he exhibits more qualities of a victim. Gatsby has fallen victimized by Daisy’s guise. During the initial relationship between Daisy and Gatsby in Kentucky‚ Daisy continues to encourage Gatsby’s

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    Political hero On 30th November 1874 Winston Churchill was born. He was born into a wealthy family with his father‚ Lord Randolph Churchill‚ being a tory politician. Churchill attended the royal military collage where he embarked on an army career. However he perused politics and became a conservative member of parliament‚ which didn’t last long as he later changed to be part of the liberal democrats. Winston Churchill did a lot of changing between serving in the army and being in politics‚ for

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    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 who owns up to what he is

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    Iago's Exceptional Villain

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    In stories‚ villains play a major part; they move the plot forward and without them‚ something feels missing. Among the ranks of villains‚ there are many different tiers of their abilities. There are the villains whose plots are easily foiled; whose minds are only focused on one thing and disregard anything else that could potentially be of use to them. Then there are villains whose plots are further meticulously planned‚ yet thwarted in the end. And finally‚ there are the villains who are perfect

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    Is Lady Macbeth A Villain

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    The Villain Inside Have you ever had someone in your life that influenced you to make poor choices? It is hard not to listen to them. Then they start to taunt you and make you feel bad for not doing the wrong thing. This is how Lady Macbeth and the Witches entice Macbeth to commit crimes and murder so many people. By using his insecurities against him to bring out his bad side‚ they show what is truly beneath the surface. Despite influence of Lady Macbeth and the Witches‚ Macbeth is undeniably

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    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 because

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    Othello: Iago's Villains

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    In almost everything you read or watch there is a villain. Villains have been used in stories for a very long time. One particular villain‚ Iago from the play Othello by Julius Caesar‚ is a very famous villain. Iago was an extremely bad guy in this play and was always up to no good. The character Iago and his traits have influenced many more modern villains. Iago influenced other villains with his criminal traits of being evil‚ egotistical‚ and dishonesty. First of all‚ Iago influenced the Character

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    Everyone agrees Rainsford killed Zaroff‚ but some believe Rainsford should have killed Zaroff and some believe he should not have killed Zaroff. Rainsford should have killed Zaroff for three reasons: Zaroff is insane‚ he had no intention of letting Rainsford leave‚ and the Bible does not forbid killing it forbids murder. The first reason Rainsford should have killed Zaroff is because Zaroff is insane. Zaroff should be imprisoned in Russia for this reason. Zaroff inflicts pain on innocent people

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    The Villains of King Lear

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    The Villains of King Lear “A villain must be a thing of power‚ handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion‚ strong enough to arouse our fear‚ human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall‚ yet not barbarously nor with contempt‚ and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.” -Agnes Repplier What makes a villain a villain? Some people might say that it is maniacal laughter and a

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