How Is Costello A Villain?

Robinson Crusoe is a man who was lost in the world, stuck at home with his parents, he was expected to be a lawyer, but his heart longed for the sea. Crusoe eventually left home, without telling his parents what he planned. After several voyages, all of which were seemingly “unlucky,” he is shipwrecked on a desert island and is forced to survive with only bare necessities. Many people consider him a hero because of how he dealt with his misfortune. Some people believe that Robinson Crusoe is a likeable and admirable character, but others disagree. Robinson Crusoe is not a likeable or admirable character for three reasons: he is self-absorbed, he lacks emotion, and he is hypocritical.

Having an evil character in a story makes the story much more interesting. The evil character in Tangerine is Erik, a high school boy, brother and son who is focused only on himself. When we think of evil people, we think about Hitler, Osama, and Hiroshi. With his deceit, disregard for others, and self-centered attitude, Erik could be on that list. In this story, Paul, Erik’s younger brother, is the hero because he thinks about others and does the right thing in difficult situations. Although Erik is cruel, dishonest, and dishonorable, he makes a book’s best villain.

The villain, Curley, shows a desire to dominate the other characters who he believes to be a threat to his power through the use of brute strength and his position, the boss’ son. Curley’s wife shows

Arthur Miller's “The Crucible” is one of the most controversial, and famous plays he has ever written due to its representation of the clear similarities between witch hunts of the past to the ones that where ongoing during the red scare of the 1950's. The play is specifically set during the Salem witch trials/hunts that occurred in 1692. While portions of the play are fiction, the play itself is historically accurate, especially when it comes to identifying who the villain is. It is unequivocally clear that the villain in this sad story is the young girl, Abigail Williams. While the case can be made that there where obviously other villains that had a more direct role in the injustices that occurred during the witch trials, at the end of the day no matter how you look at it Abigail was the main/real villain because she was the initial instigator of the witch hunts, practiced deceit and deception, influenced her vengeful will upon others, and lied; without hesitation nor remorse. These dishonorable qualities that Abigail possess combined with her own motives to gain vengeance(kill) against Elizabeth Proctor and assume her place as John Proctor's(her love interest) wife is enough evidence to make an educated claim that Abigail Williams in fact the main antagonist, and ultimately the villain.

¨A villain is one blamed for a particular evil or difficulty,¨ according to Merriam Webster Dictionary. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus can be clearly identified as the one to blame for Caesar's tragic death and for majorly affecting the plot of the story in doing so. Brutus was not villainous for his intentions towards the people of Rome but instead became villainous when he chose to end Caesar's life without a reputable conflict to go off of. This goes to show that many of the evils in the world are not cloaked devils, but sometimes the friends right under the nose that are deemed honorable and brave.

A villain fighting the hero is usually the way we envision evil in media such as television, music, and books. In real life however evil is not as clear but the definition we can best use is about evil being the inverse of good. For example if giving is good stealing is evil because it is the opposite of giving. Another example would be more complicated such as white collar crimes. These crimes are nonviolent and financially motivated in which the criminal is seemingly normal but is evil because the criminal steals from their victims. This is the banality of evil in which because the criminal does not look like a monster they are not inherently evil, if anything the normality in their dress makes the crime even more wicked. The banality of evil is pervasive in the way it can hide the real evil behind a mask of a common person. Evil is also the suffering of children especially because we take their innocence away. It seems easy to have the suffering of one in order to prevent the suffering of many but this is a twisted form of logic if the one suffering is a child. This type of evil is indefensible and I do not mean disciplining children I mean the excerpt of The Brothers Karamazov. Both evils are essentially the result of a corrupted good in Mr. Eichmann’s case he followed the wrong orders, and for Ivan children’s happiness was turned into children’s suffering.

According to Merriam-Webster and Literary Terms a villain is a deliberate scoundrel or criminal who plots to somehow cause harm or ruin to another character. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Cassius is the villain because he does not admit what he is doing is wrong. He kills Caesar and gets other people to help him do so and the only way he can have a reputation is by having power.

Cut his throat! Spill his blood" P.138).In particular the evil of the character is also present in the towns people when they brutally stone Tess out of tradition. (" ‘It isn’t fair’ she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head."P.301). To further illustrate the characters evil Tucker shows his transition into a dangerous killer after constant torment. ("I was lying there with a towering homicidal detestation, planning to kill Anvil."P.34). Also when Mike lynches the black man he is now getting a positive feeling from his crime. ("Makes you feel kind of cut off and tired, but kind of satisfied too"P.140). The inherent evil of man and society portrayed through the characters are present in these examples and shows how evil isn’t always visible.

In the book Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is an anti-hero because he exhibits many of the opposite characteristics as a hero would. While Holden was walking and crossing streets in New York, he began talking to his dead brother Allie: “I’d say to him, ‘Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie, don’t let me disappear. Please, Allie” (Salinger 198). Throughout the book, Holden constantly seems to struggle with his brother’s death. In fact, Holden is pleading with his dead brother to not let him disappear, which may be Holden’s synonym for “die”. Also, after asked by his history teacher if Holden cared about his future, he replied with, “‘Oh, I feel some concern for my future, all right. Sure.

Kesey portrays McMurphy as the antihero of his novel through his behaviour, motives, personality and his actions. In Kesey’s novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest the character R. P. McMurphy is an anti-hero.

Everybody knows that the most enthralling stories have a good villain. A “good” villain refers to a character who is ruthless, cunning, and an all-around mastermind who keeps the audience guessing. One of the most interesting villains is Iago from William Shakespeare’s Othello. Iago is a villain who has been analyzed for 500 years and still has no clear motivations for his evil acts. Fast forward a few centuries from the time Iago was created and take one of the most interesting characters from the CW’s television series The Vampire Diaries who happens to be the elusive vampire, Katherine Pierce. Both of these villains are similar in their manipulative nature, their motivations, and their impacts on the characters and stories.

Throughout many works of literature, a prominent theme has been “Good vs. Evil';. Many authors base the plot of their novels around “good guys'; fighting the “villain';.Robert Louis Stevenson contrasts good and evil through many of the characters thathe creates.

In Evil Under the Sun, the conflict between good and evil is a relatively straightforward one as it is in most Christie mysteries. On the side of evil, Patrick Redfern and Christine Redfern are motivated by greed and a psychopathic

To decide who the better villain is they must be compared to the criterion of what makes a good villain. All villains have certain qualities to decide whether they are an effective or ineffective villain. To decide who the better villain is the criterion of what makes an effective villain must first be assessed. Effective villains are ruthless, cunning, motivated, logical, precise, a viable threat and have control over their actions. They should not compassionate, have a blind rage, be predictable, have a big pride and be clouded by emotions. Villains need to have composure and must go beyond a physical strength. They should use they powers usefully and creatively, be manipulative, conniving, deceptive and have some control over people. The

There are many villains in The Nun by Diderot. There are many things that define a villain. According to Cambridge Dictionary, a villain is “a bad person who harms other people or breaks the law, or a cruel or evil character in a book, play, or film” (Cambridge Dictionary). There are some characters that fit this description in the book, but Sister Sainte-Christine is the greatest villain of them all. In The Nun, Sister Sainte-Christine is a villain because she is cruel to Suzanne. Her cruelty is shown when Sister Sainte-Christine abuses her physically and mentally, she turns the other nuns against Suzanne, and breaks rules in the convent to cause harm to Suzanne.