Villains are in all types of literature work. For example, everyone remembers Joker from the Batman movie. Joker is a low life villain that doesn’t value life, and whose main goal is to take it away from people. Edward Bloor’s Tangerine is no exception. The villain in this novel is Paul’s older brother Erik. Erik is someone who can’t be trusted. One would rather trust a burglar with my money than with Erik. Erik is an arrogant, mischievous, and scandalous villain, who doesn’t value life. He doesn’t
How does one create the perfect villain for a story? What qualities are needed in such a character? A good place to start when constructing a villain is to look at William Shakespeare’s villain in Othello, a man called Iago. Iago is wonderfully devious. Throughout the play, he not only poisons Othello’s vision of Desdemona, he does this with no one, excepting Roderigo, the wiser. There are several reasons that make Iago such a terrifying villain. Shakespeare gave certain qualities to his creation
Surname 5 Olivia Venkus Mrs. Dey World Literature 11/6/17 A Perfect Villain Iago, a character in Shakespeare’s Othello is evil. Evil is a character that it demonstrated through ill, especially in the quest for power and recognition. Most of the time this comes out when a person is obsessed with meeting their personal desires at any costs. This means that all the concepts of human morality will seem irrelevant to the individual until all his or her desired interests are met. In his play Othello
Othello Essay: Prove Iago is the Perfect Villain Throughout the play, Othello, Iago often showed how evil and relentless he certainly is and how he does not care about the characters that interfere with his plan. First, Iago showed how great a villain he is, by how he manipulates almost every character to keep forwarding his plan to ruin Othello. Secondly, he is motivated to get revenge on Othello, which keeps his entire plan in motion. Lastly Iago enjoys ruining people’s lives, in other words
Iago as the Perfect Villain of Othello Iago, the villain in Shakespeare’s Othello, is a round character of great depth and many dimensions. Iago works towards an aim that is constantly changing and becomes progressively more tragic. Yet, at times, "honest" Iago does actually seem honest. This essay will explore the complex character of "honest Iago. One of the most interesting questions that crops up is concerning Iago’s motives. What are his reasons to kill every major Venetian in
Gaston. No one’s in love with himself as Gaston. The antagonist in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Gaston, is chosen to be the best villain of the year, making him the guest of honour at the dinner party of evil. Gaston is the most malicious antagonist of them all due to his cunning, egotistical, and manipulative nature. Gaston possesses all the qualities of a perfect villain, especially his slyness. He did not lose his slick personality, even during his last moments, and has no gratitude for those who
that appeals to the audience in an emotional way is the villain. Villains are associated with darkness and evil, due to their harsh and cruel way of living. Typically, they are power-hungry, malicious and show malevolence through their characteristics. Usually they are based upon the reflection of the deepest most negative emotions a human is able to possess.||The Queen of Hearts portrayed in the 2010 Alice in Wonderland film is the perfect candidate for the best character awards due to her enduring
admirable qualities they embody, which leads to the realization that these films are far from perfect. Upon closer inspection, Disney films embrace patriarchal and sexist ideologies when it comes to their characters—something that Disney has been nearly successful in eradicating in their most recent films. From the earliest films to the most recent, the portrayal of gender roles, of both the heroine and the villain, has changed for the better. The earliest princesses, Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping
Alsford, Mike. Heroes And Villains. Waco: Baylor UP, 2006. Print. “ The very heart of the notion of the villain is a refusal to submit to the social contract” (106). The book distinguishes the difference between heroes and villains and what separates them from each other. Heroes and villains are both gifted with powers that they have received either from a spider bite or they are born with it or the possibility that they are from another planet, in other words “Aliens”. Heroes believe that they
What would the world be without villains? What would become of all of the people who are very heroic, but have no way to prove it? That is where villains come in. A villain is a malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness Ursula from Disney's The Little Mermaid is a villain, but the Sirens from Homer’s Odyssey exhibit more evilness by tricking people, killing people, and being clever. Some people believe Ursula is a good villain because she is tricky, she figuratively kill people