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    Villainy in The Nun 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

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    Are Villains Good Or Bad

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    Throughout history, villains have been apart of every aspect of life. A villain can be seen in a multitude of areas ranging from being a physically abusive person to a person that is very mentally manipulative. Villains can also be seen in other areas from children's movies to real life scenarios. But the most notorious villains are the ones society gets to see in some form of theater or film. A good story or film often has some form of an obstacle to overcome in the version of a bad guy. And although

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    It seems that in recent years movie villains have been reduced to bland, superficial scare-machines. The golden age of dynamic villains has come and gone, and action movies everywhere are all hype and no substance. In contrast to modern horror films, the 1990s brought us some of the greatest movie villains of all time. Villains who were uncomfortably relatable, undeniably cunning, and extremely frightening all at the same time dominated the box office. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins)

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    Batman Is A Bad Villain

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    Ever watched a movie or read a book with the evil villain? You might have found yourself hating the villain or even cheering the villain on. Villains are everywhere in fiction, you could never avoid it. They create conflict for the protagonist and make the fictional story more interesting. There's many famous examples of villains. My personal favorite are superhero''s villains. A perfect example of a psychopathic evil villain is The Joker. The villain of the beloved Batman. What is so special

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    Coraline: A True Villain

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    “The proudest spirit can be broken with love” is something I may have said, but would a true villain really say that? Out of all of the statements I have made I simply do not understand how this is evil. Just one thing before you call me a villain. Just please hear my side of the story. I built a whole world based on Coraline's interests. I don't know anybody else who would work that hard. A true villain would not do that. I made the house perfect for her, even her room. Every game I challenged

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    A villain is always portrayed in film as a downright awful person, but is there something that pushed them to do those awful actions? The Grinch was a social outcast because he was different and Darth Vader hated the Jedi for what they turned him into, a monster. Billy Loomis and Stu Macher seem like care-free, innocent teens in the movie Scream, but they are more sadistically evil than any of the aforementioned. Woodsboro, California is a seemingly idyllic town except it is under siege by an unrelenting

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    What is a villain? Is it a madman trying to take over the world or someone merely fighting for a cause different from someone else's? In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", though he had good intentions, the villain is Brutus. He was loyal to Rome, oblivious to other's purposes, and he was headstrong about his actions. In this play, all of Brutus's actions were out of the loyalty of Rome. Although he loved Caesar, he loved Rome more. He decided that, for the love of Rome, killing Caesar was the right

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    TITLE A villain is a character whose evil actions are significant to the plot of the story. Miss Strangeworth is a villain because this story revolves around her evil actions. She thinks she own the town that she lives in which makes her unthoughtful. She is also selfish because she doesn’t share the roses planted on Pleasant Street. Finally, she is rude because of the anonymous letters she sends to her neighbours. These three actions make her character appear very negative and unfavourable. Firstly

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    A villain is a character in a book that uses their evil motives to help move the story. In The Leper of St Giles, Simon Aguilon is the villain. He has an evil motive to get ahead for his own selfish reasons. Simon is the nephew, heir, and squire to Baron Huon de Domville. As a squire, Simon must do everything Huon de Domville says without a fight or question. Being a squire, Simon always knew Domville’s whereabouts. When Domville went out the night before his wedding to Iveta, Domville told Simon

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    Don John A Villain

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    as “Shakespeare’s most passive villain” is plagued by the society of Messina that rejected him from the very moment of birth. Looking through the idea of predetermined roles in life, we can come to realize the roots of Don John’s agitation arises from his illegitimacy, stacking him at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Here he feels obliged to act the part of the villain, delegated by his very own blood. Shakespeare always seems to have a set recipe for his villains, a dash of this, a sprinkle of

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