Villain

As most have come to define, Iago is the most infamous villain of all time, I find that he is much more of a complex character then at first glance. Sure he is evil, but is he a simple villain? I think not. He is thoroughly amused by his devilish plots and is not afraid to declare how good he is at it to the audience. Iago is different then many villains because his motives are not very clear. There are many theories over why Iago does the things he does, and my belief is that Shakespeare…

Upon the first reading of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the common hero and villain of a typical story is hard to distinguish. Upon closer analysis, it is proven that Marcus Brutus is the hero and Marc Antony is the villain. Brutus acts for the good of Rome while Antony acts for his own good. Brutus was the hero of the play because he acted for the good of the people of Rome. Before the assassination of Caesar, Brutus reveals his thoughts in a soliloquy in which he says, “I know no…

hero or a villain, I’d definitely want to play the villain because of how intense villain backstories are, the excitement of playing a character that is twisted, and how unpredictable villains are in comparison to heroes.…

Napoleon: Hero or Villain? Napoleon was a hero because he was in line with the goals of the French Revolution, with what the people wanted. He gave more power to the third estate, established a constitutional democracy, and gave hope to the lower class. Napoleon a democratic reformer gave liberty and equality to the 3rd estate who were fighting against Louis XVI and dictatorship. Read in Document 2 Napoleon states how powerful the feeling of equality is, how it can influence your mind and allow…

In this poem, the King Shahrayar starts off a fine king, but after being deceived by his wife this soon changes him into the villain. After finding his wife in bed with a kitchen boy, he felt betrayed. He would then make it a custom to spend the night with a different girl and have her killed the next morning. (562) After there are no virgins left the Vizier’s daughter offers herself. Due to her plan of telling stories that she does not give the conclusion for immediately, the King does not kill…

“Heroes and Villains” In Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon’s “Heroes and Villains”, heroes are summarized as the beautiful people and creatures saving the world while the villains are the ugly people and creatures trying to be the demise of the heroes with very few exceptions. Solomon and Maasik state that, being a hero and a villain is “coded by his or her physical attractiveness” (443). Sauron and the Orcs from The Lord of The Rings are hideous, signifying that they are the evil villains trying…

is the perfect villain. Because Iago is such a complex character, making you love him because he is so devious and smart, but hate him at the same time because he’s ruining the lives of his “friends”. Not only is Iago a narcissist, he has no respect and is incapable of genuine love and compassion. His motives are solely pleasure. Iago uses cognitive dissonance when justifying his actions. Iago is a Psychopath and a Sociopath and also very smart, which makes him such a good villain. Iago starts…

influenced humankind enormously, there are two main categories: heroes and villains. Heroes and villains performed entirely different, and those consequences are distinctive. According to Maya Angelou, a hero is any person really intent on making a better place for all people. The statement proves that a hero is who contributed improvement of the quality of life to big society. On the other hand, it implies that a villain impacts the community injuriously. For instance, Abraham Lincoln, 16th…

A villain, according to Webster's Dictionary, is a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. While there are several people that could be considered villains in the Scarlet Letter, including the townspeople, Mistress Hibbons,and Dimmesdale the ultimate villain is Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth is the biggest antagonist in Scarlett Letter because he was truly full of hatred and out for revenge; cold hearted schemer and evil, he exhibited all the…

Villains beyond Black and White The play Hamlet, one of the finest revenge tragedies of its time written in 1601 by William Shakespeare. The play became and remains a sensation in literature to this day. A large part of what sparked all the interest was the depth and complexities of Shakespeare’s characters particularly the villains. It called into question whether the villains were even truly villains at all or rather just the result of an unfortunate play of events leading them into their…