Essays Tagged: "Villain"

Iago the Con from Othello

e in this play, pushing Othello and everyone else towards their tragicend.Iago is not your ordinary villain. The role he plays is rather uniqueand complex, far from what one might expect. Iago is smar ... a fly as Cassio.' [Act II, Scene I, Line 163]His cunning and craftiness make him a truly dastardly villain indeed.Being as smart as he is, Iago is quick to recognize the advantages of trustand uses i ...

(3 pages) 86 0 4.7 Jan/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Iago the Con. Othelllo

in this play, pushing Othello and everyone else towards their tragic end.Iago is not your ordinary villain. The role he plays is rather unique and complex, far from what one might expect. Iago is sma ... a fly as Cassio.' [Act II, Scene I, Line 163] His cunning and craftiness make him a truly dastardly villain indeed.Being as smart as he is, Iago is quick to recognize the advantages of trust and uses ...

(4 pages) 60 0 4.3 Mar/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Hamlet

-praying, andnow I'll do it-and so 'a goes to heaven, and so am I revenged that would be scanned. A villainkills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. Why, thi ...

(3 pages) 75 0 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Shylock - Victim or Villian

January 21, 1994 Shylock-Victim or VillainIn 1594 the Earl of Essex, an English Nobleman who lived during the Elizabethan period in Eng ... peares' time, and therefore we must understand that it was as easy for him to make a Jewish man the villain as it would be for us to make a Nazi the villain. According to Sylvan Barnet 'The Merchant o ... the broad outline of a comedy (not merely a play with jests, but a play that ends happily). . . the villain in the comedy must be entirely villainous, or, rather, comically villainous; he cannot for a ...

(10 pages) 62 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Analysis of Shylock In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice

tagonist in the play because he stands inthe way of love, but this does not necessarily make him thevillain of the play. Shylock can be seen as both thevillain of the play and as a man who is very hum ... d him, mocking him. This causes us to feel sympathyfor Shylock, even though we may feel him to be a villain.Besides the loss of his daughter and his ducats, after thetrial Shylock also looses his prop ...

(1 pages) 60 0 4.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Jack as the devil. Lord of the Flies

a full head of red hair, wearing a black cloak and bullying hisway through the boys, his role as a villain is fairly clear from thebeginning. Jack is destined to be the primary cause of destruction o ...

(1 pages) 44 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Opinion on Movie Villains

Movie VillainsWhat really is a villain? Villains have been alive forever, there is no way t ... them. They come in all shapes and sizes from animals to little children to even space aliens. Each villain has his or her own particular style, usually greed. Another big reason for there evil acts i ... of revenge, revenge can turn innocent people in to cold blooded killers. The term used to represent villains is antagonist, or someone who opposes the protagonist or hero of the story. Movie villains ...

(4 pages) 61 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Report about the hero in American movies

the typical ending of our childhood books and early movies. There was the perfect hero and the bad villain. That was in the pre-modern era, now our hero isn't always perfect and has his flaws. The he ...

(2 pages) 97 0 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

film industry..comparing hollywood and bollywood(indian film industry)

films are in turn divided into many types. In commercial cinema there will be a hero, heroin and a villain, whereas in art films we will find only common characters, which are close to nature and rea ...

(2 pages) 231 4 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

"Analysis of Macbeth and Contribution Towards Theme" -describes Macbeth's decline into cruel tyrancy. focused on how characters provided to the theme,"fair is foul and foul is fair."

ualities that contribute to the dynamic story and theme. Macbeth was a hero to start, but died as a villain, reinforcing the theme, "fair is foul and foul is fair" or simply things are not what they s ... s ruthless qualities are responsible for both his reputation as a hero and his ultimate demise as a villain and tyrant.When Macbeth is first introduced into the play he is portrayed as a heroic, stron ...

(1 pages) 87 1 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Hamlet, by Shakespeare

r a king,Upon whose property and most dear lifeA damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward?Who calls me villain, breaks my pate across,Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face,Tweaks me by the nose, gi ...

(3 pages) 71 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Porn on the 'net.

. Now, would this ever happen? Probably not. That is one of the Internet's biggest problems, and my villain: popular misconception about the Internet.I was probably on the Internet 5-6 hours a day, al ...

(2 pages) 204 4 4.3 Sep/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Arthur Miller's Creation of Linda Loman in "Death of a Salesman"

hor Arthur Miller transforms Linda Loman from a frightened but encouraging victim to a manipulative villain who is hindering Willy's American dream.When Linda first comes out in the play, she is descr ...

(2 pages) 99 1 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Ramayana

Son of Vishrava and Kaikasi was the main villain in the Ramayana, Ravana, the ten-headed, twenty-armed god-king of the island of Lanka. "Rava ...

(3 pages) 115 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Othello

idence, and gain caution. In the tragic play Othello by William Shakespeare, Iago is a manipulative villain whose plan of manipulation and deception led to the ultimate demise of Othello.Iago seeked r ... llo's doubting mind, without actually implicating himself. "And what's he then that says I play the villain, when this advice is free I give, and honest."(II,iii,l.299) Iago was able to deceive everyo ...

(5 pages) 74 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Ancient greek heroes

ut the definition varies in the perspective of different individuals. A hero to one person may be a villain to another. The motifs of heroic myths in Greek Mythology contain heroes that can be viewed ... other. The motifs of heroic myths in Greek Mythology contain heroes that can be viewed as heroes or villains. The mythological hero, Hercules has many human flaws that places doubt in one's mind as to ...

(2 pages) 136 3 2.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Who is the main character in Shakespeare's Othello? Othello or Iago?

main character of the play really is. Although Iago certainly plays a major role in the play as the villain, the main plot of the play emanates around Othello as changes occur. The audiences sympathiz ... ul till I am evened with him, wife for wife..."(2,1,297.) The audiences do not sympathize with this villain, but rather tremble of fear as he carries on his plan.The biggest difference of Othello and ...

(3 pages) 158 0 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Othello, the tragic hero

than anything else, what distinguishes Othello from its great tragedies appears in the role of its villain, Iago. Iago is a character who essentially writes the play's main plot, takes a key part in ...

(7 pages) 204 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Analysis on William Ahakespeare's "As You Like It"

ne at the same time. It's not like the typical kind of literature wherein you have the hero and the villain, in As You Like It the "heroes" also made mistakes and had flaws. It is a play that literall ...

(1 pages) 52 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

In William Shakespeare's, "Othello", the villain, Iago, achieved dominance over others to prevail by using the wrath of evil to dominate good.

hello's breakdown led in the murder of his wife, Desdemona, who represented the good in nature. The villain, Iago, provoked the evil contained in Othello. Iago perfectly represents evil because of his ...

(5 pages) 65 0 3.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare