Billy West Essays

Wicked. Frightening. Monstrous. Known as villains, characters with these characteristics have haunted fairy tales and folk lore for centuries. To precisely classify villains, Lynnette Porter presents guidelines in her book Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains and Modern Monsters: Science Fiction in Shades of Gray on 21st Century Television. Holofernes, the antagonist of the Old English poem Judith, fits neatly into Porter’s “classic villain” category. As king of the Assyrians, Holofernes lays siege

Another way to play with the audience’s emotions would be to make the villain follow the rules of his/her world, yet seem to defy it. Although no one is all powerful, and no one is flawless, villains who are overly smart, strong, and/or powerful enough to make it seem like they defy the rules of their own world make the villains not only intimidating, but also more impressive. A human villain won’t be lifting cars with one finger, however, when it seems like they can do things or plan things that

Throughout literature, there have been villain's that influence the narrative of each story they’re a part of. Villain’s impact to the main hero's, leaving their own unique mark. This acts as a foil to the main protagonist throughout the adventure, to overall help create the impacting conflict of the story. So, how do villains affect the hero’s on their journey? One example is King Neter-Khet, from the novel Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander, a story where a Jason and his cat, Gareth, travel through nine

Ender’s Game Heroism Essay Is it okay to commit genocide and come out guiltless? Well, Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, follows the journey of a young boy, Ender, who has the fate of humanity on his shoulders. This book is set in a future era; there are spaceships, colonization of planets, and battles with the infamous buggers. The buggers were considered a threat to the humans and their colonization. As a result, when Ender had been the commander of the troops that wiped them out, humans rejoiced

I have never been the one to start fights or the one to get in trouble. I am always the one that is the one that mediator and try to persuade my friends to stay out of trouble. Being a villain in just a life that I am not used to. Though the one thing that I could say about me that relates to a villain is that I am misunderstood by many people. There are many villains that I believe that are misunderstood and it is the hero who is the actual evil one who destroys the villain for being misunderstood

Society is what defines a villain, society is in charge of “pointing fingers” at someone that has done something bad and therefore creates a big scandalous mess. There isn’t an impact of villains; they don't necessarily harm everyone, they just make people mad and sad at the same time. For example, if someone commits a murder the family of the victim gets really angry at that person but also they are unhappy about their loss and if it's a horrible case that the whole world gets to know about then

In this first encounter with King Claudius he is both depicted as a compassionate and insensitive father towards his nephew Hamlet. For example, King Claudius displays signs of affection when he tells Hamlet “tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father. But you must know your father lost a father” (1.2.90-93). In this quote King Claudius is depicted as a very caring man towards Hamlet’s lost. Claudius displays sign of sympathy trying to relate to

Why are villains the ones who make the plot more shadowy? Leaving clues, making crazy decisions and blaming fault on others. Villain, are the most amazing character in the story where they lead to corruption of society or civilization. Jack from Lord of the Flies and Abigail from the Crucible wear masks to hide their true behavior and to fit into their community. Abigail and Jack appear to have a lot in common at first glance, they are remarkably similar. Both Jack and Abigail make an outstanding

Villains. We either love them or hate them, generally leaning more towards hatred. But what is it that makes these characters so appealing? What about them triggers such strong emotions in us that we feel the need to pay attention to how their every move influences how the protagonist behaves? It’s simple really, heroes are socially normed to be the good, and villains the evil; yet villains have a depth that heroes lack. It’s this depth, this sharp awareness and experience the villain has and the

In this analysis, I am going to be talking about what social psychological theories that are connected to the movie ‘Snatch’. This film has two main plots. The first being the search for a diamond and the other has to do with the betting of a bare-knuckle gypsy boxer. This film is a very interesting portrail of the world of illegal activites, bare-knuckle boxing and the gypsy community. The main theories I am going to dicuss are Stereotypes, The Balance Theory and Cognitive Dissonance. Concept

Katniss and Odysseus as Heroic Characters The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an action adventure novel, and The Odyssey is an epic poem by Homer. Both heroes are pulled away from home and must risk their lives to come back home. The two heroes are Katniss from District 12 and Odysseus, the king of Ithaca. These two have their similarities and differences. Katniss and Odysseus are similar heroic characters in that they are both brave and clever, but their idea of selflessness is different,

Heroes and villain are both major role here in this story. Since from the past heroes are seen helping others while villain is seen as making heroes down in his work. Both are equally important to make the work in balance. In the story “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut Dianna Moon glampers is the villain and Harrison is the hero. Mohandas karamchand Gandhi is also known as mahatma Gandhi by his follower. He began his journey as an Indian immigrant from south Africa and during the first world

One minute it’s the middle May and your in class. You just want to got to sleep, and wake up when it’s summer. The next minute you're waking up, you look outside and see snow falling. What on Earth has happened? It can’t be snowing in May, can it? The only explanation to describe what is happening, is that you must have slept through the past six months of your life. Ok, so maybe this didn’t happen to you, but in the book Six Months Later, by Natalia D. Richard, Chole fell asleep and missed out

The ability for an author, character, or actor to portray certain emotions is key and can potentially change the whole storyline of a play. Shakespeare's writing is no exception and may sometimes leave the reader confused. Throughout the play of Hamlet, there is a constant battle between love and revenge amongst the characters, which causes the reader to vacillate between the idea of which emotion the plot is based around. In the play, the protagonist, Hamlet, is confronted with the problem of his

The rigid class system in Middle Age Europe was a primary factor that determined the course of events. In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, there are underlying issues throughout the plot involving classes of the characters, and their roles within their class. While for the time period, it was common for those in lower classes to be looked down upon, Shakespeare uses many mediums to slyly challenge this idea. Throughout the play, Shakespeare makes the class differences obvious, yet creates certain

If I were to choose between being a hero or a villain I could not simply make a choice. While many can say without question that they would choose hero because either they feel they are virtuous enough to fit the bill or they feel this way because it is the role that we are taught from a young age is the right way to be, I can not make that that choice so easily. The same goes for a villain, while I feel I may not be evil and society has shaped me against the idea, I do not think it is fair to say

My favorite villain is Richard Sherman on the Seattle Seahawks. Three reasons is because he loves to talk trash and that makes me hate him! Another reason is that he is way too good. The last reason is that whenever he guards my favorite receiver Dez Bryant It gets my adrenaline rushing. My first reason Richard Sherman is my favorite villain is that he is one trash talking cornerback! When he does he gets on my nerves so much I want to punch him. I’m not going to lie even though I don’t lie him or

Abner Snopes and Montresor; Two Villainous Characters with Two Different Endings What is a villain? A villain can be defined as an evil character in a story that tends to have a negative effect on the other characters in the story. They are typically cruel and malicious and often consumed with a ruthless conviction to carry out a certain wickedness or crime. Sometimes they may be portrayed as having some redeeming quality but, at the end of the day part of being a truly great and heinous villain

The villain is an archetypal character showcased in plenty of storylines, whether it’s a book, movie, or a Television show. The villain is a person who represents sin, and tries to stop the protagonist or hero from succeeding. In the book The Abundance of Katherine’s, by John Green, The Other Colin portrays the villain. Colin an ex child prodigy, also the hero of the story, goes on an adventure with his best friend Hassan after being broken up with by a girl named Katherine. This Katherine that

In the classic hero versus villain tale, the struggle between good and evil seems to be black and white. And yet in Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002), the lines are blurred so that the villain creates a hero. The villain, Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) has a disorder in which his bones break like glass and therefore distorting his childhood and making him seem like an outcast. As where our hero, David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is the star athlete, who gave up his potential career in football for