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    In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth becomes a victim due to the pressures that are placed upon him by the Lady Macbeth and the witches. First, Lady Macbeth is the one who makes Macbeth violate his conscience. Led by her aspirations, Lady Macbeth tends to assault anything that serves as an obstacle to her goal. As “she feels in an instant that everything is at stake, and, ignoring the point, overwhelms him [Macbeth] with indignant and contemptuous personal reproach”(Bradley

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    he believed money was the primary reason Daisy would fall for him. From the archetypal perspective, Georges sheer evil acts of killing Gatsby and himself, as well as locking Myrtle up in captivity would make him your stereotypical villain. The villainous

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    Was Atticus Finch the true hero of the story To KIll A Mockingbird? Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird narrate the journey of Scout Finch form a feisty closed-minded to someone who becomes an open-minded woman. She is the daughter of Maycomb’s lawyer, Atticus Finch who defends Tom Robinson, an honest and strong African American father and husband, who is wrongly accused of rape. Through the eyes and experiences of Scout, Lee explores the themes of innocence, racism and segregation but most notable

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    war. He shows what we already know about Heroes and villains, such as heroes have great qualities while villains carry many evil traits. Not only does he show that, he shows us that it can also be the other way around with even our heroes having villainous qualities, just like regular people in everyday life. Homer also tries to show us that all warriors have a choice. That they have the choice between living a life of war or taking the other path with a life of peace. Homers views of a hero is that

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    about, abuses them and manipulates them with her words and the power of suggestion, and makes self-admitted patients feel as though they are too “sick” to sign themselves out. Out of all the heinous acts she commits in the novel, one of the most villainous is probably the group “therapy” sessions she holds. The men

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    if not for Morgan, as it is because of her that the play and the characters have all their conflicts. Morgan Le Fay’s character is an ultimately successful and mysterious character, and although Arthurian literature leaves her marginalized in a villainous role, she remains one of the most pivotal characters in the texts for asserting her power over all the characters she interacts with and going against many of the gender roles during the medieval

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    This once again foreshadows that Iago is willing to take the respectful and honest Cassio down as long as he get what he wants in the end, Desdemona. William Shakespeare introduces Cassio as an honest and respectful man in order to juxtapose the villainous and revenge-seeking Iago through foil characters. William Shakespeare is trying to foreshadow the fall of Cassio for being too much of a nice guy and trusting others. He will fall within the scheme of Iago, to

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    Grendel Vs Beowulf

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    The villain in the story of Beowulf and Grendel changes depending on which point of view the story is read from. In Grendel, the interpretation of Beowulf is scary and villainous. In Beowulf, the interpretation of Beowulf is being the hero. In the Beowulf, the character Beowulf, is often written in a positive, heroic light. Firstly, on multiple occasions he is referred to as a hero in the text, like on pages 21 and 29. This starts happening around his introduction, so the reader is told he is a

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    In any story, the antagonist always scheme their way into getting what they want by any means necessary. In Shakespeare’s play, Othello, Iago is a prime example of this. In fact, he is one of the greatest villains Shakespeare has ever created. Some even believe that he is the source of immorality like in other work Shakespeare has done. According to Sholokhov and Tolstoy, author Helen Muchnic states that the Vice of the morality plays who evolved into Shakepheare’s Iago. He also states that “If Iago

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    that rips apart families or loved ones. In poems death can be seen as an actual being, it can be given a human or animal form. In the three poems that will be discussed death is portrayed in different ways. Annabel Lee portrays death as a jealous, villainous creature sent from above in angel form. Incident in a Rose Garden demonstrates death as a gentle, patient human-like being that comes in any form he pleases. In the last poem The Raven death is seen as a silent killer and a spirit that takes away

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