Something that I think that defines cartoon villains’ is that how a villain looks really defines their character. They always have some sort of dramatic feature that draws the audience’s attention to them, whether that is their sharp stare or their odd hair or dress. Something odd about their appearance (like having some mechanical limb, an eye patch, or crazy colorization). Their mannerisms (especially in cartoons or older shows and movies) are often much more exaggerated and dramatic, the way they speak is very specific. The first cartoon ‘villain’ that came to mind for me was Light Yagami from the anime Death Note. He is the main character of the show so the story follows him and his actions. You could argue that from his point of view that …show more content…
he wasn’t the villain of the story, that maybe L or the police are, but in the story as a whole he is the villain, for what he does is not what a ‘hero’ would do. If you’re not familiar with the story, basically Light comes into possession of this book called the ‘Death Note’ where if you can write down the name of anyone in the world while picturing their face and they will die. You can write down how they die as well as when, but if you don’t they will simply die of a heart attack.
Being a user of the Death Note will allow you to see the Shinigami (death god) that controls that particular note. Light takes it upon himself to be a sort of Azreal, or angel of death; he decides that he’s going to ‘help’ the world by killing criminals with the book. The police catch onto all of these strange deaths and start looking for a cause, which is where the mysterious ‘L’ comes in, he’s sort of like a private investigator I guess. Not to spoil the whole story, so the basics is that Light is killing tons of people with this book and then the story becomes about him hiding the fact that he’s doing it (and he actually ends up ‘helping’ L find the killer, because his father is with the police. L suspects him the whole time). Light doesn’t look like the stereotypical villain I first described though, he actually looks like the average student, which he sort of is, but when you see him alone, plotting people’s deaths to write in his book, it is kind of obvious that there’s something wrong with him. In my opinion this almost makes him more villainous, and sets him apart from other cartoon villains, because he just looks so average that it’s strange to think he’s actually a serial killer (just like real-life serial killers, real villains). His whole motivation for killing
is because he thinks he’s doing the world a better by killing all of these criminals, but it’s obviously not right to kill people and have zero remorse. He puts on an act to seem normal around his father and L, which gives you an idea that he could be a normal kid somewhere beneath the serial killer, but it’s almost entirely just an act, I think, judging by the fact he has zero feelings about killing these people (other than thinking he’s helping) and because he tries so actively to hide his actions throughout the whole show.
A villain is a person that poses a threat to the main character and Minor characters in the story. The villain in Nacho Libre (a fellow luchador champ named Ramses) is what the plot in the story revolves all around. Nacho is trying to raise money for the orphans and buy them some salads or something but Ramses is the person that stands in his way. But if you think about it Ramses weren’t there Nacho can’t win the money. Ramses is a key person in the movie, without Ramses Nacho would just be a sneezing cook at an orphanage with only Incarnasion to talk to and that guy who’s had diarrhea since Easters to make fun of and insult. (I think his name is Senor Ramon)
Literary villains are all around us. For instance, Voldemort from Harry Potter and Darth Vader from Star Wars. What makes a villain? They will go through anyone or damage anything to reach their goal. No matter how small or how tall they are, anyone can be a villain.
The movie Avatar, written and directed by James Cameron, is based off many influence from his life. These range from the science fiction books he read as a kid to obscure dreams told to him by his mother. But even though the movies character were not made to fit the religious stereotypes that accompanied the culture at the time of the making of this movie the unconscious bias we all have about foreign culture clearly impacted the making of the movie.
In a play, there are always heroes and villains. Sometimes, one can not always tell who are the heroes and villains. William Shakespeare, in his play, Julius Caesar, shows the difference of heroes and villains using the senators of Rome to show the difference between heroes and villains. The hardest character to determine was the hero Brutus, by analyzing his loyalty, background, and his intentions, one can determine that Brutus was a hero to Rome.
The definition of a hero is subjective. Accordingly, Robert Ray believes the hero is able to be divided into three categories: the outlaw, official and composite hero. In most cases, a hero can be categorized into one of these categories. Through the examination of Jekyll and Hyde, the Batman movie from 1943, and film of Batman in 1989, qualities of the hero will be depicted as a function of time.
A caricature is a device used in descriptive writing and visual arts where particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated to create to create a silly or comic effect.(Caricature) There were many caricatures made by the whites that are different in looks, style, behavior but at the end of the day these caricatures are made only in an attempt to conform African Americans and make them feel inferior themselves. These different caricatures include; Sambo, Mammy, Pickaninny, Brute, Zip Coon, and Black Rambo. One of the advertiser’s favorites, the mammy caricature, was one of the most well-known caricatures of the time.
The movie Broken Arrow (1950) builds strongly upon the stereotyping Indians of being noble savages. The scenes in which Tom Jeffords makes contact with the group of Apache Indians in Broken Arrow manipulates the viewer's perspective of the Apache, enforcing a noble savage stereotype to the Apache tribe. These scenes at the start of the movie can easily change the attitude of the viewers. Jefford’s first encounter with the Apache group has a greater presence on how savage and wild the Apache can be, where as there is a greater emphasis on nobility with Cochise’s character.
Villains today are typically shown wearing dark colors, large capes, mean eyes, and maybe a pointy-nose. The villain has their evil cackle that suggests that they know what they are doing is evil, but they love doing the evil things. For the most part, they are never regretful of their actions. Take Gargamel, from the movie The Smurfs. Gargamel is the evil wizard and enemy of the smurfs, whose main goal is to destroy them. He wears a dark cape, has a pointy nose, and an evil laugh. Throughout the movie, he never changes his views on his actions or questions his reasoning for attempting, what we would call murder. In the end he is defeated by the hero of the movie, while still coming back in follow-up movies to attempt his goal again and again. This archetype is not quite the villain archetype presented through Claudius of the novel
Generally, the backgrounds of most villains and monsters archetypes have common traits that are conveyed through each of their different background stories. One common trait that is carried through is that each story has
The Ugly Truth, a film which was released in 2009, displays many particular stereotypes and gender issues which we find within American society. Gender is made up of socially constructed ideas which are reinforced by society in regards to what it means to be masculine or feminine. We first learn gender from our parents; however they too had to first learn it from their families and society. Within the American society, the media takes on a large role in creating gender norms. The media is made up of films, magazines, television programs, and news papers. The Ugly Truth, although a funny film, perpetuates these stereotypes and ideas of gender provided by our society.
A villain is truly just a victim whose story has not been told. This is clearly shown in The Creature in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” When the story states, “My organs were indeed harsh, but supple; and although my voice was very unlike the soft music of their tones, yet I pronounced such words as I understood with tolerable ease. It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration.” (Shelley, 134). The monster feels that people should judge him on his personality and emotions inside instead of his appearance on the outside. Frankenstein’s creature is truly just a victim of circumstance. No individual is born evil,
He has done mass murders, robbed, assaulted. All because he thinks it’s fun, he’s also broken out of jail like 20 times, which you're not exposed to do. A villain is the complete opposite of a hero, they break the laws , and rules because it’s not a problem. Don’t get them confused with a “ Criminal” who could have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Another example of a non-hero would be Al Capone. An American Mobster he was in organized crime. He was at the top of the Crime Syndicate and went to Alcatraz for a lot, mainly being a part of the Mafia, drugs, and hits on other gangs in New York. A bad guy is someone who purposely breaks the law
“Romeo and Juliet” is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. The antagonists in Shakespeare’s plays are usually easy to pick out, however in “Romeo and Juliet” it is not quite as clear because there are so many. An antagonist can be referred to as the villain in a story or play, or an opponent going against the protagonists. In other words, the antagonist is known as the “bad guy”. Since “Romeo and Juliet” doesn’t have one dominant villain, many different characters play the role as the villains in many different ways.
Throughout the history of literature there have always been two sides to every story. There is the good side and the evil side. “Evil is the most serious of our moral problems. All over the world cruelty, greed, prejudice, and fanaticism ruin the lives of countless victims”(Kekes). Shakespeare follows this quite closely we see common victims as well as law breakers. The heroes usually have similar characteristics as one another. For example the heroes are usually brave, muscular, good looking, and fairly popular. On the other hand you have villains. Villains are usually brave as well; however they usually have some kind of deformity such as the villain in spider man. They have different beliefs than that of most other people. These are more modern villains, back in Shakespeare’s time villains were just normal people. Examples of these characters are Lago from Othello, this is a story where Lago makes a plot to take down Othello’s girl because he can’t have her so he makes a plan that will make her lover kill her. Another example of old villains is Claudius from Hamlet. Claudius is the King’s brother. Claudius secretly kills the king, takes his crown and causes a variety of problems. Last is Oberon from Mid Summer Nights Dream is Oberon. Oberon is another villain that causes problems by trying to punish his wife for her disobedience. These three characters are similar yet different. Besides the fact that they are all Shakespeare characters they are still very similar. Two ways that these characters are the same are their place in society and their talking skills, however they are different because of their motives.
Heroes and villains are seen differently through the eyes of each individual person, not all heroes and villains are recognized because of their actions. A hero can be someone like your mom, who has done everything they possibly could to make you happy and inspire you to be someone important in life. And a villain can be someone like President Donald Trump America great again by taking back all immigrants back to Mexico. Though people might disagree with President Trump being a villain and see him as a hero, because a lot of people think these immigrants should go back to their home town.