Villians

Without evil there is no good, without a villain there is no hero. Since a young age, we have been taught that we cheer on the hero and hate the “bad guy.� There are villains in movies and in books because we need someone or something root against or to fail in their ventures. In every story there has to be an antagonist, an enemy of the hero. Most of the time we know immediately who the villain is, he’s the “scary� guy, maybe wearing a mask, dark clothing, or just seems sinister and mysterious. There are many villains in movies, books, and even real life, but before declaring who the villain is, it must first be decided what a villain is and why we have them and create them.
There are many different reasons to have villains, the first being that it would seem extremely odd in a world without them. Villains have been around since the creation of the world, all the way back to biblical times. If there were not any villains we would have superheroes flying around in funny costumes with their underwear on the outside of their clothes for no apparent reason. There would be no purpose for police officers, firefighters, or the judicial system at all. And if there are no bad guys, just who are the good guys? In life, movies, a

Now having established the reasons for having a villain now it can be decided what a villain is. Despite sexism, villains are normally thought of as males. The typical cartoon villain is a tall lanky man wearing dark clothing having a scary, deep voice, and maybe even a curly mustache. Less specifically a villain is in the way of what is trying to be accomplished or he is an obstacle over which the hero or main character has to over come. They always seem to be causing destruction and mayhem, either for their benefit, revenge, or to seek control of something or someone. Villains are clever, witty, and even ingenious. They are almost always up to no good and have very little concern for the people that his/her crimes or actions effect.

Sometimes who the villain is, isn’t so obvious. For instance in Frankenstein, it is hard to see just who the villain is. Is it the monster that is bringing terror to where ever he goes or is it Frankenstein who created and abandoned the monster. The overall conclusion is that Frankenstein is to blame and is there for the villain. He could’ve stopped or even better, prevented the destruction and terror that the monster inflicted. The monster on the other hand had not been taught right from wrong there for the audience has sympathy for him and labels his creator as the �