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Gaston is the slender, extremely muscular, strong, and handsome man in the town. Woman swoon over him while man hails him.as local hero. However, Gaston is the true definition of an antagonist. An antagonist does not have wacky appearance nor does a terrifying voice. In reality, an antagonist will always his or her mask on. When the mask falls down, behold the true face of evil. Gaston is the perfect example of a manipulative sociopath. He manipulates people to be his tool and disregard them once they served their purpose. Although he acts civil and polite towards to Belle, he only sees Belle as nothing more than a prize to be won. “Look at her, LeFou—my future wife. Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village. That makes …show more content…
He is ‘in love ‘with himself. For instance, in his introduction song, he sang that he is beautiful. “Here in town, there's only she, who is beautiful as me” (Gaston, page 6). He is indicating that he is special. In addition, when Lefau approached Gaston to inform him about Belle, Gaston was talking his reflection in the mirror. “You are the wildest most gorgeous thing I have ever seen. Nobody deserves you.” (Gaston, page 12). Although it might resemble a motivation saying to oneself on the surface level, it is blunt that Gaston is merely admiring himself. He is certain that he is special and no other deserves him. On the similar note, Gaston also sang boastingly about himself which further proves his narcissism. “As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating” (Gaston, page …show more content…
He belongs to hegemonic masculinity. As elaborated in the previous chapter, hegemonic masculinity refers to the traits of an ‘ideal or dominant masculinity’ of a particular period of time and place, and these traits will vary from time to time or place to place. In this film, Gaston is portrayed as a war hero (often called as Captain by the villagers) which makes him well-loved by the town. “There's no man in town as admired as you, you’re everyone's favorite guy, everyone’s awed and inspired by you.” (LeFou, page 24). This also makes him terrifyingly dangerous as he has the entire town on his side. Hence, he is able to exploit people easily. It is very transparent when Gaston lead the mob to kill Beast. He did not have to pursue the villagers for long, in fact, it took almost no time in creating the mob. This further proves his power over the
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.
chapter 53 of the book, "The Kitchen House" written by Kathleen Grissom, Belle says that the
The antagonists in this novel play quite a significant role in this story unlike most traditional villains. The early villain in the story is Alex Goodfellow, the man responsible for putting Tom Tin’s father in debtor’s prison. Mr.Goodfellow is definitely one of the people Tom hates the most and the reason for Tom’s strong will to avenge his father. Walter Weedle is yet another antagonist who tortures Tom in is already tough situation. Together however, these antagonists turn on an internal switch in Tom to keep fighting until the end.
Blanche, a fading beauty, uses her sugary charm and soft southern ways to attract men. In comparison, Stanley "sizes women up at a glance, with sexual classifications" to "determine the way he smiles at them" (Williams, Street 29). Course and deliberately aggressive, he is a "survivor of the stone age" (Williams, Street 72). Despite their differences, they both possess a raw sensuality. In their first confrontation, Blanche's thick display of charm angers and attracts Stanley.
In the play Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand emphasizes the theme that inner beauty is more significant in romance than outer beauty. Rostand conveys this theme through the character of Roxane. Before the battle against the Spaniards, Roxane says to Christian, “You do not altogether know me… Dear, There is more of me than there was - with this, I can love more of you - more of what makes you your own self - Truly!... If you were less lovable - … Less charming - ugly even - I should love you still” (188). The character of Roxane places higher significance on inner beauty compared to outer beauty than in the past, as implied when she says that there is more of her than there was. Roxane’s focus on inner beauty is further revealed when
Narcissism is a disorder of high self-appraisal. Individuals who encounter narcissistic views, tend to not only hurt loved ones, but can also blindly guide themselves to tragedy. This personality disorder has a tendency to lead one to “chronic feelings of depression, and suicidality” (Whitbourne). Greed is the ultimate power of defeat and according to both stories created by Kate Chopin and Edgar Allan Poe, some of the characters result in just that. Armand in “Desiree’s Baby” and Fortunato in “Cask of Amontillado” are both portrayed as narcissistic characters in terms of lusting for pride and arrogance, to get what one wants for their own good nonetheless, hurts those around
Helen Keller once wrote, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” Beauty usually defines a person’s physical appearance which is what everyone on the outside sees , whereas inner beauty is not as recognized, but is still considered as “true” beauty because it “cannot be seen or even touched.” This corresponds to Cyrano’s physical insecurity versus his soulful inner thoughts. True love and beauty comes straight from the heart which is how Cyrano was able to gain Roxane’s love, but he was never acknowledged for his affectionate deeds. The battle between inner and outer beauty illustrates a deeper meaning to a person’s life especially throughout Edmond Rostand's play,
After meeting with the knight, La Belle allows him to temporarily make her his object of affection. Quite coyly, she returns this affection with her looks of love and "sweet moans" (19, 20).
This film, contrarily to its predecessors, scratches the surface of the male protagonists, and introduces men who are humanly flawed and relatable, taking them down from the pedestal they used to be on, and making them equal to the female characters. No matter how much one may despise the Beast for being aggressively temperamental, Gaston for his stupidity and violence, or even Lumière for his objectification of women, these characters have a life and a role of their own, and do not remain two-dimensional like the previous Princes. For example, Belle’s father never suggests that she marries a man and only caringly mentions Gaston as a potential companion and friend for his lonely daughter. In the same manner, the Disney Corporation is more open to sexual innuendos and female sexuality in the film as it has ever been with Lumière and Plumette’s affair being explicitly showed. Finally, as Dawn Elizabeth England, Lara Descartes, and Melissa Collier-Meek further explain this in their journal "Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses:"
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)
William Shakespeare's Othello is a remarkable tale of trust, deceitfulness, lust and the most destructive of human emotions: vengeance and hatred. Iago better known as Othello's antagonist embodies vengeance and hatred to move an agenda to squash all who oppose Iago's plans. As defined by Merrium-Webster the definition of a protagonist is a principal character in a literary work or a leading actor, character, or participant in a literary work. Othello by Shakespeare is a play about Othello an example of a tragic hero with all figures centered around Othello as the protagonist yet, Othello has two main leading characters. Iago and Othello have stark contrasts as leading roles and different themes represented through the actions, words, and moral compass of both characters. As Othello plays out the audience finds that Iago is the driving force behind Othello and the cause for all chaos. Iago's thirst for vengeance due to feeling dissatisfied and passed over potential lieutenant position pushes Iago to ruin the lives of all associated with Othello. The thirst for vengeance drives Iago as Iago drives the plot achieving all goals and because of this Iago is the true protagonist of Othello.
In the beginning of the movie, Gaston is introduced as the perfect guy in the village. Girls sing, “Look there he goes, isn’t he dreamy? Monsieur Gaston, oh he’s so cute.” Gaston has his heart set on Belle and does all he can to convince her to marry him. Gaston believes that Belle would be a great wife based purely on her beauty, but Belle is not as shallow as Gaston and she follows her intuition and doesn’t marry him because she doesn’t care about appearances, but more about their inner beauty. “One tendency unites them all..”(Emerson 77), says Emerson. Every other girl in the village would have done anything to to be with him, wh...
The story of Christopher McCandless is that of an over-ambitious youth trying to find himself. Chris’ story, as told in detail in Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, ended tragically in his death within the Alaskan wilderness many months after running away from home with no contact to his family. In Krakauer’s work, he recounts interactions between Chris during his travels and multiple strangers. In this, one may conclude that Christopher McCandless is simply a reckless narcissist, who is selfish and privileged enough to think he can do and get away with whatever he wants. This is, in an emotional analysis, incorrect. Chris was subject to a severe Icarus complex, his ambitions being more than his body and life can handle. He refuses to contact his
The protagonist in a horror film is usually one person or a group of people. The protagonist in Sinister 2 is a mother and two sons which is provides a good example of the group protagonist This being is the antagonist. The antagonist brings a great aspect to every horror movie especially because it can change forms. An example of it changing forms is in The Boy.
This description is not of lustrous beauty, but of the true love he felt for her. This statement and