Mk1982 observes that
great heroes are born out of the existence of a dangerous villain. For a
villain to become great, Mk1982 considers that the villain holds
characteristics of based on wicked motivation, curse and need for sympathy. A
great villain is considered by Mk1982 as a person or entity that can force the
society to hope and wish that someone can rescue them from the villain entity.
More so, the villain must pose as a phenomenal danger that the society could
not solve. As such, the villain must not be just an ordinary personality or
entity that the society can solve easily. Unfortunately, in the revolution of
villains, Mk1982 finds that the villain has been able to draw more sympathy and
love as opposed to the hero. The villain is illustrated as someone or situation
reacting to solve a curse or a fix. Mk1982 argues that the reason for the above
is that in the modern age, some people have come to find themselves in an
economic, political, or social fix. As
such, Mk1982 argues that in the modern age, villains do not have to be ugly
monster-like as opposed to the traditional observation of villain.
I agree with Mk1982 that
the characteristics of a great villain have highly changed over times. In this
case, I would consider a comparison of the Medusa villain character in the
article with a modern cast of DiCaprio as the villain of Wolf of Wall Street.
DiCaprio is cast as a handsome looking investor and financier who bring the
American economy to its downfall. The character falls into the Mk1982 article
description of the changing face of villains.
Works
Cited
Mk1982. "The Evolution of Villains.” IGN. N.p. . 19 Apr.
2014. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.
The Wolf of Wall Street. Dir. Martin. Perf. Leonardo
DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie. 2013. Paramount Pictures, 2013. Film.
Ahmad, you sound like you have a great understanding of what the blog was saying and you do a perfect job of explaining what you feel the blog was trying to get across and why the blog did what it did to prove that point. I really liked the end of your first paragraph where you state that villains do not have to be ugly to be portrayed as a villain in today society. In todays world you are a villain if you go against something or someone that the majority of the world agrees is bad no matter if you are ugly or not. That was a great point that you pulled from the blog and I wish you would of took it farther in your blog and explained if you agree or disagree with him on that point.
ReplyDeleteAhmad, it seems like you really understand what mk1982 was trying to say about how villains are changing. I think that villains do not necessarily get more attention than the hero of a story, but I think that they become another main focus in a story. I have to admit that I have not actually seen the Wolf of Wall Street, but I do agree that Di Caprio bringing down the American economy is villainous. I think that the basic point of mk1982's blog was to make people aware that a villain is not so easy to always point out and that the villain might not have always started out as wanting to be evil and do bad things. Sometimes the villain started out as a good person and then over time and through events that happened to him/her things changed and made them into the villain that everyone sees them as. I also think that a person who think is a villain could be a hero to some. For example, we can agree that Hitler was a villain, but to his devoted followers he was doing what needed to be done and he was a hero to them. Now that is an extreme case, but I think it is important to remember that there are two sides to every villain and every story. Good work on your blog Ahmad!
ReplyDeleteHi, Ahmad. I think you did a nice job. It seems that you summarized Mk1982’s points of villain surround the relationship between the hero and villain. You found an interesting example that DiCaprio acted a villain of the Wolf of Wall Street. My deepest impression of DiCaprio is his Jack, the hero he acted in Titanic. It is a little hard for me to image how he looks like when he is acting a villain. But that may successfully prove there was a big evolution of villain’s appearance. You made an example of villain very concise. The only not perfect thing is your summary looks without order.
ReplyDeleteAhmad, your summary is a little scattered in its approach to to this blog. The flow is a little hard to follow. Aside from that you do mention a few important points from the blog.
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