2006-10-10 17:28:32 · 17 answers · asked by LadyRebecca 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
One of those characters that are so brilliantly portrayed that they just leap off the page........
2006-10-10 17:29:54 · update #1
Uriah Heep from Dickens' book David Copperfield. He was slimy, knuiving, a liar, abused women, stole money, acted innocent and had no humility.
2006-10-10 17:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by Legandivori 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arawn, the Death-Lord of Annuvin, and Achren, the Enchantress of Spiral Castle, from Lloyd Alexander's "The Prydain Chronicles."
Shere Khan from "The Jungle Book"
The Evil Queen from "Snow White"
The Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz"
2006-10-11 09:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that popped into my head was Lord Sauron in Lord of the Rings. Unlike some of the people mentioned before he has wanton disregard for life, for the earth, for anything but his own power over everything. There is nothing benevolent or redeeming in his character. He instills pure terror. His minions search and destroy everything in their path.
Of course, he is a relatively modern character, so when you say "through the ages" he might not qualify.
2006-10-11 04:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by SympatheticEar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evil is a hard word... Dickens did come pretty close though, but WERE they EVIL? Hugo did it well too in Javert and Thénardier.
I can't think of any off hand, right now that could go so far as to be considered exactly what evil is...
Maybe screwtape? But even that is not right...
I'll think about it and get back to you on this one...
I mean even the Devil Himself... merits some sympathy because his condition was preordained. He was not what he was designed to be but was inherently, what he was made to become. It is a fantastic question!
NONE of the above have it exactly right... Evil is a very hard word indeed!
Every time I think of one... I second guess it because of that DAMN word EVIL!
Last attempt my brain made was Madea. But she was distraught and in pain, crazy and infuriated. Not evil really...
I think maybe, Thénardier. He really was Evil...
Everytime I drop a line... It means I have come back to this question to try again. I will have you know, you have me obsessed with this damn question now... THANKS! LOL...
(No really, thanks! I love it!)
I was thinking of Maybe King Lears' Daughters...Regan and Goneril, but then again, I talked myself out of it and rationalized their conditions right out the window too not unlike Madea....
This is hard! Everyone seems to have a rather rational excuse and reasoning for their behavior. If you can justify it, is it Evil?
2006-10-11 01:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for mine it's Moriarty.He was Sherlock Holmes'nemesis.On more than one occasion Holmes reffered to Moriarty as evil The others mentioned here no doubt were evil But they were also physco.Whereas Moriarty was devilishly clever
2006-10-11 02:58:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biblical character Samson. He gets invited to a wedding and then proceeds to kill off half the guests with an asses jaw bone 'cause he was offended by God knows what!! What a psycho!!
2006-10-11 02:33:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lestat de Lioncourt in Interview With the Vampire.
Pure evil!
2006-10-11 00:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Queen of the Damned Herself!
2006-10-11 00:38:15 · answer #8 · answered by Sheila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT in IT by Stephen King or Count Dracula in Dracula by Bram Stroker
2006-10-11 06:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by ofdm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol how about satan-the devil-lucifer-beelzebub in the good book?
aside from that maybe dracula or how about lady macbeth now there was a cruel evil bi!@h I tend to think woman make better villains thats for sure
2006-10-11 00:32:51 · answer #10 · answered by natasha v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋