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Villainy See also Evil, Wickedness. Vindictiveness (See VENGEANCE.) d’Acunha, Teresa portrait of devilish Spanish servant and kidnapper. [Br. Lit.: The Antiquary] (1754–1817) sadistic, heavy-handed captain of the Bounty [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty] (Brutus) Popeye’s archenemy. [Comics: “Thimble Theater” in Horn, 657–658] duo of dirty dealers. [TV: “Rocky and His Friends” in Terrace, II, 252–253] young profligate nobleman; betrays Lady Hermione, slanders Nigel. [Br. Lit.: Fortunes of Nigel] popular personification of a villain. [TV: “Dastardly and Mutley” in Terrace, I, 185] witchlike rich lady dognaps 99 dalmatians for coat-making. [Am. Cinema: 101 Dalmatians in Disney Films, 181–184] iniquitous old man; employs youngsters as thieves. [Br. Lit.: Oliver Twist] sly fox cajoles Pinocchio onto stage. [Am. Cinema: Pinocchio in Disney Films, 32–37]
slanders Desdemona; precipitates tragedy. [Br. Lit.: Othello] cruel slavemaster of Uncle Tom. [Am. Lit.: Uncle Tom’s Cabin] nefariously seduces the honorable, virtuous Clarissa. [Br. Lit.: Richardson Clarissa Harlowe in Magill I, 143] tries to poison Siegfried and get Nibelung treasure. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Siegfried, Westerman, 241] imprisons and mistreats his wife, tries to force his niece into marriage, and terrorizes the area. [Br. Lit.: Radcliffe The Mysteries of Udolpho in Magill I, 635] attempts to assassinate king; detected by Kenneth’s hound. [Br. Lit.: The Talisman] arch-criminal, foe of Sherlock Holmes. [Br. Lit.: Doyle Sherlock Holmes] prioress abets lustful monk’s plot to punish runaway. [Br. Lit.: The Monk] reprehensible scoundrel; cuckolds and kills Bevis’s father. [Br. Lit.: Bevis of Hampton] a study in dastardliness. [Comics: “Mighty Mouse” in Horn, 492; TV: “The Mighty Mouse Playhouse” in Terrace, II, 96] illegally imprisons and starves Florestan; plans murder. [Ger. Opera: Beethoven, Fidelio, Westerman, 109–110] murders Somerset. [Br. Lit.: II Henry VI] “a crafty devil”; “hourly coining plots.” [Br. Lit.: Cymbeline] offers mock execution for Tosca’s affections. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Tosca, Westerman, 352–354] traditional badman; thwarted in at-tempts to capture Robin Hood. [Br. Lit.: Robin Hood] lustful nobleman; sates his passion on Elvira. [Span. Lit.: The King, the Greatest Alcalde] ambitious knave, schemer, and robber, whose “greatness” is satirized. [Br. Lit.: Fielding Jonathan Wild the Great in Magill II, 516] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Shady persons in the audience revolted from the pictured villainy of the drama. For a whole week he was not able to sleep well, so much the villainy which he had played upon his trusting mother preyed upon his rag of conscience; but after that he began to get comfortable again, and was presently able to sleep like any other miscreant. He has more manners of villainy, and no more conscience than an Italian prince of the seventeenth century. |
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