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"The villain's journey is rare in popular culture--most characters are fully-formed tyrants with little to no story arc. However, a few particularly epic series take the time to develop complex villains, including Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Increasingly, villains' origin stories have found new popularity through films like Wicked, Maleficent, and Despicable Me, alongside shows starring serial killers and Machiavellian schemers. This book examines the villain's decline and subsequent struggle toward redemption, asking why these characters are willing to cross moral lines that ""good"" characters are not. The first half follows characters like Loki, Jessica Jones and Killmonger through the villain's journey: an inverse or twisted version of scholar Joseph Cambell's hero's journey. The remainder of this book examines the many different villainous archetypes such as the trickster, the outcast, the tyrant, or the misunderstood hero in greater detail. Written for writers, creators, fans, and mythologists, this book offers a peek into the minds of some of fiction's greatest villains."

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Author:   Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9781476684307

ISBN 10:   1476684308
Pages:   247
Publication Date:   22 November 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: The Journey Condemned by Society: Magneto The Scarring: Killmonger Tainted Vision: Thanos Refusal of the Call: Khan The Mentor Tempts: Fantastic Beasts Constructing the Talisman: Doctor Horrible When You Look into the Abyss: Saruman The Slippery Slope: Darth Vader The Road of Failed Tests: Babylon 5 Sacrificing the Anima: Kylo Ren The Villain’s Stronghold: Wicked Competing with the ­Hero-Shadow: Megamind The Inner Shadow as Conscience: Marvel’s Jessica Jones Murder of the Weak Father: Game of Thrones Epiphany: A Christmas Carol Twisted Success: Spike Refusal of the Return: Despicable Me Turned by Love: Severus Snape The Magic Chase: Gollum Crossing the Return Threshold: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Master of the Two Worlds: Good Omens Embraced by Society: Battlestar Galactica Part II: Archetypes Born Evil: Voldemort Beast: Twilight Potential Brutality: Deadpool 2 Unwanted Child: Smallville Created Monster: Wreck-It Ralph Sidekick: Darth Maul Bully: Draco Malfoy Traitor: The Chronicles of Narnia Entitled Brat: Ghostbusters Seducer: The Boys Madman: The Dark Knight Trickster: Loki Misunderstood Hero: Maleficent Fanatic Hater: Colonel Stryker Mad Scientist: Jekyll & Hyde Ordinary Guy: ­Spider-Man Society’s Outcast: The Joker Restrictive Father: Captain Hook Smothering Mother: Shrek 2 Tyrant: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Nietzschean Superman: Watchmen ­Philosopher-Villain: The Hunger Games Evil Sage: The Rise of Skywalker Former Power: Davros Vicious Ghost: Paranorman Conclusion Works Cited Index

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Valerie Estelle Frankel teaches English at Mission College and San Jose City College. The author of more than 90 popular culture books and more than 100 stories and essays, she lives in Sunnyvale, California.

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