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61 relations: American History X, Anglo-Norman language, Antagonist, Antihero, Antithesis, Archenemy, Ben Bova, Betrayal, Boss (crime), Brad Warner, C. S. Lewis, Cambridge University Press, Characterization, Chivalry, Churl, Cinderella, Crime, David Lubar, Doctor Octopus, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Dramatis personæ, Enemy, Evil, Evil laughter, Fairy tale, False hero, Fiction, Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Foil (literature), Gaul, Hand rubbing, Heel (professional wrestling), History, Jack Torrance, Late antiquity, Late Latin, List of soap opera villains, Mad scientist, Magneto (comics), Motivation, Nemesis, Old French, Plantation, Politeness, Protagonist, Racism, Rival, Roger Ebert, Simon & Schuster, ..., Spider-Man 2, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Studies in Words, Supervillain, The Shining (novel), Tod Slaughter, Tragic hero, Tyrant, Villein, Vladimir Propp, X-Men. Expand index (11 more) »
American History X
American History X is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna.
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Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French, is a variety of the Norman language that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period.
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Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, institution or concept that stands in or represents opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend.
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Antihero
An antihero, or antiheroine, is a protagonist in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality.
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Antithesis
Antithesis (Greek for "setting opposite", from ἀντί "against" and θέσις "placing") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect.
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Archenemy
An archenemy (sometimes spelled arch-enemy) is the main enemy of someone.
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Ben Bova
Benjamin William "Ben" Bova (born November 8, 1932) is an American writer.
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Betrayal
Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations.
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Boss (crime)
A crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, or Don, is a person in charge of a criminal organization.
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Brad Warner
Brad Warner (born March 5, 1964) is an American Sōtō Zen monk, author, blogger, documentarian and punk rock bass guitarist.
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C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Characterization
Characterization or characterisation is the representation of persons (or other beings or creatures) in narrative and dramatic works of art.
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Chivalry
Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is an informal, varying code of conduct developed between 1170 and 1220, never decided on or summarized in a single document, associated with the medieval institution of knighthood; knights' and gentlewomen's behaviours were governed by chivalrous social codes.
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Churl
A churl (etymologically the same name as Charles / Carl and Old High German karal), in its earliest Old English (Anglo-Saxon) meaning, was simply "a man", and more particularly a "husband", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelled ċeorl(e), and denoting the lowest rank of freemen.
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Cinderella
Cinderella (Cenerentola, Cendrillon, Aschenputtel), or The Little Glass Slipper, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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David Lubar
David Lubar (born March 16, 1954) is an author of numerous books for teens.
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Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
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Dramatis personæ
Dramatis personæ (Latin: "the masks of the drama") are the main characters in a dramatic work written in a list.
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Enemy
An enemy or a foe is an individual or a group that is verified as forcefully adverse or threatening.
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Evil
Evil, in a colloquial sense, is the opposite of good, the word being an efficient substitute for the more precise but religion-associated word "wickedness." As defined in philosophy it is the name for the psychology and instinct of individuals which selfishly but often necessarily defends the personal boundary against deadly attacks and serious threats.
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Evil laughter
Evil laughter or maniacal laughter is a stock manic laughter by a villain in fiction.
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Fairy tale
A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is folklore genre that takes the form of a short story that typically features entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
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False hero
The false hero is a stock character in fairy tales, and sometimes also in ballads.
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Fiction
Fiction is any story or setting that is derived from imagination—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact.
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Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role.
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Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld video game console.
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Foil (literature)
In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character - usually the protagonist— to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
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Gaul
Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine.
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Hand rubbing
Hand rubbing is a gesture that conveys in many cultures either that one has a feeling of excited expectation, or that one is simply cold.
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Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a rudo in lucha libre) is a wrestler who portrays a villain or a "bad guy" and acts as an antagonist.
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History
History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.
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Jack Torrance
John Daniel Edward "Jack" Torrance is the main antagonist of Stephen King's horror novel The Shining (1977).
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Late antiquity
Late antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages in mainland Europe, the Mediterranean world, and the Near East.
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Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity.
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List of soap opera villains
A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction.
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Mad scientist
Mad scientist (also mad doctor or mad professor) is a caricature of a scientist who is described as "mad" or "insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabashedly ambitious, taboo or hubristic nature of their experiments.
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Magneto (comics)
Magneto is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men.
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Motivation
Motivation is the reason for people's actions, desires, and needs.
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Nemesis
In the ancient Greek religion, Nemesis (Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia or Rhamnusia ("the goddess of Rhamnous"), was the goddess who enacted retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods).
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Old French
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; Modern French: ancien français) was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century to the 14th century.
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Plantation
A plantation is a large-scale farm that specializes in cash crops.
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Politeness
Politeness is the practical application of good manners or etiquette.
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Protagonist
A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).
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Racism
Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.
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Rival
A rivalry is the opposition between two competing parties (rivals).
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author.
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster.
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Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent, from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer and based on the 1960s television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry.
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Studies in Words
Studies in Words is a work of linguistic scholarship written by C. S. Lewis and published by the Cambridge University Press in 1960.
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Supervillain
A supervillain is a variant of the villainous stock character that is commonly found in American comic books, usually possessing superhuman abilities.
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The Shining (novel)
The Shining is a horror novel by American author Stephen King.
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Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter (born Norman Carter Slaughter, 19 March 1885 – 19 February 1956) was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.
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Tragic hero
A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy in drama.
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Tyrant
A tyrant (Greek τύραννος, tyrannos), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or person, or one who has usurped legitimate sovereignty.
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Villein
A villein, otherwise known as cottar, torpare, crofter, is a serf tied to the land in the feudal system.
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Vladimir Propp
Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible narrative elements.
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X-Men
The X-Men is a team of fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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