Patrick Bateman, one of the great villains in literature.
Cynical, powerful, sinister. . . the villains of literature take on different forms and faces, although their objective, like any great antagonist, is to defeat that hero in the form of a magician, a child or inhabitants of Paradise who star in some of our favorite books.
Let us remember (and fear) these great villains of literature.
Yago
The antagonist of Shakespeare's Othello He is the most "faithful" lieutenant of the famous protagonist Moorish king, whom he envies for the love professed by his wife, Dedemona. This is the reason why he does not hesitate to invent the idyll between the queen and the king's lieutenant, Cassius, causing the tragedy that looms in Shakespeare's play that broke the mold after its premiere in 1604.
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Interpreted by Christian Bale in the cinema, the protagonist (and antihero) of American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis, is a Wall Street shark that succumbs to hedonism and its consequent thirst for blood as a vehicle for liberation in a plastic and too superficial world. Essential.
Napoleon
The pig of Farm Rebellion by George Orwell, was the perfect incarnation of Stalin in this book published after the end of World War II. In the novel, Napoléon consolidates himself together with Snowball (representing Leon Trotsky) as the leader of the farm until he orders the murder of the latter. During years, calling a pig Napoleon in France was forbidden for obvious reasons.
Lord Voldemort
He possibly most famous villain in literature of recent years, also known as "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", was in charge of giving the replica to Harry Potter throughout the seven books that encompassed the universe created by JK Rowling. Assassin of Potter's parents, hungry for a power that gradually regains the prophetic nemesis of the boy wizard, Lord Voldemort was portrayed on the big screen by Ralph Fiennes.
Satan
In 1667, John Milton published Paradise lost, a poem of more than 10 verses through which the author expressed his particular vision of the Eden of the Bible from the perspective of a Satan whom many branded as embodying God under a new face. The perfect definition of villain reached its maximum status thanks to quotes like that so famous that said "better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
Long John Silver
The most famous pirate in literature was featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as a persuasive and manipulative villain despite a peg leg that he dominated with perfect straightness. He began his particular conspiracy to seize the ship, defeat its crew and proclaim himself the discoverer of the treasure thanks to the help of his "pupil" Jim Hawkins.
These great villains of literature star in the pages of some of these classics of world literature, sometimes as a representation of "real" villains, and sometimes as apparently docile characters at first.
What is your favorite literary villain?