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Literary Bad Guys
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:47 am
by ThinkBlue
Who would you vote as the best villain in literature and why?
For me, it's a tie between Iago from Shakespeare's Othello (because he's a ninja in reverse psychology) and Moby Dick from Melville's Moby Dick (need I say more?).
Re: Literary Bad Guys
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 7:50 am
by Bryan Russell/Ink
Unless Ahab's the villain...
Re: Literary Bad Guys
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 8:52 am
by christi
Darth Sidious. Hey, there ARE books, yanno.
Okay, classic literature... I'd go with Sauron.
Re: Literary Bad Guys
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 10:35 am
by beacon22
She's not a guy, but Abigail Williams is EVIL! Is it wrong that she's also one of my favorite characters? She is one bad a a** girl!
Re: Literary Bad Guys
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 12:26 pm
by Pete
Raskolnikov sort of counts, right?
Re: Literary Bad Guys
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:54 pm
by casnow
I think the Judge is Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian is a good one
Re: Literary Bad Guys
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 2:55 pm
by Bryan Russell/Ink
I'll second casnow... The Judge. Chigurh ain't too shabby either.