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A stereotypical villain. Note the formal black clothes, exquisitely neat facial hair, and maniacal demeanour. This stereotype was common in early 20th century silent films, popular for easy recognition.
anti-hero a character who violates the law or the prevailing social standards, but who nevertheless has the audience's sympathy, and is therefore the real hero of the story.In spite of being the target of the audience's hatred, the villain is an almost inevitable plot device and often perhaps more than the hero the central theme of the plot.
Are villains inherently more interesting than the heroes who oppose them? They are at least as indispensable to the stories they appear in, probably more so. Those who stand on the side of righteousness and goodness seldom have much choice but to respond, and little choice in how; for villains, all paths are wide open. Many believe that Satan, for Christians perhaps the ultimate villain, is the most interesting character in John Milton's Paradise Lost, for all that he is the embodiment of evil. Perhaps in the nefarious acts of many villains there is more than a hint of wish-fulfilment fantasy, which makes some people identify with them as characters more strongly than they do the heroes. Still, the writer's task in creating a villain is not an easy or a trivial one; a convincing villain must be given a characterization that makes his motive for doing wrong convincing. As put by film critic Roger Ebert: "Each film is only as good as its villain. Since the heroes and the gimmicks tend to repeat from film to film, only a great villain can transform a good try into a triumph."[2]Yet what makes the villain really indispensable in many works of fiction, from the giant Humbaba of the Gilgamesh Epic to the "bad guys" of virtually all modern action movies, is that he provides an impeccable excuse for sadistic pleasure. The standard action story invariably begins by demonizing the villain i.e., showing that he is so evil that he ceases to be a human being and becomes a monster; so that making him suffer is a most commendable goal, nothing less than sheer justice. From then on, the reader or viewer can enjoy the sadistic pleasure of watching someone being beaten, burned, chopped, impaled, blown to bits, etc. etc.; and can identify himself with the hero who is doing it all with a clean conscience. (from wikipedia)I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
