What is a villain? Who is a villain? How do we respond as we encounter a villain? How do we perceive a villain? Where do we usually find villains? Where do villains arise? Are we willing to understand a villain my probing at it own circumstances? If yes, how far? If otherwise, why not?
Villain is usually defined this way:
· a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
· the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
In a sense we thought of villains in a negative way. We may perceive them as bad, dangerous and somebody to be afraid of.
But have we ever thought of the creation of villains. Have we ever wondered how a villain develops and progresses?
Let me start with a story of a man whom i meet almost everyday. Before our story ends I would like to make sense of his history. Let me hide him in the persona Ronald.
Ronald is a lover. Not of mine but of somebody else. However, his special someone, Melanie, does not seem interested at him. Mainly because he is a happy go lucky guy who doesn't seem to care about his world or no world at all.
Nonetheless, determined to pursue his love for Melanie, Ronald decided to shift his way of life in a , lets say, more directed one. And as other love stories, he has his luck.
The two always had a great time together; they share their inmost thought and dreams to each other, which fueled their relationship all the more.
As most relationships, the two don't spend time in a 24/7 basis of schedule, they still need to proceed to their homes and face their families.
Melanie's family is closed to ideal although her "mother" is just the second wife of his father still their relationship is still in accord.
On the contrary, Ronald' home was not the ideal set up of a home. Yes, there exists a father, a mother and a sister but the interaction, which determines their behavior towards each other, is not encouraging.
Ronald's father is a prominent business magnate. He is well known for his brilliance and success in the business world. He is regarded for his achievements.
Ronald's mother is a woman who chose to stay home. She has of the same position with her husband for she is the Chief-Executive -Officer inside their home. Her major and relevant tasks are to supervise house cleaning, cook, delegate shopping for house needs and wait to all other members of the family who most of the time spends their time outside the home. While waiting for other family members she lures herself in watching telenovelas, which made her a very devoted fan wherein she made transference of concepts in her everyday life. She uses these telenovelas to give advice to other people and most of the time relate the telenovelas to what is happening around. Not bad actually, isn't it?
Ronald's sister is a typical teen-ager. She spends most of her time with peers and she has the latest fads in town. Well, no wonder her father has all the purchasing power.
Ronald, ever since he started expressing his love for Melanie, has become one of the best students in class. Even before that, he used to show great concern for his mother.
However, Ronald is his father's greatest nightmare. All his achievements were not acknowledged. For his father, Ronald is one big mistake of his lifetime. Ronald is a dumb man who knows nothing about life and success.
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