Antagonist is the opposite of protagonist, it comes from Greek “opponent, emeny”, and, in most cases, battles against protagonist. Antagonists are usually represented with angular, spikier shapes and dark, or “dangerous” colors.
The best way to make an obvious antagonist is to make it as opposite to the protagonist as possible. A good example would be Scar from “The Lion King”(Fig.12). He has a completely different from the protagonists color scheme, different body shape. When put next to protagonists, the contrast is obvious.
Fig.12 Lions: Scar, Mufasa, Simba. (1994)
There are also two most successful types of antagonists. One of them is truly evil character, sneeky, smart, somewhat scary. The second way is to make it, intentionaly or not, fall into the uncanny valley.
Evil Or Uncanny?
Evil characters are represented with angular shapes, the more, the better. The best way to make a character scary is to give it as many visual cues that are burned in human subconscious as dangerous ones. Basically, to give it as many “dangerous” shapes and color as possible. Take a look at Anton Ego from Pixar’s “Ratatouille”.(Fig.13) Earlier
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G-Man from Half-Life is a great example of both a strong antagonist and an uncanny valley character. (Fig.20) The only thing that gamers can tell about this mysterious character is that he is “not completely human”. “The G-Man speaks in a slow, raspy yet commanding manner, with a certain accentuated low-key moroseness to his tone, sometimes placing unusual stress on syllables, stressing the wrong parts of words, making unneeded pauses, and awkwardly changing the pitch of his voice, sometimes in the middle of a word. He speaks as if he was uncomfortable with human speech.” This is one of the videos representing the G-Man:
The antagonists in my book was Catherine Roerva Pelzer. She was David's mother. But she was a horrible mother. Because she would abuse her son very badly. That she almost killed him.
Ignacio is the antagonist because he is opposed to the protagonist which is the Father. Ignacio will be considered the Flat character because he does not change at all throughout the
Most stories, movies, and myths have the simple archetype of Good vs. Evil. This particular archetype can often be confusing, because in stories the reader is often lead to believe that something or someone represents good or evil, but it does not. More often than not the evil character is either crazy or was raised wrongly. Evil characters in Good vs. Evil stories are often not truly evil but either mental unstable or not taught right from wrong.
antagonist. In The Veldt , George and Lydia are the protagonists and Wendy and Peter
The antagonists of a story are usually not the ones critically acclaimed. Due to our human inclination it’s fairly relevant that, as readers, more of an emotional attachment is built with the protagonists. However, in spite of that, villains still deserve our attention. From taking a close look at a few villains and the methods in which they manipulate, parallels in strategy are prevalent. A few examples of antagonists that particularly stand out are: Iago from the tragedy Othello written by William Shakespeare, Roger Chillingworth from the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Abigail Williams from Arthur Miller’s novel The Crucible, these characters all use isolation to manipulate others throughout the stories.
The scariest about this kind of evil is that it is not seen on the outside of characters. To
antagonist. The second character, Fortunato, is the protagonist, if he can be called that. In the text
The protagonist in the book “In Cold Blood”, I would have to say is Perry. He is ultimately the main character of the novel, and the center of attention. We learn much more about him than any other character, such as his backstory (him being abused as child), his vulnerabilities, and his ambitions crushed. As for the antagonist, it is not only Perry but Dick too. Dick, a heartless criminal who kills innocent animals. Although he does no part in killing the Clutter family, He manipulates Perry into doing so, and puts Perry’s hands on the murder weapon. He is the ideal villain, an emotionless sociopath. The main character (Perry) is a round
Notes: The chief elder is the antagonist. She is in charge of the entire community. She is a bit older, she is uptight and strong willed.
Maleficent. Miscreant. The antagonist that acts hostile to another being. This can be used to describe a villain. I would describe a villain as someone who seems evil, but could easily be misunderstood as one. While watching Kim Possible: The Movie, Shego stood out to me the most and if I had the chance, I would portray her character in a movie.
An antagonist is a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something.
In all cases considered, the villain usually reigns over the hero of the story, and as he may seem fearless, he is a coward hidden within himself. Never is a villain positioned lowly in a story, because the purpose is to have an imbalance between good and evil to show that even when evil is dominant, good still conquers.
Scalable antagonists are those characters that are upgradable and down gradable by use of a reversible mask or the addition or subtraction of a costume piece. For example, a normal wolf has a mask and torso, whereas a mana wolf adds a colored mana mantle to represent the crackling energy of the beast.
Another character is Maître Malandain. He was certainly identified as the antagonist of the story when the author stated that he was the enemy of Maître Hauchecome and
The third main character type is "the enemy". The "head" antagonist, usually male, is a hideous monster in horror anime, and in action anime almost always possesses supernatural powers. He seems much more invincible and usually batters in the climax, but he always has a weakness for the hero to capitalize on. He is impure, immoral, unethical and, in short, evil. His heart has no remorse for his actions and for those suffering from them. The enemy, like the hero, is unknown to us and is gradually introduced throughout the story. The enemy of this story is Himuro Gemma. Gemma is a bisexual, immortal human with the ability to reincarnate himself. In his early days,