Love them or hate them, villains provide some of the most memorable characters in Literature. From the blood-sucking Count Dracula to Shakespeare's dastardly Iago, Stylist looks back at some of ...

What repressed fears is society acting out in its persistent creation of the knife bearing villain? Rosenberg says, "I am aware . . . that literary conventions can tell us only so much about a ...

In literature, these are characters who show high levels of intelligence, use their mind to play tricks, or disobey any established rules. Another great example of this archetype is Loki from the ...