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Monsters Of The Week
"Villain of the week" (or, depending on genre, "monster of the week", "freak of the week" or "alien of the week") is an Antagonist (literature), antagonist that only appears in one episode of a multi-episode work of fiction. A villain of the week is commonly seen in British, American, and Japanese genre-based television program, television series. As many shows of this type air episodes weekly at a rate of ten to twenty new episodes per year, there is often a new antagonist in the plot of each week's episode. The main characters usually confront and vanquish these characters, often leaving them never to be seen again as in ''Doctor Who'', ''Charmed'', ''Smallville (TV series), Smallville'', and ''Scooby-Doo''. Some series alternate between using such antagonists and furthering the series' ongoing plotlines (as in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series), Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural'', ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'', and ''The X-Files'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antagonist (literature)
An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, rival," which is derived from ''anti-'' ("against") and ''agonizesthai'' ("to contend for a prize"). Types Heroes and villains The antagonist is commonly positioned against the protagonist and their world order. While most narratives will often portray the protagonist as a hero and the antagonist as a villain, like Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort in ''Harry Potter'', the antagonist does not always appear as the villain. In some narratives, like Light Yagami and L in ''Death Note'', the protagonist is a villain and the antagonist is an opposing hero. Antagonists are conventionally presented as making moral choices less savory than those of protagonists. This condition is often used by an author to create conflict within a story. This is mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
