Curated category
Male literary villains
- Frankenstein's monsterVictor Frankenstein builds the creature over a two-year period in the attic of his boarding house in Ingolstadt. He discovers a scientific principle that…
- IagoIago stands in the shadows of a Venetian camp, his face hidden behind a mask of absolute honesty. He has served Othello for years as standard-bearer, yet he…
- SarumanIn the valley of Isengard, a once-green landscape transformed into a scarred industrial wasteland. Gandalf stood atop the tower of Orthanc and saw the truth…
- Grand Admiral ThrawnTimothy Zahn introduced Grand Admiral Thrawn in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire. This book marked the first appearance of an alien military leader within…
- Jacen SoloFive minutes after his sister Jaina, Jacen Solo entered the world on Coruscant in 1993. The newborn twins were sent to live at various safe havens under the…
- Gríma WormtonguePsychologists Deborah and Mark Parker identified Gríma Wormtongue as the archetypal sycophant in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
- Captain AhabAhab stands on the deck of the Pequod, his eye fixed on the horizon. He is fifty-eight years old and has lost a leg to the white whale Moby Dick.
- SauronIn the First Age, a creature known as Mairon served Aulë, the smith of the Valar. He was called The Admirable until he betrayed his masters to join Melkor.
- GollumIn 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien introduced a small, slimy creature into the world of The Hobbit. This character lived on an island in an underground lake beneath…
- NazgûlIn the Second Age, nine mortal men received Rings of Power from the Dark Lord Sauron. These rings granted them immortality but slowly stripped away their…