ARCHETYPAL PROJECT: THE EVIL GENIUS

Jack Peeples

What is the Archetype?

It is an clever scheming man/woman with intricate plots

They typically are evil beyond reason and have a lack of understanding of human emotions

Hubris is common, leading them to reveal their plots to their enemies in confidence, sometimes leading to their downfall

They also often have a difficult childhood

Marduk

Marduk is a Sumerian god He led a battle with the “new gods”

against the “old gods” according to the poem Enuma Elish

Lord Voldemort

He is very clever and had a difficult childhood

He hid his evil when he was young through being polite and clever

He eventually used his evil to steal the Elder Wand, murder tons of people, and almost kill Harry several times

Hansel and Gretel

The old witch is an example of an evil genius

She builds her house from candy and tempts the children inside, knowing they would like candy

She then, if the plan had worked out, would have eaten them

Plankton

Plankton constantly has devious plans to destroy the Krusty Krab

In the SpongeBob Square pants movie, he initiates a plot where he turns the entire town into his own personal zombies

Prometheus

Though not consider a villain to humanity, he is a villain to the Gods

He first tricks Zeus into choosing a poor offering, just to be superior, and stole fire from him because he felt Zeus shouldn’t keep it to himself

Lex Luthor

Superman’s arch rival He doesn’t have any

super powers but is wealthy and intelligent, using his inventive powers to try and destroy the world

His plans typically involve killing superman, typically as a stepping stone to world domination

Stromboli

This man runs a carnival and trick Pinocchio into joining him and then locks him up, to use for profit

sources

http://www.ancient-mythology.com/mesopotamian/marduk.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor http://listverse.com/2009/06/09/top-10-most-evil-disney-vi

llains/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Sheldon_J._Plankton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Voldemort