Lone_Wolf_Moderate
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Mon Jan-03-05 12:21 AM
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Need help with a literary term |
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I'm not even sure if a term for this exists, but I'm trying to think of literary term to use for the moment in a story in which the villian or antagonist asserts him or herself, meaning that scene in which the villain is established as a villain, and he or she flaunts it.
An example would in the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, when Saruman revelas his assembled army of 10,000 Uruk-hai, and makes his grand speech atop his tower. That's what I consider the ultimate "villain moment." Is their a technical term for that?
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Mon Jan-03-05 12:23 AM
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1. uh, that's "Republican Inauguration Speech" |
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Mon Jan-17-05 02:04 PM
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"And here he comes now!"
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Mon Jan-03-05 12:23 AM
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2. In classic plot structure... |
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...no, there's not a specific term. (I like "villain moment"; we should adopt it immediately!)
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Mon Jan-03-05 12:30 AM
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I thought they might have something like that but I guess not. http://www.sfwa.org/writing/glossary.html
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Mon Jan-03-05 12:24 AM
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I think I saw something where this could be found, let me check.
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Mon Jan-03-05 01:16 AM
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according to Aristotle a discovery is when the audience and/or character finds out something devastating, like when Oedipus discovers that he's the guy that killed his father
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Sun Jan-16-05 07:34 PM
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6. the revelation of the protaganist? |
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Thu Feb-10-05 01:04 AM
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When the audience/reader knowns but not the characters? That is dramatic irony. I think that is what you are asking, no?
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