Devil Figures

Devil Figures

Definition: The devil figure represents a devil incarnate. They often offer worldly

goods, fame, and knowledge in exchange for souls. The figure's main purpose is to distract

or manipulate the hero's objective.

What is the devil figure archetype in a story?

Traits/Criteria

• Manipulative• Trickster• Incarnate• Evil

Hades manipulati

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Evil

Hades

HadesHercules: "you like making deals, take me in megs

place"Hades:"hmm... the son of my hated rival trapped

forever in a river of death...If you get her out, she goes, you stay"

Goal1)Disrupt Hercules's Heros journey2) Gain power of the world

Exchanging Souls

The Wolf in LRRHTrickster

sSly

LRRH Wolfe description• "The wolf ran as fast as he could on the

shorter path, and the little girl continued...along the longer path" (Perrault 12).

• "...the wicked wolf threw himself on [LRRD] and gobbled her up" (Perrault 13).

• "Little Red Cap had no idea what a wicked beast he was..." (Grimm 14).

Mr.Hyde

-Controlling -Manipulative

-Pure Evil

"O my poor old Harry

Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend." http://www.shmoop.com/jekyll-and-hyde/religion-quotes.html

The Description

JOKER The Death Of The Family

Joker In Comics

-Manipulative-Trickster-intelligent criminal-cheated death many timesThe Killing Joke series.

Joker Cont... "If I weren't crazy, I'd be insane!" - Batman: Dark Detective

"Kid, I'm the Joker. I don't just randomly kill people. I kill people when it's funny."-Batman #686 (2009)- distract batman from his duties-kill people to make batman failJoker Asylum series

closing question

What Devil Characteristics do you have?

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• Grimm, Brothers. "Little Red Cap." The Classic Fairy Tales. Ed. Maria Tatar. New York: Norton, 1999.

13-16. Print.

• Hercules. Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Pictures. 1997.

• Perrault, Charles. “Little Red Riding Hood.” The Classic Fairy Tales. Ed. Maria Tatar. New York: Norton,

1999. 11-13. Print

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