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Pages in category "Female villains" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Dolores Abernathy;
Female villains depicted in literature. Villains are often defined by their acts of selfishness, stupidity, evilness, craziness, cruelty, and cunning. They display immoral behavior that can oppose or pervert justice.
The term villain is the universal term for characters who pose as catalysts for certain ideals that readers or observers find immoral, but the term "villainess" is often used to highlight specific traits that come with their female identity—separating them, in some aspects, from their male counterparts. The use of the female villain (or ...
This is a list of female supervillains that can be found in American comic books and associated mediums. They are a counterpart to the superheroine , just as the villain is the counterpart to the hero.
Are female action heroes truly empowering? - Dan Hassler-Forest (Utrecht University) The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic ...
A Mary Sue is a type of fictional character, usually a young woman, who is portrayed as free of weaknesses or character flaws. [1] The character type has acquired a pejorative reputation in fan communities, [2] [3] [4] with the label "Mary Sue" often applied to any heroine who is considered to be unrealistically capable.
Female evil spirits or malicious monsters in folklore, legends, and mythology. These monstrous women are often portrayed as predatory creatures, who are usually seen seducing male humans or snatching young children in order to kill, eat, or otherwise harm them.
Femmes fatales were standard fare in hardboiled crime stories in 1930s pulp fiction.. A femme fatale (/ ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t æ l,-ˈ t ɑː l / FEM fə-TA(H)L, French: [fam fatal]; lit. ' fatal woman '), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising ...