The etymology of villain leads us to villaino, a Latin term. This word, in turn, comes from city, which can be understood as “country house”. Thus, the first meaning of the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) indicates that a villain is someone who lived in a city and belonged to the plain, unlike hidalgos or nobles.
Despite this, there are numerous theories about the term in question. Thus, there are those who consider that villain is a word that was created in the Middle Ages. It was used to refer to people without honor, without a sense of morality and also capable of committing all kinds of crimes. People who lived in villages, far from cities, were considered in ancient times as uneducated, rough, rough and rustic. For this reason, villain became an adjective with negative connotations that alluded to that lack of civility.
The villains, in this sense, lacked the attributes of the nobility and, according to the ruling classes, could commit vile and dishonorable acts. Thus, throughout history, villain became an adjective used to describe people who do evil, evil, or unworthy actions. The concept currently appears frequently in the field of fiction: villain is the evil character who opposes the hero. In superhero stories, soap operas, and action movies, to mention just a few possibilities, there are always villains. See the case of Batman. The vigilante who plays Bruce Wayne (or, according to the Spanish translation, Bruno Diaz) often faces different villains to protect Gotham City (Gotham). In this framework, The Joker (The Joker), The Penguin, The Enigma (The Enigma) and Two-Face are some of the villains that appear in the stories starring Batman. However, there are many examples of villains that we find in the world of literature or cinema and that have achieved the same prominence and even more than the central characters they face:
-The superhero Superman has had throughout his career a multitude of villains willing to kill him and take control of Metropolis. This would be the case, for example, with Lex Luthor, Prankster, Ultra-Humanity or General Zod.
-Spider-Man, on the other hand, also had numerous enemies that made him totally surrender to protect his neighbors. Among them are Chamaleon, Sandman, Mysterio, Kraven, Kingpin, Carnage, El Lizard, Venom, Doctor Octopus or the Green Goblin.
Likewise, we cannot forget that one of the most important police officers of all time, like James Bond, also has villains to fight. In his case, those who achieved greater relevance were Goldfinger and Doctor No. And what about Sherlock Holmes? This intelligent and shrewd detective has had to face the villain Moriarty on countless occasions, who has carried out all kinds of criminal actions.
