A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development. - Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier: "A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development."

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Arouse	Aversion	Awaken	Barbarously
Career	Close	Contempt	Delicacy
Development	Downfall	Enough	Excite
Fear	Gleam	Grace	Handled
Harmony	Human	Must	Power
Previous	Strong	Sympathy	Thing
Transient	Triumph	Villain	Wicked

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