VILLAIN

by Rogel Valencia

In the movie “Coco” their archetypal characters and one of the archetypal characters is Ernesto de la Cruz. He is a villain archetype. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, villain is a character in a story, movie, etc… who does bad things. I also find other villain character that I can compare to Ernesto de la Cruz and the character I find is Gollum or also known Smeagol, he is a villain character in the movie of “The Lord of the Rings”.

Ernesto de la Cruz is a villain character because based on the movie, Ernesto de la Cruz murder Hector to keep his fame that’s why I consider him as a villain character. According also to fandom, Ernesto de la Cruz is the villain that attempts to kill Hector with a poisoned drink in order to steal his songs and achieve the fame for himself. In the movie of The Lord of the Rings, Gollum consider as a villain because he murder his own kin and bestfriend Deogol in his birthday after seeing the rings. Ernesto de la Cruz and Gollum is similar because they are obsessed and murderous, and they will do anything for fame or power.

Ernesto de la Cruz and Gollum is a villain because he cares this reputation and willing to kill someone for fame or power to keep his reputation. They don’t care if they harm someone the only hing they want is they goodness and power.