1).

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

The movie tells the story of a barbier, Sweeney Todd.

He wants to revenge of the judge Turpin who raped his wife.
Mrs Lovett, a baker, is in love with Sweeney Todd.
She helps him to revenge.
On the poster, the baker is dirty and dressed in black.
Her hair is messy.
Her eyes seem surrounded by black.
Her stare is fixed, penetrating and contemptuous.
So, the poster shows that it is a negative character.
She looks really a villain.

Gone girl.

The movie tells the story of a woman, Amy Dunne.

She wants to revenge of her husband because he cheated on her.
She runs away and stages her own death to accuse her husband.
Then she kills a troublesome potential witness and pretends he raped her.
Amy is a psychopath and pretends to be a victim.

Great Expectations.

Miss Havisham is a rich old lady.

She was, in her youth, abandoned by her husband and wants revenge on all men.
She has adopted a very beautiful orphan, Estella, whom she uses to fulfill her
revenge.
For that, she educated her so that Estella would be incapable of loving.
However, Pip is in love with Estella.
Miss Havisham takes advantage of Pip's visit to drive him to despair.
At the same time, she poses as a victim.
She's a manipulator.
She’s really a villain.

2).

The first character, the baker Mrs Lovett, acts more out of love. Amy Dunne and
Miss Havisham are pervert and manipulators.
Evil characters are fascinating for artists because :
- they are more interesting than good characters.
- we wonder how far they are able to go in evil and immoral actions.
- usually, women have positive roles. However, these three villains are women,
so they are even more fascinating.

3).

Human nature is complex and consists of good and evil.

Our education encourages us to favor the good.
But this does not eliminate our negative part.
And, as in The Tell-Tale Heart, if our negative part is refouled, it will come back
very strongly one day.
We must to find a way to express it, indirectly.
Villains are a way : they serve us to express the negative part that is in us,
through them.