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THE SADISTShannon Innis
What is the Sadist?
A sadist receives gratification by causing pain to another.
They enjoy being cruel. They are extremely violent and
psychologically brutal. The sadist does not feel remorse.
GREEK CULTURE
Persephone and Hades
The sadist character in this story is Hades.
He kidnaps Persephone, daughter of Demeter, because he falls in love with her.
He traps her in the Underworld with him, and she is only allowed to visit her mother a few months out of the year.
He does not care that Persephone is miserable with him.
Because of Hades’ cruelty and the fact that he does not care about the pain he inflicts on Persephone, is considered the sadist of the story.
Ares: Greek god of war
Ares is another god found in various mythological stories who is a sadist
He is extremely violent, and he is very destructive in battle
Ares was dangerous and had savage-like qualities
ROMAN CULTURE
Nero
Nero was a very famous emperor who was known for the persecution of Christians
He is classified as a sadist because he loved watching people suffer
He showed no sympathy whatsoever, and he was genuinely evil
Gladiator
The character Commodus in the movie, Gladiator, was a sadistic character
He killed his own father and Maximus who was supposed to be the next emperor of Rome
Commodus only cared about power, and that is why he killed so many innocent people
MIDDLE EAST CULTURE
Aladdin
The character, Jafar, from the movie Aladdin is also considered a sadist
He manipulated the king in order to gain power
He did anything to anyone just to become more powerful
AMERICAN CULTURE
The Little Mermaid
Ursula in The Little Mermaid is a sadistic character
She tries to ruin Ariel’s hopes of becoming human
Ursula becomes so obsessed with killing Ariel’s dreams that it is the only thing that matters
BRITISH CULTURE
Lord of the Flies
The sadist in Lord of the Flies is Jack
He becomes so possessed with killing and power that he will murder two boys just to become chief
He truly becomes a savage
Sweeney Todd
In the play/movie, Sweeney Todd, Benjamin Barker is the sadist
He kills so many men for no good reason
His goal was to obtain his daughter from the cruel judge by murdering him
He is a true sadist because of his enjoyment of his victims’ pain