1. Miss Hilly from The Help-I don't know if it was her shocking-by-today's-standards racism, or just her general mean-spiritedness, but she was a character I loved to hate.
2. Cruella Deville from 101 Dalmations-A fur coat from puppies, do I really need to explain more than that?
3. The Trunchbull, from Matilda-She was the headmistress from Hell, until Matilda gave her her comeuppance!
4. Lady MacBeth, from, well, you know where-I don't care how bad she felt about it later (out, damned spot!), she started that whole miserable mess.
5. Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest-What a horrible, nasty, cruel person she was!
6. Mrs. John Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility-Her greed and general snootiness make her a perfect Vistorian mean girl!
7. Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter-Again with the racism! Muggles unite!
8. The White Witch from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe-The movie version of her was exactly as I envisioned her when I read the books back in the early 1980s. Haughty and cruel.
Miss Hilly is a good choice!
ReplyDeleteGreat choices! Hilly made my list as well. Wasn't she just a witch? The Trunchbull was a great pick.
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Great list! All great choices.
ReplyDeleteGreat call on The Trunchbull! Dahl has created quite a few nasties!
ReplyDeleteFantastic list and I can't believe I forgot about Mrs. John Dashwood. Austen created some fantastic mean girl characters.
ReplyDeleteTHE TRUNCHBILL! Oh gosh, I didn't even think of her but props to you for thinking of her and including her! she is a horrible character, well worth a good slap. Umbridge, definitely. If i could slap one person, ever, in the whole world and history of literature, it would be her.
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