Do we love villains more than heroes? The internet has gone wild over the reappearance of a beloved animated baddy. Perhaps we see ourselves in nefarious evil-doers.
Evil penguin spotted in new trailer
Sinister: The new Wallace & Gromit film, featuring evil penguin Feathers McGraw (above), centres around a crime wave of stolen garden goods, in which Wallace and his pre-programmed smart gnome, Norbot, are the main suspects. Glossary
Nemesis - The inescapable agent of one's downfall. Its origins are located in the themes of ancient Greek tragedy. It comes from the Greek word "nemein", meaning "to give what is due".
Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
Arch-enemy - The main enemy of someone in fiction.
Satan - Another name for the Devil.
Individualism - The political philosophy that values the rights of the individual over society. It is a key idea in liberal democracies and modern capitalism.
Carl Jung - A Swiss practitioner of psychoanalysis. Initially he was a collaborator of Sigmund Freud’s, but his ideas diverged from Freud’s and the two became bitter rivals.
Lord Capulet - Juliet's father.
Tragedy - An event that causes a huge amount of suffering and sadness.
Impulsiveness - The tendency to act without thinking.
Film Noir - A style of film-making or type of film which shows the world as a dangerous place where many people suffer, especially because of the greed or cruelty of others.