If We Were Villains

M.L.RIO's

If we were villains

BY: ruchi

Summary

tOLd through the eyes of oliver, the story follows 7 dellecher students in their 4th and final year together. While all starts out fine, When the roles are switched, tensions arise and eventually a body is found dead. questions arise, a camaraderie is ruined.

Dellecher classical conservatory

• Theatrical school
• Music, dance, philosophy and theater
• Type cast roles
• Competitive nature

• Bore's head
• Tower/Castle

Characters

Richard stirling

Oliver marks

The 'tyrant'

The 'sidekick'

Wren stirling

James farrow

The 'ingenue'

The 'hero'

Alexander vass

meredith dardenne

The 'villain'

The 'temptress'

filippa kosta

The 'chameleon'

"We felt all the passions of the characters we played as if they were our own. But a character’s emotions don’t cancel out the actor’s – instead you feel both at once.”

M.L RIo

Oliver marks

• Self-deprecating

• unreliable??
• 'Too nice'
• Naive
• retrospective

AUThor's style

• Allusions/parallels to Shakespeare

“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”

• Structure - Shakespearean tragedy

• Dark and mysterious

• Ambiguous

• Interpretation

• Angsty

themes/motifs

DESTINY VS CHOICE

THEATRICS

FRIENDSHIP

PERSPECTIVE

TRAGEDY

"You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough"

M.L RIo

Review

- Beautiful writing- Compelling - Structured well - Character depth - Confusing at times - Cliche

THANK YOU!