Villains always play an interesting roll in theatre.  I feel that in most plays and/film, the villain is very clear.  Some plays might use this as an advantage though.  In Teatro Campesino theatre, the plays are based off the Mexican workers in the California grape fields in the 1960's. The style of theatre makes out the villain as red neck as possible.  He even walks a certain way, almost to the beat of his own drum.  But what do we learn about he villain from these characteristics?  Let's think for a moment about the common villain characteristics. Top hat, the curly mustache, cap, a mask,black clothing, evil laugh, ect. Most villains have this element to them.  But what does this tell us about real life? Every day villains don't normally have the elements.  Where did this stereotypes even come from? What does it tell us about the villain?  Why do we even need them?