Her battle of wills with McMurphy is about controlling joy-and snuffing it out. Granted, much of her characterization comes through the eyes of a paranoid Chief Bromden, but she represents absolute and unwavering authority to the patients. Big Nurse in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.A ruthless emotionless hitman who occasionally flips a coin to determine someone’s fate. Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men.Aaron appears meek and frightened, with a severe stutter, and alludes to having had an unhappy childhood with his abusive father in Crikside, Kentucky. The 27 greatest villains in literature…in alphabetical order so as not to sway anyone’s opinion. The debate rages on as we discuss internally, but also take to social media and this very blog to see what others think.Īs a result, here are the 27 greatest villains of all time, according to us and to you. Who knew literature villains could be so…divisive? Many moons ago, Jason Konopinski laid down the law and said Randall Flagg (originally from Stephen King’s The Stand and then appearing in eight more of his novels) was the greatest villain of all time.īecause we can’t agree on that, the subject comes up often-and it can become quite heated. Things such as the greatest villains in literature. You know, the things that have nothing to do with the tasks at hand or clients, but definitely lead to our culture of nerdiness. As we are wont to do-writers and all-we often spend some of our team meetings discussing things of merit.