The Christ, as both God and Man, is seen in Christian theology as fulfilling this role in the redemption of man and of the earth and in the final judgment against evil.

Critics often interpret Banquo's role in the play as being a foil to Macbeth, resisting evil where Macbeth embraces it.

The role has involved Charles playing a variety of alternative characters, including a gangster, a cowboy, and angelic and evil versions of Lister, and in him carrying out a wide range of stunts, and acting involving special effects.

Therefore, the Manichaean worldview explained the existence of evil with a flawed creation God took no role in forming and was the result of Satan striking out against God.

Claris loses all hope of getting the role, and when she falls asleep that night, the evil spirits of Nightmare seize upon that fear, placing Claris in a nightmare version of the audition.

He appeared in a significant supporting role in the 1997 Luc Besson film The Fifth Element, playing the right-hand man " Right Arm " to evil businessman Mr. Zorg.

Willow plays an integral role within the inner circle of friends — called the Scooby Gang — who support Buffy Summers, a teenager gifted with superhuman powers to defeat vampires, demons, and other evil in the fictional town of Sunnydale.

The notion of purification ( cleaning one's soul from all evil things and trying to reach Nirvana and to become immortal in Nirvana ) plays an important role in Buddhism.

A promotional image for the event of Second Coming was released depicting two versions of Hope Summers, the so called Mutant Messiah — one angelic, emphasizing her role as a savior, the other as evil and surrounded by the Phoenix Force, depicting her as a destroyer.

His debut film role was in the comedic sci-fi horror film Critters 3, in which he played the stepson of an evil landlord, a role that DiCaprio described as " your average, no-depth, standard kid with blond hair.

Following The Invisible Man, Universal Studios tried to typecast him in horror films, but he broke free, starting with the gleefully evil role of Prince John in The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ), then with his Academy Award-nominated performance as the conflicted corrupt US senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ), and followed with probably his most famous role, the flexible French police Captain Renault in Casablanca ( 1942 ).

This book is a work of classic fantasy, with a clearly established battle between good and evil, with magic playing a lead role.

In each appearance thereafter, Bob has assumed the role on The Simpsons of an evil genius.

Displaying his role as arbitrator, he had overseen the three epic battles between good and evil.

His portrayal of Jews as subhuman and evil is widely considered to have played a critical role in the dehumanization and marginalization of the Jewish minority in the eyes of common Germans — creating the necessary conditions for the later perpetration of the Holocaust.

Instead, the overarching story of all five seasons of the series pitted Angel as the central player in a battle between the " good " Powers That Be and the " evil " law firm Wolfram & Hart and his possible role in a prophesied apocalypse.

And, as the girl whom he loves, Joan Bennett is static and colorless, completely lacking the malevolence that should flash in her evil role.

In the second and third seasons, Smith's role assumes a less evil overtone – although he continues to display many character defects.

Lestat then resumes the narrative, claiming that he has regained his " evil " nature, and decides to make Talbot into a vampire against his wishes, and despite the role Talbot played in saving his life when everyone else abandoned him.

He is best known for his role as Kane the evil preacher in the 1986 movie Poltergeist II: The Other Side.

Scott's only role as a truly evil villain was in Universal's The Spoilers, a rip-roaring adaptation of Rex Beach's 1905 tale of the Alaskan gold rush co-starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne.

" Ladenson points out that, unlike some Bond girls, Galore's role in the plot is crucial and she is not just there as an accessory: it is her change of heart that allows good to triumph over evil.

A predecessor in the role delivered the show's intro, with its famous catchphrase, " Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

* Light tanks-small, thinly armoured, weakly gunned ; superior Tactical / Strategic mobility tanks intended for the armoured reconnaissance role ; many are losing favor to cheaper, faster, lighter armoured cars.

The 90 / 53 was a feared weapon, notably in the anti-tank role, but only a few hundred had been produced by the time of the armistice in 1943.

When the country was still part of the former Yugoslavia, joint ventures and cooperation played a large role here ( motor industry, metal processing, textile industry / contract processing work, steel and chemicals ).

Biological processes play a major role in the removal of contaminants and biotechnology is taking advantage of the astonishing catabolic versatility of microorganisms to degrade / convert such compounds.

Cuban forces played a key role in the Ogaden War 1977 / 78 between Ethiopia and Somalia and kept a substantial garrison stationed in Ethiopia.

On February 18, 2010, it was announced that Shapiro ( following the end of the 2010 season ) would be promoted to team President, with current President Paul Dolan becoming the new Chairman / CEO, and longtime Shapiro assistant Chris Antonetti filling the GM role.

* The British Hammer Film Productions also produced a fairly faithful adaptation of " Carmilla " titled The Vampire Lovers ( 1970 ) with Ingrid Pitt in the lead role and Madeline Smith as her victim / lover.

He also provided the voice of Jack Skellington, the main character in Tim Burton's animated Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ), and has since reprised the role in many other subsequent productions, including the Disney / Square video games Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II and the Capcom sequel to the original film, Oogie's Revenge.

In combination with other aspects, theatrical costumes can help actors portray characters ' age, gender role, profession, social class, personality, ethnicity, and even information about the historical period / era, geographic location and time of day, as well as the season or weather of the theatrical performance.

Besides a number of appearances in films produced by her company, Flower Films, including Charlie's Angels, Barrymore had a dramatic role in the comedy / drama Riding in Cars with Boys ( 2001 ), playing a teenage mother in a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father ( based on the real-life story of Beverly D ' Onofrio ).

Disco hit the television airwaves with Soul Train in 1971 hosted by Don Cornelius, then Marty Angelo's Disco Step-by-Step Television Show in 1975, Steve Marcus ' Disco Magic / Disco 77, Eddie Rivera's Soap Factory and Merv Griffin's Dance Fever, hosted by Deney Terrio, who is credited with teaching actor John Travolta to dance for his upcoming role in the hit movie Saturday Night Fever.

Day played the title role in the thriller / noir Julie ( 1956 ) with Louis Jordan.

It starred Patrick McGoohan of Danger Man / Secret Agent and The Prisoner fame in the title role and was directed by James Neilson.

He took a small but pivotal role as Andy Warhol in Basquiat, artist / director Julian Schnabel's 1996 biopic of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and co-starred in Giovanni Veronesi's Spaghetti Western Il Mio West ( 1998, released as Gunslinger's Revenge in the US in 2005 ) as the most feared gunfighter in the region.

Exorcist author / screenwriter William Peter Blatty said in the book Former Child Stars: The Story of America's Least Wanted that he had " no such recollection " of Plato being offered the role.

However, the reactions are reversible and the role of a particular electrode in a cell depends on the relative oxidation / reduction potential of both electrodes.

The EC-hippocampus system plays an important role in autobiographical / declarative / episodic memories and in particular spatial memories including memory formation, memory consolidation, and memory optimization in sleep.

In the history of Japan, Kōgyoku / Saimei was the second of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant.

In the history of Japan, Kōken / Shōtoku was the sixth of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant.

Knowledge thus plays an important role in relation to theosis ( deification / personal relationship with God ) and theoria ( revelation of the divine, vision of God ).

* In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren of Australia were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of Helicobacter pylori ( 1982 / 1983 ) and its role in peptic ulcer disease.

The Conservative Thatcher administrations attempted to bring competition into the NHS by developing a supplier / buyer role between hospitals as suppliers and health authorities as buyers.

Some countries have alternative provisions for senior appointments: In Sweden, under the Instrument of Government of 1974, the Speaker of the Riksdag has the role of formally appointing the Prime Minister, following a vote in the Riksdag, and the Prime Minister in turn appoints and dismisses cabinet ministers at his / her sole discretion.

This is the only Heretic / Hexen video game that is unrelated to id Software, apart from its role as engine licenser.