Dramaturgy of the Character of the Tempter Devil in the Movie

Abstract

The article discusses dramatic techniques that contribute to the
formation of the image of the seducer in the context of a film production. The
seducer is usually a manipulator who provokes his victim and manipulates
her personal needs and desire for forbidden pleasure. Such a character
always plays on other people's weaknesses, as he has enough information to
implement his manipulative strategies. To do this, the seducing manipulator
uses a psychological or real mask, hiding his true face and intentions behind
it. The image of the seducer in films is often correlated with the image of
the devil, since the manipulator is the personification of evil, acting for his
personal benefit with the help of lies and pretense. However, the visualization
of the image in question is not always carried out in a classic mythological
or religious manner, but can only be an intellectualized concept of evil. The
external features of the seducing character become less significant than his
behavioral characteristics. The game element in the image of the demonic
seducer is the presence of a mask and the hidden intentions of the character
who plays a manipulative game, pursuing his selfish goals. Such character types
in most cases include scammers and swindlers, but the motive of seduction
can be also realized through the anthropomorphic incarnation of the devil on
the screen. An integral element of temptation is mystery. In fact, mystery is
only the outline of the object of desire, its ideal image, which is drawn by the
fantasy of the tempted person. A mystery can be an object of seduction, but it
also lies in the image of a seducing protagonist. The image of the devil, in its
turn, is portrayed in the dramatic structure of the film in a similar way, since
such a character has a dual nature and hides his true face under a mask, which
makes him shrouded in mystery.