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Jean Hersholt (right) as Marcus Schouler in Greed.
It's actually a bit of a tough call as none of the main characters really have any redeeming qualities: McTeague is a brutish oaf, Trina is miserly and manipulative and Marcus is two-faced and vindictive. But I would consider Marcus to be the real villain of the piece as he ultimately precipitates their downward spiral when he causes McTeague -- they were formerly best friends -- to lose his dental practice by informing on him to the authorities for practicing dentistry without a license which, in turn, causes McTeague's now increasingly abusive marriage to Trina to fail and he eventually murders her. What also makes Marcus a douchebag is at the beginning of the story he's dating Trina who is his cousin.
Yeah, I know that was fairly common back then even for non-royalty but still there is that creep factor
It's actually a bit of a tough call as none of the main characters really have any redeeming qualities: McTeague is a brutish oaf, Trina is miserly and manipulative and Marcus is two-faced and vindictive. But I would consider Marcus to be the real villain of the piece as he ultimately precipitates their downward spiral when he causes McTeague -- they were formerly best friends -- to lose his dental practice by informing on him to the authorities for practicing dentistry without a license which, in turn, causes McTeague's now increasingly abusive marriage to Trina to fail and he eventually murders her. What also makes Marcus a douchebag is at the beginning of the story he's dating Trina who is his cousin.
Yeah, I know that was fairly common back then even for non-royalty but still there is that creep factor
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