Talk:The Bear/@comment-5930842-20141110012311

Ffs, the bear is NOT a villain! Gosh, it was only defending its territory out of instinct! Don't you know bears are very territorial animals and will attack trespassers? Anyway, it is an antagonist, but not a villain. There are 3 kinds of antagonists: villains (who are the actually evil characters), threats (who are neutral characters that put the protagonist in danger) and rivals (who are against the protagonist to some extent, but are either neutral or good, never evil). The bear is the "threat" kind. And it is not the main antagonist, because it becomes a threat to everyone in the movie, including the actual main antagonist, Amos. And, no, Amos isn't a villain either. He is a mix of rival (to the widow) and threat (to Tod).