Evil Sisters

MttStrn · 01-25-2013, 01:19 AM

A while back I asked for some help coming up with some examples in literature, film or mythology of sisters betraying their brothers. I got some good examples from people but unfortunately none really fit with what I needed.

I figured I'd expand a little bit and just go for examples of evil sisters. I find I cannot think of any good ones besides Morgana so any help would be greatly appreciated.

lbender · 01-25-2013, 02:51 AM

Do you mean evil sisters of good brothers or sisters, or just women who are sisters and are evil, regardless of the quality of their siblings?

dirtsider · 01-25-2013, 03:59 AM

Or are you asking about siblings betraying each other. Do they have to be 'evil'?

cornflake · 01-25-2013, 04:11 AM

There's an awesome X-Files episode called 'Eve,' though as with the above posters' questions, I'm not exactly sure if it's what you're looking for.

Chris Carter ended up a mess, but his devotion to writing actually full-on homicidal or evil kids and to offing kids onscreen was admirable, imo. Just as most people shy away from it, even if they feel it fits the story.

benbenberi · 01-25-2013, 04:44 AM

Ballads are full of evil sisters. In "The Two Sisters," frex, the older sister pushes the younger into the river and watches her drown (& that's just the beginning -- in at least 1 version, musicians find the drowned body and make a harp of the bones and hair, & the skeleton harp tells the story of how she died). Folklore & "fairy tales" are also full of evil sisters (again, it's often an elder sister who is jealous of a younger & does something dreadful to her, more rarely the other way round).

MttStrn · 01-25-2013, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lbender

Do you mean evil sisters of good brothers or sisters, or just women who are sisters and are evil, regardless of the quality of their siblings?

basically this, but let me set up why I need it.

This is a YA mystery. My MC is looking into the death of a schoolmate. He finds a name written down in the schoolmate's notes (the name I am looking for but don't have yet). He spends some time looking for this person but never finds her. Cut to the end when you find that the schoolmate's sister killed her brother because he found out what she was involved in. The MC knows what happened but has no evidence. But he ends up with the schoolmates' computer and finds encrypted files on it but needs a password to unlock and he'll find evidence of what the sister was involved in. I want the password to be the evil sister name I am looking for since it unlocks files proving the bad things his sister did.

re-reading that I'm not sure how clear that it but it's the best I can do. T

Sunflowerrei · 01-25-2013, 10:33 AM

Briony Tallis in Atonement by Ian McEwan did something that could be construed as evil to her older sister Cecilia (well, really, to the love of Cecilia's life). And Scarlett O'Hara wasn't very nice to her sisters, was she?

Friendly Frog · 01-28-2013, 04:31 PM

King Arthur's sister Morgaine?

EDIT: Oh snap, I should read further. Never mind.

JimmyB27 · 01-28-2013, 05:22 PM

The two ugly ones?

Debbie V · 01-28-2013, 10:57 PM

Aren't there sisters in Wicked?

Shakesbear · 01-28-2013, 11:23 PM

King Lear's daughters Goneril and Regan - Cordelia is the youngest and 'goodest' of the daughters. They are all dead at the end of the play.

Komnena · 01-29-2013, 06:56 PM

Firebird by Kathy tyers

dirtsider · 01-29-2013, 07:34 PM

Sounds a bit like Pretty Little Liars. And your second post doesn't make me think the sister is 'evil' so much as either desparate or frightened. A person doesn't have to be evil to do something people might consider evil.

What was the sister doing that made her kill her brother when he got too close? Heck, the brother could've been the 'evil' one in this case.

01-25-2013, 01:19 AM	#1
MttStrn Action is my reward..that and bacon Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 239	Evil Sisters A while back I asked for some help coming up with some examples in literature, film or mythology of sisters betraying their brothers. I got some good examples from people but unfortunately none really fit with what I needed. I figured I'd expand a little bit and just go for examples of evil sisters. I find I cannot think of any good ones besides Morgana so any help would be greatly appreciated.

01-25-2013, 10:33 AM	#7
Sunflowerrei practical experience, FTW Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queens, New York Posts: 476	Briony Tallis in Atonement by Ian McEwan did something that could be construed as evil to her older sister Cecilia (well, really, to the love of Cecilia's life). And Scarlett O'Hara wasn't very nice to her sisters, was she? __________________ Current WIP: Historical fiction, working title: The Keegan Inheritance. 86k. Third draft. Blog: The Sunflower's Scribbles Twitter: @Sunflowerrei

01-28-2013, 04:31 PM	#8
Friendly Frog practical experience, FTW Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Belgium Posts: 417	King Arthur's sister Morgaine? EDIT: Oh snap, I should read further. Never mind. Last edited by Friendly Frog; 01-28-2013 at 11:50 PM.

01-28-2013, 05:22 PM	#9
JimmyB27 Dazed & Confused Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Milton Keynes, UK Posts: 4,285	The two ugly ones? __________________ Destiny Deceived - Internet serial story. Written by one of the best writers I have ever been. "Having been an English literary graduate, I've been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since. I think the idea of art kills creativity. I think media are at their most interesting before anybody's thought of calling them art, when people still think they're just a load of junk." Douglas Adams

01-28-2013, 11:23 PM	#11
Shakesbear knows a hawk from a handsaw Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Elsinore Posts: 3,209	King Lear's daughters Goneril and Regan - Cordelia is the youngest and 'goodest' of the daughters. They are all dead at the end of the play. __________________ And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little little grave, an obscure grave . . .

01-25-2013, 02:51 AM	#2
lbender practical experience, FTW Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 810	Do you mean evil sisters of good brothers or sisters, or just women who are sisters and are evil, regardless of the quality of their siblings?

01-25-2013, 03:59 AM	#3
dirtsider Not so new, really Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,662	Or are you asking about siblings betraying each other. Do they have to be 'evil'?

01-25-2013, 04:11 AM	#4
cornflake practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 2,311	There's an awesome X-Files episode called 'Eve,' though as with the above posters' questions, I'm not exactly sure if it's what you're looking for. Chris Carter ended up a mess, but his devotion to writing actually full-on homicidal or evil kids and to offing kids onscreen was admirable, imo. Just as most people shy away from it, even if they feel it fits the story.

01-25-2013, 04:44 AM	#5
benbenberi practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 610	Ballads are full of evil sisters. In "The Two Sisters," frex, the older sister pushes the younger into the river and watches her drown (& that's just the beginning -- in at least 1 version, musicians find the drowned body and make a harp of the bones and hair, & the skeleton harp tells the story of how she died). Folklore & "fairy tales" are also full of evil sisters (again, it's often an elder sister who is jealous of a younger & does something dreadful to her, more rarely the other way round).

01-28-2013, 10:57 PM	#10
Debbie V Mentoring Myself and Others Join Date: May 2010 Location: New York Posts: 1,384	Aren't there sisters in Wicked?

01-29-2013, 06:56 PM	#12
Komnena In Honor of Peter Tomich,USS Utah Join Date: May 2007 Location: King Louie's town Posts: 9,726	Firebird by Kathy tyers __________________ Komnena messterpiece 52,220 words

01-29-2013, 07:34 PM	#13
dirtsider Not so new, really Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,662	Sounds a bit like Pretty Little Liars. And your second post doesn't make me think the sister is 'evil' so much as either desparate or frightened. A person doesn't have to be evil to do something people might consider evil. What was the sister doing that made her kill her brother when he got too close? Heck, the brother could've been the 'evil' one in this case.

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