Pennywise
Pennywise the dancing clown (also known as
Bob Gray) is the antagonist of the Stephen King, book turned movie,
"IT". He was portrayed as an evil being with whose origins are
a mystery, although it is said he is from “unknown realm outside the regions of
space”. His character preys on the young by tempting them with a friendly yet
underling sinister clown (children entertainer) demeanour. The use of balloons
as a prop can be seen throughout the film, as balloons are associated with
children’s entertainment yet when they pop they can frighten those around much
like the way Pennywise tempts the children with the balloons then reveals his
true form. The movie was released in 1990, a time filled with horror films
about the fear of the unknown which perfectly sums up with film as the children
fear the clown because they don't know what he truly is; until they discover
his lair where they find his true spider-like form.
Pennywise wears a bright colourful costume that can be associated with fun, yet his face is threatening with large
sharp teeth and big bloodshot eyes. This shows the idea of the unknown again as
his costume can be seen as happy and amusing yet he also appears to hold evil
in his facial makeup demonstrating how everything is not as it seems. For a long
time clowns have been feared my many people, the fear itself is referred to as "Coulrphobia", as many
fear clowns this villain came across scary to all ages, this may have been the
rezoning for the costume choice. 
Pennywise usually uses his victims fear to
kill them; he does this by embodying the form of the fear or putting his
victims through a scenario that encounters their fear. He also has countless
ability such as shape-shifting, partial invisibility, illusions, quick
regeneration, telepathic perception, telepathic communication, mind control, teleportation,
pollution inducement, telekinesis, weather manipulation, activation and
deactivation, acrobatic expertise. Although like all stories where good
conquers bad, evil is defeated by finding flaws, Pennywise has a weakness. He underestimates
humans, he often makes it easy for his victims to escape as a result of this, furthermore courage and heart can overcome Pennywise and lastly he goes to
hibernation for 26–27 years between the cycles.
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