Whether it’s Iago driving Othello to madness because he wasn’t promoted, or Ross Geller defending a dalliance with the cry of, “We were on a break!,” a character’s motivations drive their behavior and ...

There’s no single way for a woman to be a badass—she can kick ass like the Bride (Uma Thurman) in “Kill Bill,” solve a crime like Clarice (Jodie Foster) in “The Silence of the Lambs,” or lead a ...