The document discusses several literary and historical schemers who devise plans to harm others for their own benefit, including: - "A" from Pretty Little Liars who blackmails and endangers the girls through various violent acts. - Satan who causes evil and temptation in the world by manipulating Adam and Eve into committing original sin. - Bellatrix Lestrange who devises lethal plots against Harry Potter and his allies on behalf of her master Voldemort. - Estella from Great Expectations who schemes to break Pip's heart by marrying his enemy. - Mother Gothel from Tangled who imprisons Rapunzel in a tower to steal her magic hair for eternal youth.

1. BY: Gracie Henderson
Gold 4- Seat 8

2. “A” is a character from
Pretty Little Liars that is
like no other schemer I
have ever seen before. “A”
blackmails the four
remaining Pretty Little
Liars, as she has already
eliminated on of them
through murder. She is
all-knowing and goes to
extreme lengths to devise
the ruin of the girls. She
had secretly made them
take steroids through
lotions, she has run into
one of them with a car,
she has attempted to kill
another one by throwing
her off a bell tower, and
she threatens them by
telling them she will
reveal a certain secret if
she doesn’t get her way.

3. Her way always
makes complete
chaos, breaks
hearts, and ruins
people the girls
love. “A” is still
not known to the
girls because she
always wears all
black clothing
and a mask,
though the girls
believe she is one
of their peers.
And believe me,
she means these

4. Satan is essentially the ultimate schemer. He
causes temptation and evil throughout the
world, and he means no one but himself
any good at all. He devises the ruin of
others(for example, Adam and Eve). He
tempted them into betraying God so the he
could bring evil into the world. Everything
was just too wonderful and happy for him
to stand it, so he went into the garden as a
serpent and contributed to Adam and Eve
committing the first original sin. He also
tried to trap and trick Jesus into proving
that he was God. But Jesus refused,
because God is to be believed in your heart
and not proven through sight. Satan plots
and succeeds many times in leading people
into sin and wrongdoings.

5. Bellatrix is a very
evil based lady
who means no one
any good except
for her master
Voldemort. She is
the mastermind of
all of his lethal
plotting to kill
Harry Potter and
his allies, or
threaten the ones
he loves to ruin
him. Bellatrix

6. Estella in Great
Expectations is most
definitely a schemer
because she devises the
ruin of Pip. She plays him
throughout his life leading
him on in many different
ways. Then meaning Pip
absolutely no good, she
breaks his heart and
marries his archenemy.
She had devised this plan
for many years to break his
heart, and this causes Pip
to be alone for the rest of
his life.

7. The mother in tangled is truly an
example of the most selfish type
of schemer. She stole the king’s
daughter in order to live forever
through her magic hair. She keeps
the girl( Rapunzel) locked in a
tower and plans on doing this for
all the days of her life, for only
her own good. Rapunzel escapes
for the first time when she is
seventeen years old. After that, her
mother begins searching for her
and forcibly brings her back and
chains her to a wall. Mother
Gothel is truly a lethal plotter and
devised the ruin of Princess
Rapunzel’s life.

8. Adolf Hitler devised
the ruin of all
people besides his “
perfect” race that he
was trying to create.
He was a schemer
because of the
sneaky ways he
would trap the
unwary, meaning the
German/Polish
people being put into
death camps and
taking “ showers”.
Adolf Hitler meant
no one but himself,
who wanted to

9. Nero was a tyrannical ruler
of Roman Empire from 37
AD- 62 AD. He was most
definitely a schemer and
always thought of himself
instead of his people. He is
believed to have set the
whole city of Rome on fire
just to make room for an
extremely large palace
complex. Essentially devising
the ruin of the Roman Empire
just for some more luxury.
He also executed many
innocent people including his
mother, showing that he
doesn’t mean anyone any
good.

10. Delilah was
scheming against
Samson in a
major way. The
Philistine leaders
found out that
Samson and
Delilah were
having an affair
and they
immediately
wanted to use her

11. Samson finally
confessed that he
took a Nazirite vow
at birth that set him
apart from God. This
meant that his hair
was never to be cut,
and if it was cut he
would loose all his
strength. While
Samson slept she had
his hair cut, and he
was tortured until
his death. Delilah
meant him no good,

12. Hera did so many
things in her rage
of jealous
scheming to make
her husband Zeus
feel sorry for
flirting with
other women. As
well as all the
women she
schemed against
because they had

13. Some examples of
these things are
delaying Alcmene's
childbirth by nine
days and then sent a
serpent to strangle
the infant Hercules,
also turning Callisto
into a bear and sent
Artemis to kill her.
Finally she drove Ino
and her husband
Athamas mad because
they agreed to raise
the infant Dionysus .