Which of these Charles Dickens' characters is a villain in the novel 'David Copperfield'?

David Copperfield, is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. Like most Dickens villains, Uriah Heep is motivated mainly by greed. Uriah Heep is the main antagonist of the novel's second half. Heep is a disturbing young man who serves first as secretary, and then as partner to Mr. Wickfield. The archetypal hypocrite, he appears to be extremely self-deprecating and talks constantly of being "umble", but gradually reveals his wicked and twisted character. He gains great power over Wickfield and several others, but is finally discovered – by Wilkins Micawber – to be guilty of multiple acts of fraud.

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Alan Waites

Uriah Heep, great heavy metal band from the 70's

Shelley Welch Dunivan

Love this book! Was so satisfying to see that worm get his just desserts!

Grant McIntosh

Cheryl Perkins, He was, but in Oliver Twist.

Jas Newman

Cheryl Perkins, William "Bill" Sikes is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

dmarkc

Good rock band, too.

Coral Harvey

And was not Bill Sykes a villain ? He swindled stole cheated perjured kidnapped young Oliver with Nancy's reluctant help. He ultimately murdered Nancy and nearly escaped from police appending him but for the fact he fell and hung from the rafters of a semi demolished building by his scarf whilst escaping arrest. There are two main villains in the tale. And of the two Uriah Heap is not the worst. Bad choices. Better choice would have been Mr Bumble beadle of the workhouse. He at least had bad moral attitudes whilst not being an out and out Villian!!