US congressman Frank Underwoods initials are the most obvious key to his personality: everything he is circles a need to express his dominance at the expense of others. For Frank, if he can get something without taking it from someone else, its not worth having. Underwood is cold, callous and manipulative, with a predatory focus. Given to breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the audience at home, Underwoods little soliloquies to us viewers are frequently based around metaphors of hunting and killing, juggling images of the chase, blood and fresh meat. But Franks not one to play with his food. Although a need for vengeance against those that have slighted him fuels his already ambitious ruthlessness, hes not needlessly cruel. Instead, hes relentlessly, remorselessly effective at getting what he wants, ripping apart threats to his primacy, ruining lives and even personally taking them when necessary: a tiger at large in the city. Unlike a lot of others in this article, Underwood isnt a genius hes a schemer, smart, tough and powerful, but he makes mistakes and hes not infallible. What sets him apart is the breathtaking audacity of the man: snubbed for the position of Secretary of State by the incoming President of the United States, Underwood decides in a moment of cold, terrible rage that hes going to have his revenge by taking the top job away from him and succeeds. Still not sure how he operates? Talk to Frank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Ha3IWeXOo
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