There comes a time when we should learn to recognize a cliche, a stereotype, a scapegoat. One of the oldest cliches is to take a plot with all male characters, stick in one woman and make everything her fault. A common variant on this is to have two females, one young and desirable, one not.

There comes a time when we should wonder what's the effect of this constant portrayal of females as sneaky, duplicitous or malicious. What happens when it goes on for years and years?   

Hobos received brutal treatment, but it was at the hands of the railroads and local law enforcement, not at the hands of Jay Gould's daughter.