Heroes and VillainsHercules, Jesus, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Gandalf, Frodo, Harry Potter, Buffy Summers, Spiderman, Batman, Captain Kirk, Dr. Who, Darth Vader, Sauron, Voldemort, Lex Luthor, Dr. Doom, the Daleks, the Borg. Almost anybody living in the developed West would be able to group these individuals into two camps: the heroes and the villains. However, what criteria they may use to do this is less clear. Mike Alsford introduces us to a range of heroic and villainous archetypes on a journey through film, television, comic books, and literature. On the way, he addresses questions such as: What is a true hero? What is a true villain? Have we misunderstood these terms? What kind of societal values do our mythical heroes and villains represent? In trying to understand the extremes of hero and villain we are made more aware of our own ethical standards and given a space in which to explore contemporary concerns over notions of right and wrong, good and bad. |
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... Buffy manages to subdue Glory at which point Ben regains control of the shared body and Buffy walks away . While Ben lies on the ground suffering from the physical damage sustained by the body he shares with Glory during her fight with ...
... Buffy's sister or someone related to her . Buffy hurls herself into the rift closing it and ending her life . As she falls we hear her last words to her sister : BUFFY : Dawn , listen to me . Listen . I love you . I will always love you ...
... Buffy lead him , eventually , through a quest for his immortal soul which threatens to topple him over into ... Buffy saga . The scene from the final season episode ' Beneath You ' where Buffy confronts Spike in a church is particularly ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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