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 Summers ( the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show ) . Now why should that be ? What I hope to do throughout this book is to explore the notions of hero and villain as portrayed in popular fiction so as to stimulate discussion ...
... Buffy Summers from the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series . With this character many of the traditional heroic - and villainous - motifs have been both revisited and recast . The Buffy series clearly operates at a number of levels but ...
... Buffy's sister or someone related to her . Buffy hurls herself into the rift ... Summers 1981-2001 Devoted Sister Beloved Friend She Saved the World A Lot ... Buffy series , not only the heroic ideal but simply the way to be in the world ...
Contents
Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
Copyright | |
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