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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... Matrix trilogy of films which present us with Plato's analogy of the cave in all but name.15 Clarity and distinctiveness Rene Descartes ( 1596–1650 ) , often referred to as the father of modern philosophy , was in his own context as ...
... Matrix trilogy of films the hero , Neo , is taught to see both the world as it truly is and the nature of the ... Matrix ? MORPHEUS : Do you want to know ... what ... it ... is ... ? The Matrix is everywhere . It's all around us , even ...
... Matrix , Larry and Andy Wachowski , 1999 , cf. http : //www.harcon . co.nz/matrix/matrixscript.htm for full script . 34. Campbell , J. , The Hero With a Thousand Faces , Fontana , 1993 , pp.33-34 . 35. Doctor Who , ' The Face Of Evil ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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