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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... Spike is half mad with remorse are among some of the most poignant in the entire Buffy saga . The scene from the final season episode ' Beneath You ' where Buffy confronts Spike in a church is particularly memorable : BUFFY : No more ...
... Spike's soul rather than the mythical tests we see him endure in a previous episode . Thus the villain- ous Spike who tried to take Buffy by force at the end of Season Six is replaced by the heroic Spike who is content simply to hold ...
... Spike 30-2 , 39 , 44 Spock 69 Thor 35 , 43 Voldemort 107 White Witch 98 , 101 Werewolf 114 , 147 Wolverine 118 , 147 , 154 Xena 2 , 3 , 153 X - Men xi , 3 , 98 , 118 alienation 36 , 45 , 46 armour 42-47 , 49 158 Index of Selected Heroes ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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