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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... Vampire Slayer generally manages to generate a rather stimulating debate . It has been my experience that raising primal questions through the use of familiar media images serves to demystify important debates often regarded as the sole ...
... Vampire Slayer generally manages to generate a rather stimulating debate . It has been my experience that raising primal questions through the use of familiar media images serves to demystify important debates often regarded as the sole ...
... vampire slayer Faith . Faith is accidentally activated as The Slayer when Buffy technically dies for a few minutes at the end of Season One . Unlike Buffy , Faith appears supremely confident , self - assured and self - contained ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
Copyright | |
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