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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... considering the importance of the imagination as a source of insight into the human condition then move on to explore ideas ... consider important in any definition of what it means to be human . Let's see if I'm right shall we ? Preface ...
... Consider for a moment the dismissive ways in which imagination and related terms such as speculation , story and myth are often dealt with in our culture : ' You just imagined it ' ' She has an over - active imagination ' ' That's just ...
... consider another's misery , forgets what he himself loves in order lovingly to consider another's loss , forgets his own advantage in order lovingly to look at another's : truly such a one is not forgotten . There is One who considers ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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