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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... going to kill today, that's all it takes, knowing that we're not going to kill . . . today.5 This of course returns us to the Kantian notion of duty and 'ought' referred to back in Chapter Two. The understanding of the human condition ...
... going to kill today , that's all it takes , knowing that we're not going to kill ... today.5 This of course returns us to the Kantian notion of duty and ' ought ' referred to back in Chapter Two . The understanding of the human ...
... going to pay up . So going ... after Roark means dying , win or lose . Hell 128 Heroes and Villains.
Contents
Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
Copyright | |
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