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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... hell ... And she will look on him with forgiveness and everyone will forgive and love and will be loved . ( embraces a cross and is seared by it ) So everything is okay , right ? Can The Outsider : Heroes and Otherness 31.
... hell , to crawl into a cave somewhere and forget about Goldie and Lucille and silent , deadly Kevin . Roark . Damn it . I'm as good as dead . I'm as good as dead . And its not that I'm any kind of hero that makes me stay . Heroes don't ...
Mike Alsford. after Roark means dying , win or lose . Hell , dying will be nothing . I'll die laughing if I know I've done this one thing right.8 Marv is by no means a traditional hero . His methods for extract- ing information are harsh ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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