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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... theme comes to a powerful conclusion in the last series where Buffy frequently makes this point in connection with her sole responsibility for the deaths of those around her , but also in the way that the tradition of the solitary ...
... Themes in Science Fiction , DLT , 2000 , p.24 . This theme is also explored in the Season Three Buffy episode ' The Wish ' 5. Sartre , Jean - Paul , Being and Nothingness , Methuen , 1977 , p.555-6 . 6. cf. Michael Moorcock's The ...
Mike Alsford. Index of Selected Themes and Subjects Heroes & VILLAINS Hercules , Jesus , James Bond ,. alienation 36 , 45 , 46 armour 42-47 , 49 , 50 , 132 , 138 Bush , G 96 , 97 , 146 Cartesianism 15 , 17 , 22 ... Themes and Subjects 159.
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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