Heroes and VillainsHercules, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, Buffy Summers, Spiderman, Dr Who, Darth Vader, Voldemort. Almost anybody living within the developed West would be able to group these individuals into two camps: the heroes and the villains. However, what criteria they might use to do this is less clear. Mike Alsford introduces us to a whole range of heroic and villainous archetypes on a journey through film, television, comic and literature. 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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Take for example the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life in which a disillusioned and
suicidal George Bailey considers his - apparently - unremarkable life. As he
comes to the conclusion that his life is valueless and prepares to end it by
throwing ...
Take for example the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life in which a disillusioned and
suicidal George Bailey considers his - apparently - unremarkable life. As he
comes to the conclusion that his life is valueless and prepares to end it by
throwing ...
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CLARENCE: What'd you say? GEORGE: I said I wish I'd never been born.3
George is granted his hasty wish and lives, for a short time, in a world in which he
had never before existed. In this George-less world - perhaps overly emphasised
for ...
CLARENCE: What'd you say? GEORGE: I said I wish I'd never been born.3
George is granted his hasty wish and lives, for a short time, in a world in which he
had never before existed. In this George-less world - perhaps overly emphasised
for ...
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... Jackson, 1992 Rowling, J. K., Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
Bloomsbury, 1997 Russell, B., Power, A New Social Analysis, George Allen &
Unwin Ltd, 1938 Russell, B., A history of Western Philosophy, George Allen &
Unwin Ltd, ...
... Jackson, 1992 Rowling, J. K., Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
Bloomsbury, 1997 Russell, B., Power, A New Social Analysis, George Allen &
Unwin Ltd, 1938 Russell, B., A history of Western Philosophy, George Allen &
Unwin Ltd, ...
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Contents
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
Villains Monsters and Evil Masterminds | 95 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Heroes and Villains |
| Author | Mike Alsford |
| Publisher | Darton, Longman & Todd, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0232525730, 9780232525731 |
| Length | 158 pages |
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