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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While trying to introduce the subject of otherness or power, for example, is a sure
fire way of getting one crossed off party lists and ignored in pubs, talking about
the latest Spiderman or X-Men film or the merits of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ...
While trying to introduce the subject of otherness or power, for example, is a sure
fire way of getting one crossed off party lists and ignored in pubs, talking about
the latest Spiderman or X-Men film or the merits of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ...
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Incidentally, the theme of alienating invulnerability is one that is taken up in the
Buffy series in the character of the rogue vampire slayer Faith. Faith is
accidentally activated as The Slayer when Buffy technically dies for a few minutes
at the end ...
Incidentally, the theme of alienating invulnerability is one that is taken up in the
Buffy series in the character of the rogue vampire slayer Faith. Faith is
accidentally activated as The Slayer when Buffy technically dies for a few minutes
at the end ...
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In the Season Three episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 'Gingerbread', where
the whole town of Sunnydale appears up in arms over the death of two small
children, Buffy speaks with her estranged lover, Angel: BUFFY: My mom ... said
some ...
In the Season Three episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 'Gingerbread', where
the whole town of Sunnydale appears up in arms over the death of two small
children, Buffy speaks with her estranged lover, Angel: BUFFY: My mom ... said
some ...
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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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