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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Page 59
The Authority - clearly based upon Superman and Batman's own justice League
of America - have no compunction about killing any number of their opponents
with extreme prejudice. Jenny Sparks, the team leader, has this to say as she
uses ...
The Authority - clearly based upon Superman and Batman's own justice League
of America - have no compunction about killing any number of their opponents
with extreme prejudice. Jenny Sparks, the team leader, has this to say as she
uses ...
Page 118
I'm gonna make 'em pay, gonna kill... kill ... 41 In one of the Batman's conflicts
with the considerably more powerful Superman he makes this interesting
observation about why, even when under the malevolent control of another,
Superman will ...
I'm gonna make 'em pay, gonna kill... kill ... 41 In one of the Batman's conflicts
with the considerably more powerful Superman he makes this interesting
observation about why, even when under the malevolent control of another,
Superman will ...
Page 126
We can admit that we're killers but that we're not 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.
We can admit that we're killers but that we're not 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.
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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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