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12 Cards in this Set
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Hero as warrior (Odysseus) |
A near god like hero faces physical challenges and external enemies |
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Hero as lover (Prince Charming) |
A pure love motivate hero to complete his quest |
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Hero as Scapegoat (Jesus) |
Hero suffers for the sake of others |
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Transcendent Hero |
The hero of tragedy whose fatal flaw brings about his downward, but not without achieving some kind of transforming realization on wisdom Ex. (Greek and Shakesperean tragedies- Oedipus, Hamlet, Macbeth, etc. ) |
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Romantic/Gothic Hero |
Hero/Lover with a decidedly dark side (Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre) |
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Proto-Feminist Hero |
Female Heroes (The Awakening) |
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Apocalyptic Hero |
Hero who faces the possible destruction of society |
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Anti-Hero |
A non-hero, given the vocation of failure, frequently humorous) Ex. Homer Simpson |
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Defiant Anti-Hero |
Opposer of society's definition of heroism/goodness. Ex. Heart of Darkness |
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Unbalanced Hero |
The protagonist who has (or must pretend to have) mental or emotional deficiencies Ex. Hamlet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
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The Other - the Denied Hero |
The protagonist whose status or essential otherness makes heroism possible Ex. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Joy Luck Club by Amy tan) |
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The Superheroic |
Exaggerates the normal proportions of humanity; frequently has divine or supernatural origins. In some sense, the superhero is one apart, someone who does not quite belong, but who is nonetheless needed by society. Ex. Mythological heroes, Superman |
