Antihero

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” use the archetypal Byronic hero Tony Stark and allusions to the bible to convey the idea of war and peace and how there are different ways to achieve peace. Tony Stark’s traits are parallel to that of a Byronic hero, an antihero who is typically rebellious, arrogant, intelligent, self critical, and very passionate, which helps convey the theme of peace. In the movie, Stark’s vision of his friends all dead leads him to believe that the best way to help protect the world…

In The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, the gunslinger tries to catch the man in black. The novel is 305 pages long. The book is set in a dystopian parallel universe. The world is similar to our own, having the song “Hey Jude” and its own versions of modern technology. The gunslinger crosses the desert with his mule and he encounters Brown. He tells Brown about what happened in Tull. He asked the townspeople about a man in black, where he discovers that he brought a man back to life.…

Grendel and the Monster for Frankenstein are very unique. They both are antiheros. The characters are lonely and just want friends and a companion to enjoy life with. Both of them are a little mislead and lose control when it gets tough for them. Grendel is an intelligent monster capable of rational thought as well as irrational outbursts of emotion. Throughout the novel the Grendel often seems as human as the people he observes. As a descendant of the biblical Cain he shares a basic lineage…

and vegetables. Whereas in the film that came out that year, Batman, Batman’s sole purpose is to fight crime in Gotham City. Michael Keaton played Batman in the 1989 film Batman where he is portrayed as a more dark and serious character, even an antihero. In 1992, the sequel Batman Returns was released. Like the first movie, the sequel is also very gloomy. Batman has featured I'm many video games, his own figurine and over 30 movies and TV…

Achilles and Aeneas is both half god warriors who knew they going to die in the war and have someone they care about get kill by their enemy; however, they both have different qualities that make them both different from each other. This essay will analyze how Achilles and Aeneas is unlike in the epic poem. It will explain how dissimilar their personality and the way how they handle thing during their stories. Achilles is the most powerful warrior of all the Greeks and the best fighter.…

as she is continuously bullied by her cousins and unfairly treated by her guardians. The differences and similarities between Jane Eyre and the barber are striking, and merit a through investigation. While the barber is a mysterious and dramatic antihero, Jane Eyre is an amazingly intriguing heroine who…

Deadpool, also known as Wade Wilson, is one of Marvel’s famous antiheroes. Artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza created him, and his first appearance in comics was in The New Mutants issue number 98. Originally made to be a villain, in later issues he has now evolved into an antiheroic persona. Deadpool’s main power is his accelerated healing factor and physical prowess, both that allow him to be effective in combat. This healing ability originates from being experimented on by Dr.…

Changing the Western Hero and Women The hero in the Western is as iconic as apple pie in America (Dirks, part 1). He represents the west and all its mystery. In, film the hero has been represented as the wholesome man with ethics and also the antihero starting in the late fifties with all his gruff and attitude. As Western films progressed, the hero became different. Film viewers were looking for a different kind of hero along with the changing times in America. In Gary Cooper’s character,…

have found that troubled young men at risk of going on a rampage tend to identify with mass shooters they see on TV and online.” Most Americans are disgusted and repulsed by images and videos of maniacs, Follman argues, “but aspiring copycats see an antihero who’s gone from being a miserable nobody to a world-famous somebody with a few pulls of a trigger.” Deranged humans are willing to do anything to get attention, even if it is not good attention. So, Follman proposes that the United States…

uysmans, Against Nature (1884, on-line) pages 1-22, 35-43 Huysman’s description of Des Esseintes, the protagonist, is initially very sad and pathetic. The thing that is unsettling about this story is that his childhood was very barren and cold. His background disturbs me personally because I do not relate to it, so in a way my familiar is being contrasted to his which is unfamiliar. This in turn creates that uncanny quality. Des Esseintes seems to be either bipolar or have multiple…