Antihero

According to Rutger Hauger,”good guy or bad guy, hero or antihero, doesn't matter to me what role I play, only the character has something magical. In the Odyssey, Odysseus tries nothing but to get home to his beloved son and wife, but he faces many challenges along the way.Along the way he is captured by many gods and a nymph. Though Odysseus is a God and has gained the respect for it, he is not a hero. This is because he didn't even save one of his crew members and he doesn't make decisions…

Western Film “For over forty years, from 1926 to 1967, Hollywood produced more Westerns than any other kind of film” (pg.243). The western film I chose was one of Sergio Leone’s famous trilogies, which included A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. These are known as Spaghetti Westerns. The film The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly takes place during the American Civil War and follows three men on the hunt for Confederate gold. Many westerns focus…

Amanda Kranning: An Interview with an Intellectual First let me say thank you for agreeing to this interview. I am pleased to be here. Thank you. So, we see you talk often about how literature impacts your life. Could you explain more on this topic? Well, as we all know there are many aspects to what things we read, this includes books whether nonfiction or fiction, blogs like yours, or the daily newspapers. All have something to offer us in a way of learning. Take newspapers, they are full of…

It's the age-old tale of good versus evil. The endless battle between these two sides is at the center of every story. It's the glue that holds the whole thing together. I mean, would you read a story that didn't have a villain in it? Or a hero? One side wins all the time? No, thank you. I like heroes jumping through hurdles, I like it when the bad guy wins sometimes, I like the enmity. But most importantly, I love its symbiotic relationship. A hero cannot exist without his villain. Likewise,…

He is an antihero so corrupted by greed and power that he loses sight of himself and his obsessions drive him to solitary madness. Daniel Plainview shows many characteristics in particular, his dislike for people. Stating that “I hate most people” and that he “sees…

Secondly, the epic poem further connects Christianity to the Paganism through the allusions to Cain, the murderer of Abel. Grendel is the antithesis of man and Hrothgar’s sinister counterpart as king. It can be inferred that Grendel is the result of all of Hrothgar’s misgivings of conquest during his youth. Grendel is described as: “A powerful demon, a prowler through the dark… a fiend out of hell… Dwelt for a time in misery among the banished monsters, Cain’s clan, whom the creator had…

Many novels or plays utilize different characters to portray different roles. There are certain roles to play, such as a protagonist, antagonist, antihero, or a heroic character. A heroic character is the character that is able to, not necessarily save someone’s life, but tries to guide another character in the right direction. A heroic character is a character that thinks of the other character’s well-being before their own well-being. Being a heroic character means someone in the story is…

The Great Depression is a major part of American history and had a significant role in the growth of the motion picture industry. From 1929 to 1939, America was in an economic recession that impacted most industries for the worse. The film industry had to adapt to the economic downturn by accommodating to their audiences. As Morris Dickstein shows in Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression, even though the decade was of economic downturn, it “created a vibrant culture…

Two Sides of a Monsters Story. "There are two sides to every story and the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle." Paul. J Alessi. “Beuwulf” is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is recognized as one of the most important works of Old English literature. The poem was written in England between the eighth and the early eleventh century. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to as the "Beowulf poet". Scandinavia is the know setting for the poem. The poem…

A hero is a courageous, determined individual many people esteem and honor for what they have accomplished . They are confident, have brave personalities, and commit selfless acts . The way society shapes a hero is quite different from the way they were shaped in earlier years. In fact, in this era, there are more of what people call antiheroes- individuals who lack the qualities of a true hero. In earlier years , legends such as Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement,…