Essays on anti hero

From the paper "Batman - the Most Loved Anti Hero" it is clear that Batman proved himself as an anti-hero rather than a vigilante in several places, in all his re-incarnations. The initial darker shade of the character was maintained by the many writers and directors who took forward the series.... Batman is the most beloved superhero who does not have any superpowers. The "World's greatest detective" simply uses his wealth and wits to transform himself into a technically sophisticated anti-hero...

In the paper 'Why the Generation Is Obsessed with the Anti-hero' the author provides an example of Dexter, the serial killer who is a lab technologist by day and serial murder by night.... The love to hate feeling is due to the fact that he kills only those that have also killed....

The object of analysis for the purpose of this assignment is the anti-hero as a 'non-hero' since he comes across as the 'antithesis of a hero'.... The traditional hero is demonstrative of heroism and is typically characterized as 'dashing, strong and resourceful'.... From this paper, it is clear that Dostoevsky's anti-hero in "Notes from the Underground" man is resistant to conformity and will inevitably pursue his dreams regardless of how irrational or impossible it may be....

This report "The Difference of Male and Female Anti-hero Figures in TV Shows" discusses the TV show Dexter that is based on a series of books written by author Jeff Lindsay.... An anti-hero, as the word suggests, refers to a protagonist who does not conform to the conventional code of traditional heroes.... An anti-hero in the Western genre is defined as 'a flawed hero, or a righteous vigilante, acting out of necessity in a lawless frontier'....

Viewers of such productions relate more with anti-hero characters as they portray what happens in real life.... The viewers relate to whatever vices the anti-hero characters do on screen as it reflects what goes on in the areas around.... Based on the popularity of anti-hero characters among Americans, America's popular culture seems to be one that is love with villains.... The Examining the Allure of an Anti-hero in Modern Drama In 40 – 50 words) why do you think the anti-hero or anti-heroinecharacters are popular in American culture within the last decade?...

An antihero is a form of a villain or a hero and a villain blended together to create a complex character that increases their popularity.... Effects of anti-hero roles in TV shows on audience as a part of popular culture in society ... An antihero is a form of a villain or a hero and a villain blended together to create a complex character that increases their popularity.... ffect of anti-hero roles in TV shows ... he anti-hero who plays the leading role does not possess the traditional qualities associated with the traditional leading characters in programmes....

A hero is considered someone who changes the manner in which other people view and perceive issues, and who radically elevates their responsibilities.... A hero is considered someone who changes the manner in which other people view and perceive issues, and those that radically elevate their responsibilities.... “A moral Never Never Land: Identifying with Tony Soprano” argued that people now have to employ morally unacceptable mechanism of fighting terrorists and the moral ambiguity is engraved in the upcoming anti-hero....

Some critics have for the most part described Satan as a 'classical villain' as opposed to a 'classical hero' (Calloway, 2005, p.... However, Calloway (2005) takes the position that Milton's Satan is indeed a classical hero and would be widely accepted as a hero had he 'acted wholly on his own volition, with no deference to a higher authority' (p.... Milton's Satan as the hero in Paradise Lost Introduction The idea of a heroic Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost has sparked an intense debate among literary critics since its publication in 1667 (Steadman, 1976)....

The answer to the third question is that Burroughs is both a drug addict and also, in the way he turned that addiction and channeled that passion that he had into a beautiful work of art and a literary work of great value, an anti-hero.... By anti-hero hero here is meant something almost positive and redeeming, even if his actions and his addiction were from the standpoint of straight society criminal and degenerate....

eywords: hero, outstanding qualities, worship, idol, odds, seekers, victim hero, Anti Hero, tragic hero, epic hero, culture hero, folk hero, reluctant hero ... he second category of the hero is Anti Hero and it is absolutely not the question of John Locke to be the Anti Hero.... Hence he can never be an Anti Hero. ... This paper "Categorical Definition Argument Writing about Heroes" discusses a hero as a man who ardently devotes his life to the divine and inner truth and shares his vision with the rest of the world....

Satan as an anti-hero in John Milton's Paradise Lost Paradise Lost is a poem, epic in nature, written by the English poet John Milton.... In the first two books of the epic the driving force is the portrayal of the main antagonist, character Satan as an epic hero.... Perhaps, the most controversial issue in the poem is whether Milton's Satan character is an epic hero or the anti-hero (Steadman 253).... My essay seeks to look into the facts that portray Satan as the hero in the poem, as well as those which state otherwise....

This thesis, based on the epic poems versed by John Milton in his one of the most reputed literary works titled ‘Paradise Lost', intends to depict the psychological change of the fallen angel Lucifer as Satan.... The discussion henceforth renders a brief regarding the.... ... ... of the initial three manuscripts of ‘Paradise Lost' and focuses on the inner conflicts which the Satan has been experiencing in his conflict with God. ...

Alex De Large is a sort of an anti-hero, but is not similar to the sat upon working class Anti Hero, of the so called the “angry British movies” of early 1960s.... Kubrick in one of his best films had succeeded in reworking on the hero.... Kubrick in one of his best films had succeeded in reworking on the hero, the British thug and sociopath named Alex De Large, by using his own cinematically unique style of presentation of the hero....

Yet, it is a fact that this comic opera beginning with the anti-hero killing a man, and ending with him on his way to hell is loaded with many salient themes of the Age of Enlightenment.... In that sense, Don Giovanni stands to be an Enlightenment anti-hero who mocks at the norms set by the society and the church, to live a life of true liberty.... No doubt, Don Giovanni qualifies to be a true Enlightenment hero who is committed to live a liberated life, thereby giving way to a creative disturbance that shakes the foundations of old norms, values and ethics on the altar of reason (Clive 45)....

From the paper "Subjective Truth and Subjective History in Literature", truth and history are subjective.... At least, this is the perspective of many contemporary Chinese writers.... The events of history and the events surrounding our own lives are seen through a personal lens.... .... ... ... The personal lens gives one a very personal view of what is happening....

This study is being conducted in order to present a comprehensive understanding of the genre theory, including the Western movie genre and the classical western hero in the context of the Hollywood movie scene.... In so many ways, the drifter in Pale Rider and Will Munny in Unforgiven present the figures of the western anti-hero.... This western anti-hero may also be a hero of divine retribution or the hero with no name, in this case, the Preacher; or the reluctant hero, in the person of Will Munny....

He is an anti-hero, who is accused of murder of an Arab and is prosecuted for his failure to show proper feelings for his deceased mother.... He is an anti-hero, who is accused of murder of an Arab and is prosecuted for his failure to show proper feelings for his deceased mother....

According to Harold, people tend to focus more on anti-hero values that sway them more than the hero's values; relatively, most people support the notion that this affects someone's mortality.... The anti-hero in ‘The Sopranos' gets a lot of influence from people that do not advocate for crime depicting the moral element of the show....

The author analyzes Kafka's story 'The Hunger Artist' and states that the major themes in the story include alienation, loss of personal identity, and guilt.... The hunger artist feels guilt because he has changed into a freak and can no longer work, and therefore he is no longer the family breadwinner ....

In these early scenes the film begins one of its central tropes, which is returned to in a number of characters, namely that of the anti-hero.... This further complicates the narrative and also further develops Mill's anti-hero characterization.... Similar to Taken, the anti-hero concept is explored.... While in Taken Mill's anti-hero elements are explored, they never become so fore-fronted that the viewer begins to question his moral authority....

The Misfit's isolation, moral ambiguity, and prospects of transformation, make him the anti-hero of the story. ... He The Misfit as the Anti-hero.... The Misfit's isolation, moral ambiguity, and prospects of transformation, make him the anti-hero of the story.... The Misfit exemplifies the traits of the anti-hero, He does not hesitate to harm anyone who comes between himself and his personal safety.... The Misfit's isolation from society, his moral ambiguity, and the hope of his transformation make him the anti-hero in “A Good Man is Hard to Find....

At the same time Rand project Roark as a villain and anti-hero, mainly through Peter Keating, the architect friend of Roark, and Ellsworth Toohey, a writer, who are devoid of reasoning, but contempt ... Howard Roark, a brilliant architect with innovative genius, is portrayed by Ayn Rand as an avant-garde hero as well as a nonchalant anti-hero....

Heathcliff's response and motivation go beyond the flat character of an average gothic anti-hero.... An ideal model of romantic heroism does not expect Heathcliff to become an anti-hero when he acquires power and returns to Wuthering Heights with money and the accouterment of a gentleman.... uthering Heights' characters are anti-heroes; the very opposite of what a hero is supposed to be....

It is due to his narcissistic love for death that he is even considered by critics to be anti-hero instead of being considered a hero.... It is due to his narcissistic love for death that he is even considered by critics to be anti-hero instead of being considered a hero.... Rather, the aspect of his personality which compels one to raise one's eyebrows and question the equanimity of this hero is the way he becomes hopelessly interested in death on many other levels....

Firstly, it will focus on Monicelli's anti-hero characters and examine how they contribute to the effect of social satire present in the films.... The paper "Monicelli's Contribution to Italian Cinema" highlights that Monicelli's anti-heroes can, therefore, be regarded as the 'everyman', but in the extreme necessary for comic effect....

He is typical anti-hero from a movie and is just as much hated as he's loved by people because he's a very interesting character who is hard to understand.... 50 Cent has perhaps been clever enough to realize the addiction of people to anti-hero characters and hence probably has made it a point to establish himself as being one and hence tries to make all the shocking statements or pick up fights with his counterparts....

Burgess' anti-hero Alex in the novel represents the elements of modern youth culture in the 1960's that were seen as immature in relation to the advanced requirements of democratic citizenry and the enjoyment of free society, yet still as products of the liberal tradition in a self-contradictory way.... Although Alex is much of an anti-hero, his character is made to be stylish and “cool”.... Both characters can be viewed as anti-heroes or the opposite examples of what Burgess hoped for humanity to be ideally, as he explains in his introduction to the 25th year anniversary version of the novel....

he Knight of her tale is an anti-hero in himself.... This is much unlike the beautiful, valiant, and virginal hero and heroines presented to us in classic romances such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or Mallory's Mort De Arthur.... The story presents us with protagonists who defy our notions of a hero and Heroine who are in love.... Again, this is classic of the anti-hero, who not only displays a lack of moral and social action and growth but also remains as damnable as was introduced to the readers initially....

The paper describes the hero of the ancient Sumerian Gilgamesh epic that is very like a modern superhero because of his superhuman abilities.... The story reveals that he was created by the gods and that 'Two thirds they made him a god, and one-third man'.... ... ... ... Fictional heroes like Huckleberry Finn need not to be adults, but they are in some way role models for readers, and some of them, like Superman and Spiderman, have superhero attributes which can be represented by exciting special effects in the film....

Tolstoy as many say, was himself searching for spirituality in his personal life, painted his anti-hero with the same color.... The paper 'The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy' looks at the book that was written to guide the values of a culture and a society.... It provides the perspective of the society towards suffering....

The characters are also almost generic, the dangerously alluring deadly female (femme fatale), the hard-boiled police detective, and the anti-hero constantly surrounded by gun-wielding thugs.... The main character or the principal protagonist of a noir film is not displayed as a normal hero.... His or her attributes are different and lack those that make up a hero, but the audience is still able to identify with him/her.... The hero is usually displayed as a conflicted individual with conflicted morals....

The Thief's Journal The interesting things is that Genet's The Thief's Journal deals with the experiences and instances of homosexual love affairs of the anti-hero with an assortment of convicts, anti-social elements, criminals and con artists.... Genet persistently elaborates on the so called murky side of the set social order where the inversions of the coveted ideals say betrayal, delinquency an incarnation in a way impart meaning to the bulwarks of social order like law, prisons and justice....

Moreover the characters were often portrayed as the 'Anti-hero' insofar as they may be idealistically a good person but accomplish their goals through questionable means.... The purpose of this essay is to provide an outline for an essay on the role that African Americans portray in cinema....

Contemporary heroes are depicted in varied sizes and forms even those who are anti-government.... The contemporary society is full of anti-heroes mostly in the entertainment sector.... The essay "Comparison and Contrast Between the Heroes of Odysseus and Luke Skywalker" focuses on the critical analysis, comparison, and contrast between the heroes of Odysseus and Luke Skywalker....

The essential challenge before any anti-war movie is to build on the ubiquity and irrationality of war, which is inherently an anti-hero theme.... The present film review concerns the peculiarities of a movie based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque “All Quiet on the Western Front”....

Sammy is considered an anti-hero because of his idealism and brave character.... The paper "Harrison in Kurt Vonneguts Harrison Bergeron, and Sammy in John Updikes A & P" highlights that generally, Harrison, Sammy and the narrator portray bravery, courage and romantic character traits to the other characters in the mentioned novels....

In fact, his outsider status plays a role in drawing the audience's sympathies and his cunningness that he uses to accomplish his evil plans colors him as a hero.... Artists and writers raised in the prevailing anti-Semitic circumstances at the turn of the 17th century have given the Jews a jaded representation considering their outsider status.... “Rumors that Jews poisoned wells and slaughtered Christian babies to use their blood for matzot fed into the conception of Judaism as a venomous, anti-Christian religion, and depictions of Jews such as Shylock on the London stage were not uncommon” (Botwick 2)....

Perhaps, one of them is that the Indians were the anti-hero and the cowboys fighting the Indians were the heroes.... How the West was Won There are many false beliefs in American history (Bailey 5).... These are evident in at least some of John Wayne's cowboy films and in many stories in which the cavalry saved a day from the Indians....

(Name) (Professor) (Subject) (Date) The Lack of Love in T.... S.... Eliot's “The Love Song of J.... Alfred Prufrock” T.... S.... Eliot's “The Love Song of J.... Alfred Prufrock” is not an ordinary poem nor a love sing.... Ironically, this is a poem that shows the main character's lack of love for himself through the numerous instances of loneliness, insecurity and pessimism that he goes through....

The movie Juno has an anti – hero who is mark who has an attraction on Juno and movie American beauty has one in the form of Colonel who kills Lester in the end of the movie.... The Movie Juno is all about the unwanted pregnancy occurring among teenagers in America and the events surrounding it....

A Raisin in the Sun: Walter Lee as a Tragic hero INTRODUCTION The tragic heroes and their tragic predicaments have always attracted more minds to the literature than the heroes who through their virtues, chivalries and indelible fates overcome all the awful situations in life and live with their heroines in arms happily ever after.... Lord Byron in his famous ode, ‘To His Lyre; An Ode' has very meticulously quoted thus: “I wish to tune my quivering lyre, To deeds of fame, and notes of fire; Fir'd with hope of future fame, I seek some nobler hero's name” (Byron 1832)....

Eliot presents Prufrock as an anti-hero who is timid, middle aged, unsure, indecisive and confused.... Name of the Student English Literature (Classic and Modern) Name of the Teacher 11 December 2013 T.... .... Eliot- The Love Song of J.... Alfred Prufrock There is no denying the fact that The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock happens to be one of the most well known poems of the 20th century....

We also may regard him as anti-hero of the novel due to some perspective.... Such things help people to feel comfort and safety, as generally accepted philosophical dogma stays that every person should find his/her place in this world.... Still,.... ... ... What should people do if they recognize that they are extraneous in this world?...

A special feature of the portrayal of the gender issues in this film is that there are two character who seem like femme fatale in this film, both plotting against a single Anti Hero.... Even this Anti Hero is not a typical gangster like noir protagonist.... The gender issues of the Film Noir films can be understood only within the background of the particular characteristics of the Protagonist which is an anti-hero, an ordinary American male who is sure to be doomed....

The story has all the hallmarks of an epic tale: a lone hero on a journey through dangerous territory to a mystical end.... The setting makes him an anti-hero – his quest is worthless and futile, and he finds out in the end that he has nothing, and is an old, weak man who has failed in his life.... Introduce essay structure Critical views 1 Kosikowski 2 Blythe and Sweet 3 Cervo Add own view that Neddy is a modern anti-hero, and the setting is what has changed....

One way or another, risking like this puts Walter in the seat of a hero, though not idealized (since notions of what is ‘good' and ‘bad' in the series are pretty much blurry (it seems really hard to label who is good and who is bad or evil in Breaking Bad, especially when it concerns White's testimonial), e.... Though hes the classic example of an anti-hero, cursed and doomed, Walt initially entered the ever-thrilling field of meth production in a desperate effort to provide economic security for his wife....

urgess' protagonist, Alex, in ‘A Clockwork Orange' is important because he is a tragic hero and a symbol of the era in which the book was written.... He becomes a sympathetic character also as Burgess portrays him as suffering in a distinctly modern way in a type of unconsciousness to identity, yet in positioning Alex as an anti-hero Burgess uses the rhetorical technique of ethos as he as an author seeks to bond with the audience over a shared value, namely the opposition to violence, totalitarianism, and fascism....

Even, it is commented that she has proved herself a hero for all Americans because of her marvelous writings.... Violet is both an anti-hero and a hero.... She starts out in the story as an anti-hero because she is struggling in her marriage after her husband kills his young mistress, Dorcas.... She develops into a hero when she decides to find out what Dorcas was all about in an effort to reclaim her sanity and save her marriage....

Vincent is positioned as the tragic anti-hero, his beliefs eliciting sympathy from an audience who can relate to his frustrations.... However, he is an anti-hero because he is resistant to the honorable notions that should frame his beliefs.... Christiane is an activist for the Socialist Party, who sees the betrayal of her son as a personal affront to her belief systems when he marches in an anti-government rally (Berardinelli, 107)....

The paper describes film noir as a terminology often used to describe cynical behaviour, sexual seduction and moves and deception in Hollywood crime movies.... There are not many events in the history of filmmaking that has left such a strong impact on cinematic tradition, like that of Film noir....