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You already recently rated this item. Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: Preview this item Preview this item. Tarnished heroes, charming villains, and modern monsters: Lynnette R Porter Publisher: English View all editions and formats Summary:. Find a copy online Links to this item Inhaltsverzeichnis. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private.
Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Criticism, interpretation, etc Material Type: Internet resource Document Type: Lynnette R Porter Find more information about: Traditional heroes give way to "gray" heroes who must become more like the villains or monsters they face if they are going to successfully save society.
This book examines the ambiguous heroes and villains, focusing on these characters' different perspectives on morality and their roles within society. Appendices include production details for each series, descriptions and summaries of pivotal episodes, and a list of selected texts for classroom use. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Feb 10, Sean Goh rated it it was ok Shelves: Academic analysis of popular TV series with many spoilers. Dry at times, plus gets repetitive. Characters who are able to do what is necessary - if their decisions and actions likely will result in saving more people - may be deemed as heroic. They, n Academic analysis of popular TV series with many spoilers. They, not the people who simply can't do whatever is necessary to help others survive, are heroic because they take responsibility for making such difficult choices or performing less than "moral" actions.
Villains are more than the opposite of heroes; they are more than just characters who provide a story's dramatic tension. They, as well as monsters, highlight society's deepest fears about people or situations we can't control. Heroes are human, even if they are conflicted or uncertain, they have the ability to feel. As the explain, hundreds of children die daily of abuse or neglect, while the world looks the other way. How much worse is humanity for directly, knowingly sacrificing children to aliens than to ignore their deaths from violence or starvation?
Compared to the world's governing authorities, Jack is very human and at least mourns that whom he sacrifices. Aug 01, Rosemary rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book single-handedly proves that television is a medium rife with credible commentary both on art and contemporary society. It helps that it used several of my favorite shows for analysis.
However, the broader conclusions the author drew of how our understanding of and expectation for a hero is in flux has applied to every book, movie, and show I've watched since reading it. I highly recommend it, even if sci-fi isn't your cup of tea.
The conclusions are applicable to almost every modern me This book single-handedly proves that television is a medium rife with credible commentary both on art and contemporary society. The conclusions are applicable to almost every modern medium. Mar 05, Joey Woolfardis rated it it was ok Shelves: Open to the public ; PN Open to the public ; University of Queensland Library.
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