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Oliver's Arrow: A Tragic Hero

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Of course we had to save the best for last. “Arrow” is one of greatest shows of our generation in its respective genre. I could write 10 pages, maybe more, just on how great of a show this is. It essentially started everything the CW is doing with superhero shows. It helped create the spinoff of “The Flash” and “DC Legends of Tomorrow”, which features many characters brewing from Arrow and Flash. The main thing “Arrow” did was get fans excited about superhero shows again. Since “Smallville”, one of the most successful live action superhero shows ended, fans did not think they would ever get another show like it, but they found a replacement in “Arrow”.
Based on the classic comic book character Green Arrow, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen …show more content…

Oliver must also contend with outside forces attempting to take over Queen Consolidated, guilt from decisions he made in the past, and secrets harbored by his family and friends. Oliver grows to accept aspiring vigilante Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) as his protégé, and begins to receive assistance from Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne). Oliver also gains another team member; a mysterious woman in black, who is eventually revealed to be Laurel's sister, Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), who had survived her tribulation at sea years …show more content…

What “Arrow” does that is so unique and interesting, is flashback scenes. He got on a boat as a carefree, pretty boy billionaire and came back as trained killer. Throughout the seasons, the flashbacks help tell his story on the island and just who Oliver Queen really is. These flashbacks are very important to the show as they give information that is not only relevant to the past but also what is happening to him in the present, besides the fact that they are so just so fun to watch. It tells how the decisions he made on the island has effected the way his life is

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