Flawed hero

Stark, better known as Marvel’s favorite flying superhero Iron Man, has many quirks that can be characterized as Byronic. With his charming, seductive persona, his intelligence and wit, and his many flaws, he is the poster boy for a modern-day Byronic hero. Throughout the entirety of his features in Marvel movies, Tony plays the part of a womanizer and ladies’ man to the fullest extent. He always has a beautiful gal complimenting his designer suits and expensive cars, and lovely ladies seem to be waiting

movie (2005) everything about him was perfect .While in movie everything wasnt perfect he was conceited and often dishonest. Every director want to sell its work,and for it to happen people have to supply what's in demand. Nowadays characters are flawed to create a plot twist to the story and also for it to be more organic and relatable to the viewers. In addition the movie (2007) left us wanting more which can be vary thrilling for an audience because at the end it leave us with with the question

Hero ; a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. The dictionary definition of hero sets an image of a perfect human, probably hot, with amazing hair and a killer smile that always gets the job done quick and easy. In the epic poem The Odyssey the main character Odysseus is considered one of the best heroes in all of greek mythology. However, like all people, Odysseus is not perfect. Odysseus was imperfect in multiple ways. His curiosity, his sexual

the changing perception of the hero Who is a hero? How does the definition of a hero change over time? The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps the “longest and greatest literary composition written in cuneiform Akkadian” (Dalley 39) and told to an audience, while The Odyssey, and Oedipus the King came many centuries later. However, they all have a hero that represents the values of the society at the time. This paper is going to compare and contrast the ideal of the hero from ancient Mesopotamia in Gilgamesh

they came down the mountain of gods and became more human, more flawed, and less heroic. From the divine heroes like Hercules, down the mountain below the miraculous but mortal heroes such as Beowulf, the great leaders such as King Arthur and the great but flawed heroes like Macbeth or Othello. Below even the unlikely but eventual heroes such as Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker or Hiccup, until we reach the bottom and meet the anti-hero. Contrary to the sound, the antihero is not the villain, not the

watch him develop into a complex character, and one we can all relate to. Dickens initially describes his appearance as “Careless and slovenly if not debauched”; not quite your conventional hero. At this early stage Carton is by no means a hero, not even close. In fact, he is merely a man and a significantly flawed one at that. In saying that, we’ve all read fairy tales; we know how these kinds of stories end. Carton frequently alludes to the fact that his life has been wasted, stating that he “care[s]

someone a hero? In today society the criteria of what a hero is or is not maybe confused by what should be constitutes heroism. Some feel that the word hero gets throw around way too much, for example to celebrity, public safety personnel, the average Human, and especially service man and women the ones that have fought for their county. Can all these people hold the title of being a hero? In this short report we will look into how others define what a hero is, my own concept of what a hero means to

Iliad; the True Hero Literary heroes have been a crucial part of stories and poems throughout history. In the Iliad, Homer develops Hector, a hero who is a brave warrior, righteous man, and a respected leader, but he also has human imperfections that lead to his downfall. Homer uses detail, word choice, and imagery to paint a picture of a classic hero through the courageous deeds and human flaws that eventually lead to the death of proud and powerful Hector, who turns out to be the true hero. The first

to be while in comparison to No Sympathy for the Devil by Heather Havrilesky says, that we tend to cheer for the flaws of the anti-hero because we can justify their wrong doings for the greater good. As it is in the stories, all families have a hero, villain, and anti-hero. In real-life, heroes and villains are human beings. It is not immediately apparent who the hero is and who is the villain. As the famous expression states, “you cannot judge a book by its cover,” meaning that just because someone

man's heart.” Some may argue that this theme applies to everyone on the island, with the exception of Ralph. Readers may think that because Ralph shows leadership, and an urge to get back to civilization, that the harsh truth of everyone being born flawed does not relate to him. However, although Ralph emphasizes the need for a signal fire, confronts Jack about Jack’s evil doings, and attempts to reason with “Samneric,” what this problematic argument fails to mention is that Ralph betrays Piggy, joins