Unsung heroes

Hamlet and Walter White from Breaking Bad display the characteristics of an ultimate antihero. They are Byronic heroes because each have a troubled backstory, each are anti-heroes, both are criminals, have high intelligence and useful skills, and have deep rooted psychological and emotional issues. Each character had to experience their own trauma to which led them to become the Byronic heroes that they are. Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet, was murdered by his uncle, Claudius, in cold blood. While still

Antiheroes: neither villains nor supermen but the tragic heroes of daily life. Discussing the depiction of the ‘male American antihero’ within the framework of this thesis in the cases of Lester Burnham, Frank Wheeler, and Brandon Sullivan refers to white men from (upper) middle class leading a drab, emotionally unfulfilling life in the US – in New York City and suburbs in Connecticut, to be exact. First of all, one needs to clarify what exactly makes and antihero and what distinguishes him from

Seen throughout war novels, an anti-hero is a character that manifests characteristics that usually appear foolish, making the character an easy target of abuse and a child-like status. In the fictional novel, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim is a classic anti-hero character. He lacks both valor and dignity, making it easy for his fellow soldiers to make fun of him and treat him like a child. In addition, Billy possesses a physical appearance that is foolish

difference between the villain of the story and the anti-hero archetype. Villains like King Claudius and Hannibal Lecter only seek to serve themselves and they are not concerned with what and who they must destroy to achieve their goals. While anti-heroes like Hamlet and Dexter will do morally questionable things but they always whether intentional or not have a greater purpose they will

1 INTRODUCTION Caitlin Hines discusses in her research "Rebaking the Pie: The Woman as Dessert Metaphor" that there is "a consistent, widespread, generally unconscious and undocumented metaphor in English equating women-as-sex-objects with desserts" (Hines 1999: 145). Women as dessert metaphor functions both in linguistic expressions, such as tart and cookie, and in customs, for example women jumping out of cakes (ibid: 145). Hines argues that the woman as dessert metaphor reduces women to objects

From New Vegas to Novac, Novac to Cottonwood Cove, Eve walks, her shadow an Eyebot she repaired. The desert fights against with hordes of Radscorpions and ants but it’ll take an army of Deathclaws to stop her. The Mojave sun dips below the horizon as she reaches the Legion camp, sky a picturesque mix of pink, orange, and purple. In another life, she’d pull out a camera and snap a picture of the sunset. For now, she’s content with committing the beauty to memory. Too dark for Lucullus to ferry her

Barry 's POV As I woke up from my all night food coma I woke up in my armor and decided to wear a simple jogging outfit consisting of a wife beater and some dark sweat pants. As I ran I pondered what I should do in this universe. I ran a couple miles until I ran past a hospital next to a retirement home. "Smart move there." I backtracked remembering how my father was a docter and how I always loved helping people. I made up my mind as I chose to enter the retirement home first to apply for

1)  The main conflict in The Son of Neptune is that Camp Jupiter, The Roman Demigod Training Camp, will be attacked on the day of the Feast of Fortuna, which happens to be in less than five days, and three demigods must travel north to Alaska, the land beyond the gods, to recover the legion's eagle and to free Thantos so that Camp Jupiter can have a fighting chance in the upcoming battle.   There are many conflicts in this story. Another conflict is that Percy has a dilemma because his memories were

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Black Adam, conqueror and dictator; countless people have both feared and respected the might of this self-proclaimed god. All apart from Conner. Years ago, he was afraid of the ruthlessness of Adam and the severe power disadvantage that Superboy had to overcome. Since then, he has had time to think about the ideology and drive behind Adam's endless life. What drove the once moral ruler into a dictator, set on controlling the globe and mild it in his image? Would he turn out like Teth Adam at some