tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061380174371002029.post5163348875515043076..comments2023-10-29T06:46:47.858-05:00Comments on brooke johnson's blog: archetypes - heroBrookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09728905100557593958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061380174371002029.post-48119251791651608252010-11-15T13:54:02.609-06:002010-11-15T13:54:02.609-06:00your love of the monomyth shines forth, Mr. Moreno...your love of the monomyth shines forth, Mr. Moreno.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09728905100557593958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061380174371002029.post-21222321783215544812010-11-15T13:18:43.139-06:002010-11-15T13:18:43.139-06:00Authors also opt to use a variant of this archetyp...Authors also opt to use a variant of this archetype, the antihero. The antihero essentially is an extreme version of the reluctant hero (for an example of a reluctant hero, see Humphrey Bogart's protagonist in Casablanca), one who has little faith in heroism or morality and tends to act selfishly or malevolently. Antiheroes tend to exist in fictional worlds where ethics remain ambiguous, and the audience only associates with the antihero because s/he is the lesser of the evils or the one whose motivations will lead to the greatest good. <br /><br />The other archetypes have similar counter-types, but the antithetical nature of such types only manifests the universality of the original archetypes. These figures are undoubtedly part of our collective subconscious and must be understood without being used as a crutch for lazy writing. As Ms. Johnson says above, the characters must be real.M.A. Morenohttp://s4.invisionfree.com/MJM_Productionsnoreply@blogger.com