The archetype of the tragichero has always existed – one has to look no further than Oedipus to find a very old and straightforward example of this. Recently there has been a shift in the portrayal of the tragic hero, or perhaps it’s a new subcategory, I don’t really have a name for this (since this isn’t a tremendously well thought out theory) but let’s just call them broken heroes. As interesting as discussing the evolution of archetypes potentially is (or isn’t), what has captured my atten...
Published on October 13, 2014 04:00