Broken Heroes

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...

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Published on October 13, 2014 04:00
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