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"Antihero"
Keywords:
protagonist
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hero
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archetype
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bewildered
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pathetic
Related Terms:
Hamartia
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Lampoon
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Burlesque
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Hero
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Heroine
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Satire
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Black humor
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Hero
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Tragic flaw
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Tragic hero
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Villain
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Humorist
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Parody
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Tragic
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Protagonist
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Tragedy
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Titania
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Bluebeard
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Humor
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Picaresque
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Jest
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Superhero
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Jabberwocky
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Speculative fiction
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Sidekick
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Grim
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Hero
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Epic
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Antic
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Comic
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Don juan
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Slapstick
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Comic relief
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Novel
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Travesty
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Tall tale
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Bianca
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Ophelia
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Character
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Joke
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Caricature
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Mockingbird
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Comedian
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Farce
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Cartoonist
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Matter of life and death
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Midsummer nights dream
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Zany
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Epic poem
a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
wordnet.princeton.edu
A protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero. He or she may be bewildered, pathetic, or on weak ground morally.
personal.psu.edu
Protagonist who does not fit the accepted hero archetype.
sellascript.com
Protagonist who has pronounced personality or character defects or eccentricities which are not usually associated with the hero archetype.
teako170.com
a leading character who is not, like a hero, perfect or even outstanding, but is rather ordinary and representative of the more or less average person.
wwnorton.com
The protagonist of a film with whom the audience identifies but who can not and does not display the characteristics of an hero.
moviepartners.com
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Keywords:
heroic
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circumstances
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occasion
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rises
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qualities
a man who does not have heroic qualities, but who--under certain circumstances--rises to the occasion and performs in a heroic way
mcamy.net