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Antihero

An antihero is a protagonist who lack

conventional heroic qualities such as
idealism, courage, or morality. These
individuals often possess dark personality
traits such as aggressiveness. The dark hero
is usually considered conspicuously
contrary to an archetypal hero.
The antihero archetype can be traced
back at least as far as Homers Thersites.
The concept has also been identified in
classical Greek drama, Roman satire and
Renaissance literature (Don Quixote),
The antihero entered American literature
in the 1950s an dup to the mid-1960 was
portrayed as an alienated figure, unable to
communicate.
The British version of the antihero
emerged in the works of the angry young
men.
Dark Heroes are dark because of their
past which, while they are free to dwell and
act upon, allow no one into the depths
behind their past. They take all the traits of

anti-heros and skew them into perpetual

internal torment.

They are the bad boys, and the hard

asses. They are cocky, arrogant, angry,
easily set-off and stubborn. They have a
hard time keeping friends and fitting in.
They operate outside of societal conventions
and hide behind themselves (often never to
be found). They are internally vexed and
confused. Their morals swing both ways at
any given time and sometimes
simultaneously. And, to top it off, they act on
their emotions good or bad.