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…to the next one. Both characters do achieve, in the end of the movie, the stage of martyrs, but not the stage of magician. Both boys show that even in their different circumstances, that they can achieve the same status of hero. Perhaps, had both movies continued…

…"Gladiator" is a movie meant to be remembered for many years to come. It is an action-packed; historical, tragic, emotional, vengeful, moral, amazing, exciting, breath-taking, and thrilling ride into the era of the Roman Empire. Maximus was the most…

…' ...and he saved the day, got his girl and everyone lived happily ever after.' Sweet, short, cut and dry, that was the typical ending of our childhood books and early movies. There was the perfect hero and the bad villain. That was in the pre-modern…

…the third year of the colonial wars between England and France. The movie's main character is about a white man named Nathaniel. Nathaniel is considered to be an American Romantic hero. An American Romantic hero possesses qualities of youthfulness, innocence…

…the famous essay "The Gangster as Tragic Hero", a "classic example of film criticism and cultural analysis". The essay was published for the first time in 1962 in Robert Warshow's book "The Immediate Experience". In it the author examines some of the generally…

…Thornhill, From Business Man to Hero In the 1959 movie "North by Northwest," the main characters Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) and Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) go through a transformation of personalities and roles after being exposed to various…

…"The Adventures of Spiderman" has been a favorite comic since it was first released in 1962. The comics were written to capture all audiences in the 60s and, even more amazingly, the audiences until now: 2004. The story of spiderman as a hero…

…. There may be some exceptional people in the acting business who could resemble an ideal hero, but to find them it would take more than simply attending a movie on a Friday night. Instead of judging a hero on fame or money, people need to realize what it really…

…quest is used in some form for the creation of all heroes in modern works of literature and movies. Many of the steps in Campbell's theory of the hero's quest can be found in Marlin's heroic journey in the movie "Finding Nemo." Marlin, a Clown Fish…

…-human” powers, and it acts out him dealing with that. Also it gives a more or less realistic view of the life of a super-hero, if he were to actually fighting crime today in the 21st century. “Unbreakable” and many movies like it purpose the best question…