Anti-Hero research

Anti-Hero research

An Archetypal Character who is almost as common in modern fiction as the Ideal Hero, an antihero is a protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero.

More often an antihero is just an amoral misfit. While heroes are typically conventional, anti-heroes, depending on the circumstances, may be pre-conventional (in a "good" society), post-conventional (if the government is "evil") or even unconventional. 

‘The Vigilante man’

 The Vigilante Man is a man who brings criminals to justice by any means necessary, even if it means killing the criminals outright. Although he is breaking the law, he is presented as the good guy. If the police are after him, expect them to secretly sympathize with his goals. Occasionally, one officer is determined to catch the Vigilante Man, but you can be sure that his fellow officers aren't working very hard to help him. The "good" Vigilante Man refuses to fight the police, and if confronted, will either surrender or die before harming them. The "bad" Vigilante Man is willing to kill anyone who tries to stop him.

Examples:

·       Batman

·       Michael Corleone

·       Leon

·       Tony Montana

·       Oskar Schindler

·       Django

·       John Dillinger