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    Sam Spade the Anti-Hero We often look back upon Sam Spade‚ the protagonist in The Maltese Falcon‚ as the first example of the modern day detective. This modern day detective is the gruff Man who keeps his wits about him‚ always gets the ladies‚ and cracks the case in the end. Sam Spade does fit into this category and it is for that reason that Sam Spade can be properly categorized as an anti-hero. While Sam Spade is indeed the protagonist of the novel‚ he is by no means a hero in the traditional

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    is to solve the case. However‚ the methods they use are very different from one another that does not mean they do not possess similar qualities. For instance‚ in the film The Maltese Falcon the lead detective Sam Spade is an American hardboiled detective who is rough around the edges. Spade drinks more than usual and gets into physical fights. Unlike the classic age detective Sherlock Holmes from the film A Study in Pink. Sherlock deals with confrontation with witty verbal comebacks expressing his

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    CHARACTER ANALYSIS ? SAM SPADE The mystery and the crime in are obviously paramount in the development and success of a good crime fiction novel‚ but anther key concern must certainly be the protagonist. Especially in hard-boiled fiction‚ where the detective is your eyes to the unknown world in which the novel is placed. Dashiell Hammett has constructed Sam Spade in a way so the protagonist has become a feature of the book‚ rather than merely a medium for the transfer of clue and information in

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    Hero-Anti Hero

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    saved. The word hero is passed around too much these days. A hero is not a football player that scores the game-winning touchdown or the goaltender who saves his team from a loss. A hero is usually an ordinary person that did extraordinary things. A true hero is really never a hero at all; at least not in their own mind. However‚ there are various cases today in which we see the exact opposites of these characters‚ the anti-heroes. The anti-hero is one who cannot be classified as a hero‚ for that said

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    Is Sam Spade a good man? I would tend to argue against it. A good man would be oriented toward helping others and his community. He would be mostly free from sin‚ yet Sam Spade is guilty of four out of the seven deadly sins‚ and as evidence I offer up his actions contained within the film The Maltese Falcon. Within the first few scenes of the film Spade’s character is revealed as a womanizer. He has had affairs with both his secretary and his partner Miles Archer’s wife. Throughout the film

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    Anti-Heros

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    COMM 246 04/11/2012 Modern Anti-Heroes In modern media violence is worshiped and the hero is not always a law abiding citizen. The anti-hero is becoming increasingly popular. Many anti-heroes are criminals. Writers have the ability to have their audience fall in love and care about an anti-hero. Looking up to these anti-heroes might have some devastating affects on society. Violent media‚ particularly movies‚ could very well have an affect on the number of violent crimes being committed

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    Hamlet as an anti hero

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    In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the main character‚ Hamlet‚ can be considered an Anti-hero. An Anti-hero is best described as the protagonist of a story who does not maintain all of the same qualities that a conventional hero would. For example‚ an Anti-hero can be rude‚ violent‚ and motivated only by their own needs‚ as well as lacking heroic qualities such as courage‚ nobility‚ and fortitude. A good Anti-hero will also draw sympathy from the audience/reader‚ as is the case with Hamlet. Throughout

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    Anti-Hero and Postmodernism

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    210 THE RETURN OF THE ANTI-HERO English Literature from the 1950s onwards A very definite new trend in English Literature‚ in novels and especially in plays ‚ began to emerge from the 1950s onwards. This was the return of the “anti-hero”‚ and was to become the dominant feature of writing through the 1950s to the 1970s. In order to examine exactly what an “Anti-Hero” is‚ it is necessary to look back on what had gone before. The Hero in World Literature The literature of all countries at all

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    America's Anti-Hero

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    In Stephen Garrett’s article‚ Why We Love TV’s Anti-Heroes‚ he shows how the heros of today are different from those of the past because they have changed with the world. The focus has shifted from the flat out hero‚ to a hero that has everyday issues like everyone else‚ making the character easier to identify with. Our culture today is enthralled with the anti-hero because the character is realistic to people in our society now‚ rather than someone who is held up on a pedestal for being perfect

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    1. Describe what an anti-hero is in contrast to a traditional literary hero‚ and give 1 example from a text we have read. An anti-hero is a central character in a literary work such as a narrative who lacks the traditional heroic qualities. Whereas traditional heroic qualities include courage‚ physical prowess‚ and fortitude‚ an anti-hero typically distrusts conventional values of society or culture. Anti-heroes do not commit to any ideals. The anti-hero feels helpless in a world over which they

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