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Characters who best represent the antihero. Or otherwise put, a morally ambiguous character. A good character that sometimes does very bad things. Or a bad character that sometimes does very good things. Or a lot of Clint Eastwood movies characters! Would be interesting to hear your nominations and why.
A definition:
An antihero or antiheroine is a protagonist in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage and morality.Although antiheroes may sometimes do the right thing, it is not always for the right reasons, often acting primarily out of self-interest or in ways that defy conventional ethical codes.
For example,
Detective Vic Mackie (The Shield)
Sure he shot a cop in the face, shot and/or killed people, tortured people, stole millions from the Armenian money train, led to people dying, kidnapped people, trafficked drugs, stole, assaulted people. - But that aside, got shit done, broke the rules to help victims, gave it to the man along the way and did as much good (if not more), like saving people or getting violent killers/rapists off the street as he did bad. Arguably did much of it for reasons of supporting his family.
Characters who best represent the antihero. Or otherwise put, a morally ambiguous character. A good character that sometimes does very bad things. Or a bad character that sometimes does very good things. Or a lot of Clint Eastwood movies characters! Would be interesting to hear your nominations and why.
A definition:
An antihero or antiheroine is a protagonist in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage and morality.Although antiheroes may sometimes do the right thing, it is not always for the right reasons, often acting primarily out of self-interest or in ways that defy conventional ethical codes.
For example,
Detective Vic Mackie (The Shield)
Sure he shot a cop in the face, shot and/or killed people, tortured people, stole millions from the Armenian money train, led to people dying, kidnapped people, trafficked drugs, stole, assaulted people. - But that aside, got shit done, broke the rules to help victims, gave it to the man along the way and did as much good (if not more), like saving people or getting violent killers/rapists off the street as he did bad. Arguably did much of it for reasons of supporting his family.
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