The Gangster as Tragic Hero vs. Halloween
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On a cold Halloween night in 1963, in the film Halloween, a six-year-old boy named Michael Myers was seen stabbing his older sister to death with a gigantic kitchen knife then leaving to stand outside the house with a blank expression on his face. As a result he was sent to Smith Grove’s Mental Hospital which he escapes from 15 years later to go after 17 year old Laurie Strode and her friends Lynda and Annie. Warshow’s essay, The Gangster as Tragic Hero, depicts American society’s need to show public cheerfulness and maintain a positive morale as well as its desire for something more sinister, something more brutal. This desire to indulge in the forbidden fruit of sadism and cruelty is what makes the gangster persona so appealing to the nation. He is the man of the city. He emerges from the crowd as a successful outlaw and his only aspiration is success through brutality. Like a gangster, Michael Myers’ main focus throughout the film is brutality; “The practice of brutality – the quality of unmixed criminality – becomes the totality of his career” (3). This brutality is clearly illustrated in the scene where Bob is assailed by Michael Myers. After Bob finished sleeping with Lynda, he headed downstairs to fetch the beers Lynda requested. As he did so he heard a strange noise coming from the door. Curious, he made his way over to the door to find that there was nothing there. Figuring it was just Lynda messing with him, he opens up the cabin doors and calls Lynda an “asshole”. Failing to find Lynda, he decided to check another but little did he know that Myers happened to be hiding amongst those doors. The moment he opened them, Myers flew through the door and caught him by the throat. Bob attempted to struggle but failed to overpower him. As he drew his final breathes, Myers stabs him through the chest and watches the light slowly fade from his eyes. Myers
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how warshow's essay, the gangster as tragic hero, depicts american society’s need to show public cheerfulness and maintain a positive morale as well as its desire for something more sinister.
- Analyzes how michael myers, like a gangster, is merciless in his attack. he had no intention to kill him humanely.
- Analyzes how myers' brutality sets him apart from the crowd in that it goes above and beyond what an average person would be willing to do to another as far as physical harm.
- Analyzes how warshow's essay, the gangster as tragic hero, depicts american society’s need to show public cheerfulness and maintain a positive morale as well as its desire for something more sinister.
- Analyzes how michael myers, like a gangster, is merciless in his attack. he had no intention to kill him humanely.
- Analyzes how myers' brutality sets him apart from the crowd in that it goes above and beyond what an average person would be willing to do to another as far as physical harm.
- Analyzes how a gangster would have avoided all such instances to being alone for "it is dangerous to be alone."
- Opines that unlike the gangster, myers is not someone we want to be.
- Analyzes how myers is a brutal gangster, but he lacks professionalism and exhibits absolutely no method to his madness. he kills for the sake of killing and fascination with the looks and sounds people produce.
- Analyzes robert warshow's "the gangster as tragic hero." n. p.
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- Analyzes how the penny press created ethical issues concerning serial killers and media contact, and how it influenced crime and the justice system.
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- Analyzes how american psycho portrays patrick bateman as a human being with real feelings and emotions.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the character of mr. brooks is a self-made man with loving family and productive business, but not everything is what it seems.
- Analyzes how a man named marshall sits behind him in the car seat and his wife is completely oblivious to his existence.
- Argues that mr. brooks is a schizophrenic that molds into the psychoanalytic criminology theory.
- Analyzes how the character of mr. brooks is a self-made man with loving family and productive business, but not everything is what it seems.
- Analyzes how a man named marshall sits behind him in the car seat and his wife is completely oblivious to his existence.
- Argues that mr. brooks is a schizophrenic that molds into the psychoanalytic criminology theory.
- Analyzes how mr. brook's daughter was interrogated by the fbi for the murder of another fellow college student.
546 wordsRead More - The Role Of Tragic Hero In Gangster Moviesexplanatory essayIn gangster movies, the tragic hero falls from his position because of a flaw in his character. This tragic flaw was called "hamartia" by Aristotle. In the movie Gangs of New York, Bill Cutting “The Butcher” have a lot of flaws on the surface, namely his poor temperament towards people around him, hubris, ego, jealousy and fault sense of
In this essay, the author
- Explains that in gangster movies, the tragic hero falls from his position because of a flaw in his character, called "hamartia" by aristotle.
- Explains that in gangster movies, the tragic hero falls from his position because of a flaw in his character, called "hamartia" by aristotle.
60 wordsRead More - American Mafia vs. Italian Mafia in Cinemaopinion essayGrahm, Paul. (2005) The Journal of Religion and Film: Revisiting Violence in The Godfather: The Ambiguous Space of the Victimage Model. http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/Vol9No2/grahamGodfather.htm accessed 10 December 2010
In this essay, the author
- Opines that bondanella, peter, is of a history of italian cinema, ny, the continuum international publishing group inc.
- Describes grahm, paul's the journal of religion and film: revisiting violence in the godfather: the ambiguous space of the victimage model.
- Explains small, pauline, new cinemas: journal of contemporary film volume 3, queen mary university of london.
- Opines that bondanella, peter, is of a history of italian cinema, ny, the continuum international publishing group inc.
- Describes grahm, paul's the journal of religion and film: revisiting violence in the godfather: the ambiguous space of the victimage model.
- Explains small, pauline, new cinemas: journal of contemporary film volume 3, queen mary university of london.
- Compares the godfather and i cento passi, a film of betrayal, murder, intrigue, and the mafia in italy.
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