The Mystique of the Anti-Hero.
To anyone who has seen the 1983 classic gangster film
Scarface, he was a very dark character, but as anti-hero we willed him on to
win his battles with other gangsters. Even at the end when he was surrounded by
armed men and he comes out of his office with a large assault rifle, we still
wanted him to survive, despite the fact that he was evil. Mario Puzo’s
Godfather was another example of a set of anti-hero’s without an ounce of
decency or normality. And yet we want them to be the most violent and come out
on top in their wars with rivals. The Talented Mr Ripley was also a dark
character filed with jealousy and unable to relate to people; to fit in to the
point that he kills his good friend rather than be expelled from the group of
friends he’d got used to.
What is it about anti-hero’s which sees us rooting for a
character we would not want around us in real life? We invest in characters
when we read novels. We invest time and energy into following their lives and
end longing to see them succeed. But the underlying reasons why we root for
anti-heroes is not really clear to me.
The Crop: An Insight into the Dark Heart of a Serial Killer
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Richard Renik is the son of a billionaire and a vicious
serial killer. Having been given training by the CIA his government connections
don’t suspect him until it was too late.
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