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osephCampbelloncesaid,"Aheroissomeonewhohasgivenhisorherlifetosomethingbiggerthanusual" Heroeshavealwaysbeenknownincomicbooks,movies,ortelevisionwithcharacterssuchasCaptainAmerica, theHulk,Spiderman,orWonderWomanThesefairytalecharactersfightevilvillainsdayandnighttoprotectthe peopleandsavetheworld.Whataboutthenon-superpoweredheroeswhofoughtorarepresentlyfightingforthe greaterofmankind?Theseheroesaregivingofthemselves
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grendelvs.frankensteinEssay
GrendelandFrankensteinaretwomonsterswhosesocietyignorestheirexistenceandfindthemtobeburdensome totheirsocietybasedonthemerefactthattheyarenotliketherestoftheirsurroundingman-kindGrendeland Frankensteinbothstrivetoaccepttheirplaceintheviewsoftheirsurroundingpeoples.Althoughtheirsporadic happinesscomesfromthemengaginginfightsandkillingmembersoftheirsocieties,theylearntoaccepttheir placewithinthesocietiesbycopingwiththeirability
getapointacrosstothosewhotauntedandridiculedhiminthefirstplace,whenhedidnoharmInstead,hewas showingappreciationandacceptanceofthem,buttheyjumpedtootherconclusionsandtorturedGrendelMost peopleseeheroeslikeSpidermanorTheIncredibleHulkorBatman,battlingthebadguystodogoodfortheir communityortoliveuptotheirimageofbeingthebiggestandstrongesttobattletheirrivalsinafightforpower andtotakeovertheworld.Ortheyseetheseadmired...
AlanMooreandDaveGibbons'Watchmenillustratesthelivesofretiredsuperheroesinthe1980sTheKeeneAct outlawedthe"masquerading"ofsuperheroesinthe1970sandledtothedissolutionofmanysuperheroes.The murderofanoldcolleague,TheComedian,forcesthemtocomeoutofretirementandsetstheeventsofthe graphicnovelintoplaceMooreandGibbonssetsupaworldofsuperheroesinthemidstofaveryrealhistorical periodoftheColdWar.Weusuallythinkofsuperheroesasexisting...
Grendelvs.Frankenstein
AlanMooreAndDaveGibbons