About This Video
How can an anti-hero teach us about the heroic--and sometimes, the unheroic--characteristics that shape a story’s protagonist? From jealousy to self-doubt, Tim Adams challenges us to consider how anti-heroes reflect the very mortal weaknesses that can be found within all of us.
Meet The Creators
Tim Adams
Educator
Zach Tolchinsky
Artist
Will Martinez
Producer
Tahnee Gehm
Animator
Additional Resources for you to Explore
The spice of a story, the element that makes it more than simply heroes and villains, lies within the character of the anti-hero. http://www.flowerstorm.net/disa/Gallery/anti-explain.html
Here is an article about anti-heroes in mainstream science fiction movies: http://www.explore-science-fiction-movies.com/anti-heroes.html#axzz2C7MYDT2E
...and one about the 50 Greatest Movie anti-heroes: http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-greatest-movie-antiheroes
Herman Northrop "Norrie" Frye, (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Frye
The Educated Imagination is a website dedicated to Northrop Frye. http://fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/
