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Home > "The War Within", Form and Style, General Things > Hero, Anti Hero, Other?

Hero, Anti Hero, Other?

November 8, 2011 Mathias Leave a comment Go to comments

A friend who read my short story “Second Chances” tried to engage me in a conversation about whether the protagonist was was more of a heroine or an anti heroine in my mind. I said that she was prototypically neither.

In truth, I said, she exhibits traits of a hero, an anti hero and even a Byronic hero. I find that any of the basic hero archetypes, if used in their true forms, are just too predictable. I like to mix and match the traits of my main characters to make sure they don’t fall into any particular pigeonhole.

In the sense that in the beginning she exhibits none of the traits of a pure hero I don’t think anyone could confuse her for such. If anything, if you push me, I would say she is much more of the anti hero.

I think though that mixing things up leads to much more well rounded and believable characters.

Categories: "The War Within", Form and Style, General Things Tags: Anti Hero, Believable Characters, Byronic Hero, Hero Archetypes, Heroine, Pigeonhole, Protagonist, Second Chances, Traits Of A Hero, Truth
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