While we always grew up with Superman and Wonder Woman, heroes who never did anything wrong and held the most perfect ideals, our society has always kept its love for antiheroes. This can be seen in movies like Deadpool, Nice Guys, or Star Wars with Han Solo. We seem to flock to these anti heroes despite all their moral flaws such as Deadpool. His childlike but also dark humor gives his audience a break from the normal, intense, do no evil comic book heroes. But why do we always love these anti heroes all the time?
This week in English, we discussed the anti hero role and how this is shown in the poem, Prometheus. As it goes in the Greek myth, Prometheus is a titan who defied the Gods by stealing fire for the humans, and was sentenced to eternal punishment. To the humans, Prometheus was a hero for bringing them such a valuable prize. However, to the authorities, the gods, Prometheus was hated and literally punished for eternity. Prometheus introduces this dynamic that there are heroes who exist in our world who are not gonna be perfect in every single way. This created the archetype of a hero who was not looked upon greatly by authority figures such as a god, but still did good for the people. It shows a hero that stuck out for humans despite what literal gods wanted, a hero that could be related to humans but not to a strict moral code.