Anti Hero

Historical factors that influenced the Anti- Hero were  the American Culture. After WW2 America had a new culture, America was a new country after the war and they wanted a new hero. They wanted someone who was rebelling like they were and they wanted a human hero someone they could relate to. They expressed post how Post war America was not always a nice place to live, how the paranoia of the cold war was looming on everyones mind. It represented that how After WW2 America became very powerful but at a heavy price. With the Korean war the anti hero came to represent one who chases down and crushes all enemies at all costs, they would gain little and lose everything. With the cicil rights movements the anti hero could be seen as someone fighting for equality. in the 70's the anti hero became darker and more evil. The anti hero contradicts the classic hero because it has flaws he is not all powerful person who knows what is right and wrong, makes the right decisions and has a happy ending The anti hero would do the wrong thing and for the wrong reasons he had flaws and those flaws the audience could relate with. The Anti hero would do what he believed was right not what was always right and the Anti hero would leave messages in people lives long after the film he was in ended.