Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
brought down and destroyed by them. T h e y may be charming, they may have ad
mirable qualities, but the flaw wins out in the end. Some tragic Anti-heroes are not
so admirable, but we watch their downfall with fascination because "there, but for
the grace of God, go I." Like the ancient Greeks who watched Oedipus fall, we are
purged of our emotions and we learn to avoid the same pitfalls as we watch the
destruction of Al Pacino's character in Scarface, Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey in
Gorillas in the Mist, or Diane Keaton's character in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
GROUP-ORIENTED HEROES
Another distinction must be made about Heroes with respect to their orientation
to society. Like the first storytellers, the earliest humans who went out hunting and
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