Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
all felt like outsiders at one time or another.
Anti-Heroes may be of two types: I ) characters who behave much like conven
tional Heroes, but are given a strong touch of cynicism or have a wounded quality, like
Bogart's characters in The Big Sleep and Casablanca, or 2 ) tragic Heroes, central figures
of a story who may not be likeable or admirable, whose actions we may even deplore,
like Macbeth or Scarface or the Joan Crawford of Mommie Dearest.
T h e wounded Anti-hero may be a heroic knight in tarnished armor, a loner
who has rejected society or been rejected by it. These characters may win at the end
and may have the audience s full sympathy at all times, but in society's eyes they are
outcasts, like Robin Hood, roguish pirate or bandit Heroes, or many of Bogart's
characters. T h e y are often honorable men who have withdrawn from society's cor
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