tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post1158012229973677514..comments2024-03-08T08:23:19.959+00:00Comments on Paul Anthony Shortt - Author: Our Hero's FlawsPaul Anthony Shortthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-68068295022863002622011-11-19T21:37:24.039+00:002011-11-19T21:37:24.039+00:00Sonia: Yeah, I'm the same. I like seeing chara...Sonia: Yeah, I'm the same. I like seeing characters get the chance to make amends for their mistakes as well.<br /><br />Shelly: Yeah, I'm much more readily drawn to characters who want to do the right thing, even if they don't know how quite to do it.<br /><br />Anyaphoenix: I think that reading of what Aristotle said presumes that an inherently good man can do no wrong. I'm not sure I'd agree that's the case. A character can be a just person and still make terrible mistakes or fail in his attempts to challenge the villain.Paul Anthony Shortthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-22482558721902044252011-11-19T21:09:57.571+00:002011-11-19T21:09:57.571+00:00A thought - Aristotle contests that the tragic her...A thought - Aristotle contests that the tragic hero has to be a man “who is not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty.” He is not making the hero entirely good in which he can do no wrong but rather has the hero committing an injury or a great wrong leading to his misfortune.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-4281988649137314932011-11-18T19:04:59.149+00:002011-11-18T19:04:59.149+00:00Oh, you got me thinking now!
I really like people ...Oh, you got me thinking now!<br />I really like people who are really trying to do the right thing. That resonates with me. But we all do make mistakes so there is a resonation there as well. I think I am of your camp on this one.<br />Harry Dresden is quite the everyman but with a power he only knows partially how to control. The everyman character is someone we like.Small Town Shelly Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535247595352753415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-56173565455510443642011-11-18T13:03:16.562+00:002011-11-18T13:03:16.562+00:00I tend to appreciate characters who don't seem...I tend to appreciate characters who don't seem superhuman and make as many mistakes as I would. The more believable a character to me, the more I enjoy the story.soniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699796086402523726noreply@blogger.com