dc.contributor.advisor | Saba, Anika | |
dc.contributor.author | Farhin, Mairuna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-29T07:45:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-29T07:45:47Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2021 | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-05 | |
dc.identifier.other | ID: 17103045 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15077 | |
dc.description | This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2021. | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-56). | |
dc.description.abstract | Most narratives found in literature usually have one central point in common – characters,
who are at the heart of the story. Throughout literary history, characters exist often as a
representation of a conflict, a reflection of society or a symbol of the message the story
intends to convey, in the form of “tropes.” One of the most common character tropes to exist
since the time of ancient Greeks, is that of the hero and the villain, who are a black and white
representation of good and evil. However, in contemporary times we find more and more
narratives exploring the grey area between these two popular tropes, in the form of morally
ambiguous characters. In these narratives, there is no hero or villain; the hero comprises of
various villainous characteristics and the villain possess many heroic qualities. What was
previously viewed as two opposing ideologies have now merged into one single character –
the morally grey character. This thesis aims to explore the notions of good and evil associated
with heroes and villains, by examining morally ambiguous characters in literature from the
past till present, and addresses the question of whether good and evil are represented as
binary opposites. Through analysing Sabaa Tahir’s contemporary American YA fantasy
fiction series An Ember in the Ashes from a post-structuralist lens, this research seeks to
prove that good and evil are contextual, and the notions of wholly good and wholly evil do
not exist, since one concept is always contaminated with its binary opposite. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Mairuna Farhin | |
dc.format.extent | 56 Pages | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | BRAC University | en_US |
dc.rights | Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | |
dc.subject | Heroes and Villains | en_US |
dc.subject | Tropes | en_US |
dc.subject | Good and Evil | en_US |
dc.subject | An ember in the ashes | en_US |
dc.subject | Morally ambiguous characters | en_US |
dc.subject | Post structuralism | en_US |
dc.title | What makes a hero? from past polarities to contemporary ambiguities | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Department of English and Humanities, Brac University | |
dc.description.degree | B.A. in English | |