Can anyone think of any really good examples of characters in literature (any literature though preferably quite well-known) that are anti-heroes?
Thanks
2006-07-24 06:01:49 · 13 answers · asked by vicki_holmesland 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Any Hemingway character is an anti-heroe.
Invisible Man.
Vonnegut characters.
The list goes one. It's pretty much most characters created from WWII on. From the Lost Generation.
The Great Gatsby is another.
2006-07-24 06:10:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are a couple that might be well known depending on the age group! Huck's father in Huckleberry Finn, The White Witch in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Voldemort in the Harry Pottery Series. If I understand your anti-hero term right.
If you're talking about people who are the main character but who have no heroic traits or actions just read the main character in any Ernest Hemingway novel! Or the main character in John Steinbeck's "The Summer of Our Discontent" or maybe Tom Sawyer!
2006-07-24 06:14:29 · answer #2 · answered by psycho-cook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Henry Chinaski from several novels (such as Post Office and Factotum) by Charles Bukowski. He is the author's alter-ego.
In the Hollywood movie Barfly, Mickey Rourke played him.
2006-07-24 10:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by cootz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Túrin Turambar became a tragic hero (or anti-hero) of the First Age.
2006-07-24 07:25:09 · answer #4 · answered by Leonor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heathcliff. Wuthering Heights.
2006-07-24 16:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by lavendergirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holden Caulfield is a whiny pain in the neck. The Catcher in the Rye is still a great novel in spite of his shortcomings and his mood swings.
2006-07-24 06:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by Jack Nicholson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Edmund in King Lear was a thoroughly enjoyable anti-hero. I defended him in a term-paper once, because I understand his motivations.
[And whoever made that comment (above) about Holden Caulfield needs to shut their yap.]
2006-07-24 07:52:24 · answer #7 · answered by Candidus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Timofrey Pnin in "Pnin" by Vladamir Nabokov.
Probably the most pitiful person ever.
2006-07-24 11:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by beneluxer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean antagonists? Sure...Captain Ahab from Moby Dick. Hamlet's uncle. I'm sure there's plenty more to choose from. I'm not a literary genius.
2006-07-24 06:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by bluejacket8j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't Lastat (was that his name?) who was the vampire in the Anne Rice novels one?. "Interview with a vampire". There's one for you.
2006-07-24 06:06:13 · answer #10 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋