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Moral Hero and Immoral World: A Study of Ethics in "Watchmen"

English · Paperback / Softback

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Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Department of English and Linguistics), course: Reading American Comics, language: English, abstract: Watchmen belongs to the most complex comics ever published by DC Comics and tackles a grand variety of themes on a tectonical level. This paper will particular shed light on the actions and conduct of Veidt and Rorschach. By doing so, it will discuss whether their behavior is - according to our Western system of values - morally and ethically sustainable. Another question this paper will touch upon is to which degree both characters deconstruct our classical notion of the superhero.

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Authors Mario Nsonga
Publisher Grin Verlag
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 22.01.2013
 
EAN 9783656354239
ISBN 978-3-656-35423-9
No. of pages 24
Dimensions 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
Weight 51 g
Series Akademische Schriftenreihe
Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V207834
Akademische Schriftenreihe
Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V207834
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics

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