Essays about: "hero"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 142 essays containing the word hero.

1. 21. Are they heroes? A character study of Christopher Paolini’s The Inheritance Cycle

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Andreas Forsell; [2022]
   Keywords : Hero; Fantasy; Hegemonic Masculinity; tropes; traits;

   Abstract : This essay will study how the two main characters Eragon and Roran in Christopher Paolini’s fantasy series The Inheritance Cycle conform to the literary ideal of the hero and traits of a traditional male according to Jeffrey A. Brown and Leanna Madell who both use Hegemonic Masculinity Theory. READ MORE

3. 22. What Would The Doctor Do (WWTDD)? : Dialogues with Feminist Whovians: Exploring Feminist Inspirational Potential in Doctor Who

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Marie Jaquemin; [2022]
   Keywords : Feminist Inspirational Potential; fandom; agency; emotions; values; role models; inspirations;

   Abstract : What Would The Doctor Do?  This is a question at the heart of the famous BBC science-fiction show Doctor Who led by the eponym character: the Doctor. As a fan of the show myself, a Whovian, this question matters to me as I look up to the Doctor, this hero who is described as an alien ethical guide for their human companions. READ MORE

4. 23. Late Quaternary Climate Reconstruction Using Rock - Magnetism in Loess on Portelet, Jersey

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Elias Hero; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Loess is a very fine aeolian sediment that can be used as a proxy for stadial and interstadial glacialperiods. To understand how Earth’s climate have changed and what effects that change have had on theplanet and life on it we can use climate archives. READ MORE

5. 24. Visual Design of the Villainous and the Heroic : A Video Game Content Analysis

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medieteknik

   Author : Nathalie Pettersson; Vendela Snitt; [2022]
   Keywords : Content Analysis; Visual Design; Character Design; Video Games; Villains; Heroes; Innehållsanalys; Visuell design; Spelfigursdesign; Datorspel; Skurkar; Hjältar;

   Abstract : This study conducts a video game character content analysis to examine villains and heroes in video games by visual design, specifically how the visual design differs from one another between the alignments. Samples were collected by browsing a list of top rated video games, sorted by year, at least one villain and hero were chosen from a number of games until a sample of (N=100) was reached. READ MORE

6. 25. Narrative structures : Toolbox for mass production or toybox full of possibilities?

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Claes Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : Narrative structure; the hero’s journey; epiphanic structure; interactive digital narratives;

   Abstract : The study set out to examine how using a different type of narrative, the epiphanic structure, compares to the hero’s journey in both non-interactive as well as interactive writing. Earlier studies about different narrative structures were examined as well as reasons for how the hero’s journey has become used to such a high degree that many other structures are barely known by many people. READ MORE