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A 5 page research paper that looks toward 'High Noon' and 'Crimson Tide,' as the writer explains how these movies portray heroes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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an intrinsic dichotomy in the culture between the rights of the individual and the needs of the community (Ray robray.txt). This dichotomy has been credited as the impetus behind the
cinematic creation of two competing myths?the "outlaw hero" and the "official hero" (Ray robray.txt). At one time, only white men wer!e portrayed as heroes in the movies. Women were
present in these films, but their function was primarily to either facilitate or hold back the emotional development of the male protagonist. African Americans and other minorities were also present
in film, but as "bad guys" whom the white protagonist must overcome or, like women, as accessory characters on the sidelines of the main action which revolved around a white
male protagonist. As the following discussion will demonstrate, American cinema has evolved past strict categorization of people and concepts. In todays films, features of the "outlaw" hero and the
"official" hero blend?African American, even women, can have the leading role?though still arguably by far not as often. The "outlaw" hero is embodied in characters that are adventurers, explorers,
gunfighters, and loners, expressing that part of the culture that! values self-determination and freedom (Ray robray.txt). This contrasts with the "official" hero who can typically be defined as a
teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective action, and the "objective legal process" that supersedes private concepts of right and wrong (Ray robray.txt)
Washington, Jefferson, Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell are all examples of the "official" hero, while Davy Crockett, Huck Finn, and Butch Cassidy represent the "outlaw" hero (Ray robray.txt). These
competing myths basically constitute a variation on the opposition of "natural man" versus "civilized man" (Ray robray.txt). This dichotomy, fueled by the intrinsic schizophrenic origins of the American character itself
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