Anti Hero Characteristics

Each anti-hero has their own characteristics and their own traits, but all of these anti-heroes have all a common trait. Anti-heroes “They are neither 100% good nor 100% evil , are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community or to self , are driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate, they do not need to die at close of story; there is uncertain resolution , can act as a vigilante, even against the self , act according to their own set of rules, their own values, may have tragedy in their life , may or may not have a tragic flaw , lack true identity, even to themselves; in some cases they are disillusioned with life, lack strong ideals and goals , this does not define them as a villain , their actions are merely reactions to events , usually they are not motivated to act for, nor act against anyone , and they are not fighting fate but present

Some of them use violence to get their ways and ask questions last while some of them have to be bribed to get the job done for their own greedy ways. Every anti-hero will mostly likely have a tragedy in their back story. For example: Dead Pool with his tragic origin, the wolverine with a scientific experiment gone wrong and mutated him, Bruce Banner getting infected by gamma rays, and Bruce Wayne with the death of his parents. Some anti-heroes set out their own journeys and do certain task to do in order to find their own goals in life and to discover who they are and to learn certain lessons about their own personal lives or just to learn the meaning of their lives. A great anti-hero that goes well with all of these traits is Batman. Batman is a DC hero with a dark and tragic past but turns that tragedy by making himself a hero to Gotham city. Batman’s main goal is to give all the criminals justice with his violent ways but he is doing it for the good of the city and to himself. However, Batman on the other hand is a well-known