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Importance of Anti-Hero in Popular Culture

Importance of Anti-Hero in Popular Culture

Q After watching the PBS episode America in Primetime: The Crusader answer the following question: What is the importance of “the Crusader” (or Anti-Hero) in popular culture? Is it a positive one or can it make us root for the criminal or the evil character while neglecting their crimes and anti-social behaviors?

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The importance of Anti-Hero in popular culture shows the line between the righteousness and justice. The concept of self-fulfillment has completely become blurred through the character of anti-hero. However, the idea of anti-hero surges in the popularity as a result. All of these characters of the anti-hero or “the Crusader” can defy the authority more as a dominant personality than as a perfect choice for indicative of growing problem within the society. Therefore, it can be stated that the courage of the anti-hero is always celebrated and manifested than the hero in several epics as well. T