Hero vs Anti Hero

[cathysjun]

I think that Hamlet is a hero. Although he kills a lot of people I don't think that heros should be defined by how many people they kill. A lot of heros like superman and batman kill a lot of people also. Heros are defined for what or who they fight for and believe in. Hamlet kills people for his father. He is willing to risk everything to do what is right. Because of what he believes in, I think Hamlet is a hero

[franicaza95]

my definiton of a hero is someone who has superpowers and is against any negative outcomes that are brought to the society. Heroes are also there to bring help to those who are in need of help and support. anti-herooes in the other hand are totally opposite from heroes. These type of ppl are usually referred to as "enemies." those are the one who go against social moral values in a society. but i finf it very ironic hereos are the good ones but still end up hurting peple to help others.

[sarahlee2]

I honestly don't think Hamlet is either a hero or an antihero. To me, a hero is someone that helps or saves other people by risking themselves. Hamlet never did anything like that. Him killing King Claudius was just for his own satisfaction for his vengeance. No one else gained anything from that. I feel like his actions just ended up with a lot of deaths in the play.

[hannahs]

Hero is someone that sacrifices himself or herself to benefit others. An Anti hero would be someone that wants to prevent this benefit that the hero gives to others. I don't think Hamlet fits into either category so I don't really get why this is such a big theme in the book. He isn't helping out anyone other than himself.

[cesar]

Personally I like anti-heroes a lot more then I like heroes. I find them a lot more human, I can relate to them more because they don't have this obligatory moral compass that most heroes have. All my favorite protagonists and characters from movies, books and comics are anti heroes. V (from V form vendetta), Spawn, Rorschach (wacthmen), All the protagonists from Sin city. They have a natural human side that I don't see in any heroes. I think Hamlet is an antihero, he deals with problems and solves them with his own ethics and decisions that he made thanks to the many events that eh suffers throughout the book. I don't like to call them "Antiheroes" though, I like the word "person" a lot more because that's what they are; they're protagonists who have their good side and their bad side like anyone else in this world who has more then more layer to their personality.

[joannekim]

Hero is a protagonist in the work who is brave, kind, and everything we consider to be a good person. He or she follows moral values, overcomes hardships, and eventually defeats evil enemies. Meanwhile, anti-hero is a protagonist in the work who is not really awesome; he or she is usually coward, ugly, or incompetent. I am not sure if anti-hero can be evil, though. I think Hamlet can be anti-hero not because he kills many people (I do not remember if he does) but because he is mentally weak and always hesitant to act.

[sammy576]

I believe a hero is someone who does what is right, and suppresses all the things he wants. For Hamlet, I do somewhat believe him to be an Anti-Hero because he acts solely on the behalf of his egos.

[stormy44]

For me, a hero doesn't necessarily have to be strong. Rather, he should value others' lives more than his own, being able to make sacrifices for his people. Hamlet wasn't like that. He did not look after his people of Denmark, but only focused on ways to kill Claudius. Captain Sullenberger is an example of a hero. he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549, which had been disabled by striking a flock of Canada Geese during its initial climb out, over the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City in 2009. All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived. It was a daring action he took, but he was able to risk his own life to save the passengers.

[minchoi0923]

Hero is a person who rescues people from unconquerable obstacles while anti hero is someone trying to hurt people. The best example is batman and the joker. As you can see here, hero and antihero must coexist together; because there is a bad guy trying to harm people, there is a good guy trying to protect people. In Hamlet, however, Hamlet doesn't have this "antihero" whom he needs to protect his people from. Yes, his uncle could be the antagonist but that doesn't mean that he's antihero because Claudius, although he could have killed Hamlet's father, was not trying to harm anyone including Hamlet himself. So basically, Hamlet was not killing people in order to save people so he is not a hero and at the same time, he wasn't trying to hurt people so he's not antihero either.

[hanbikang]

I agree with what Anica said. I mean i have also never thought of Hamlet being a hero or anti hero. He is just a person who is killing people for his fathers revenge and that is it. Nothing more about Hamlet being Hero or Anti Hero.

[sojounggg]

In my opinion a hero helps others by their best effort.
Hamlet is an anti hero.
He did what he can do for his dead father but he should not have done that.
It was not a right thing to do.
Killing other people is always not acceptable.
human cannot punish other human.
king claudius would have punished by god.
Hamlet in this story he is a killer

[sojounggg]

In my opinion a hero helps others by their best effort.
Hamlet is an anti hero.
He did what he can do for his dead father but he should not have done that.
It was not a right thing to do.
Killing other people is always not acceptable.
human cannot punish other human.
king claudius would have punished by god.
Hamlet in this story he is a killer

[jinwooprk]

I believe that Hamlet can be called as an Anti-hero since he revenges on Claudius whom Hamlet considers evil. Hamlet plans on killing Claudius not only he ruined his life and took away basically everything but also Claudius is an evil doer that carries out sinful acts. For Hamlet, Claudius would be the "unwitted garden" that he talks about in his solioquy and he seeks to get rid of such corruption for the world. He is anti-hero because no one knows Claudius has done anything wrong. Hamlet's action towards Claudius is only considered mad and bad and out of mind.

[junaen0416]

He is neither a hero nor an antihero. He is just some troubled teenager who's got a lot on his plate and isn't sure which path to follow.

[sammy576]

I believe a hero, after watching the dark night, is someone who sacrifices his life and dignity to save others. Like batman, I think a hero is someone who is also willing to become the villain when
society needs one and a hero when a society needs a call. An anti villain is someone who just simply wants to watch the world burn.