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The reluctant hero is a heroic archetype typically found in fiction. The reluctant hero is typically portrayed either as an everyman forced into surreal situations which require him to rise to heroism and its acts, or as a person with special abilities who nonetheless reveals a desire to avoid using those abilities for selfless benefit.
In narratology and comparative mythology, the hero's quest or hero's journey, also known as the monomyth, is the common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed.
A Tragedian in Spite of Himself Russian: Трагик поневоле, romanized: Tragik ponyevole, also known as A Reluctant Tragic Hero) is an 1889 one-act play by Anton Chekhov. Synopsis [ edit ]
Monto Ho (L) and his sister Manli Ho stand in front of the Righteous Among the Nations wall at the Yad Vashem Holocaust and point to the name of their father, Ho Feng Shan (Getty)
Colin Morris (4 February 1916 – 31 March 1996) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor.His best known work was the screen version of Reluctant Heroes (1952) based on his own hit play of the same title.
Rix starred in all five plays, in a range of roles: a "gormless recruit" to the army in Reluctant Heroes; [16] a timidly crooked bookie's runner in Dry Rot; [17] a street musician recruited as a secret agent in Simple Spymen; [18] four identical brothers in One For the Pot; [19] and a harassed civil servant in Chase Me, Comrade. [20]
Described by the battalion's history as a "reluctant hero", Statton was granted three cheers before he was carried shoulder high through the ranks while the battalion band played. [11] The full citation for Statton's Victoria Cross appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette later that day, reading: [13] War Office, 27th September 1918.
The Reluctant Hero: Brand Whitlock was a WBGU-PBS documentary about him. Legacy and honors. For his service to Belgium, Whitlock received numerous honors, ...