Superman and Philosophy by White Mark D. Irwin William
Author:White, Mark D., Irwin, William
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013-02-28T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 11
Superman Must Be Destroyed!
Lex Luthor as Existentialist Anti-Hero
Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas Richardson
Lex Luthor despises Superman. He obsesses about Superman. He tries to kill Superman. At first glance, Luthor seems like a one-dimensional character: a demented criminal mastermind. What else would explain his profound hatred of the “perfect boy scout?” (We’ll ignore the issue of hair loss.) But a closer look through the lens of existentialism can help us to see that Luthor is actually a complex, self-determined person who grapples with legitimate concerns regarding Superman. Luthor takes existentialism to the extreme, though, rejecting ethics and becoming an anti-hero.
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