- Title Pages
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Editors’ Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: The Reinvention of the Ancient Hero
- 1 Hercules and the Millennial Generation
- 2 Hercules: The Mythopoetics of New Heroism
- 3 Hercules, Putin, and the Heroic Body on Screen in 2014
- 4 <i>Heroes and Companions in</i> Hercules (<i>2014</i>)
- 5 <i>Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in</i> Supernatural <i>(2005–)</i>
- 6 <i>Russell Crowe and Maximal Projections in</i> Noah <i>(2014)</i>
- 7 The Immortality of Theseus and His Myth
- 8 <i>The Changing Faces of Heroism in</i> Atlantis <i>(2013–15)</i>
- 9 Xena: Warrior, Heroine, Tramp
- 10 <i>Divergent Heroism in</i> Centurion <i>(2010)</i>
- 11 The Hero in a Thousand Pieces: Antiheroes in Recent Epic Cinema
- 12 <i>Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes</i>, 300, <i>and</i> 300: Rise of an Empire <i>in Iran</i>
- 13 Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11
- 14 Making Modern (Anti) Heroes, the Ancient Way
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index
Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in Supernatural (2005–)
Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in Supernatural (2005–)
- Chapter:
- (p.74) 5 Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in Supernatural (2005–)
- Source:
- Epic Heroes on Screen
- Author(s):
Meredith E. Safran
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter, approaches the mythological figure of Hercules through an indirect representation of the ancient hero, allowing us to think about issues of adaptation of ancient heroes. Rather than Hercules appearing directly on screen, the audience finds him in the long-running apocalyptic sci-fi series CW’s Supernatural (2005-). Despite an overt Christian narrative context in which the plot brings the audience to expect a Jesus figure, the character of Dean Winchester follows the path of Hercules.
Keywords: Supernatural, Hercules, adaptation, Jesus, Dean Winchester
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- Title Pages
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Editors’ Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: The Reinvention of the Ancient Hero
- 1 Hercules and the Millennial Generation
- 2 Hercules: The Mythopoetics of New Heroism
- 3 Hercules, Putin, and the Heroic Body on Screen in 2014
- 4 <i>Heroes and Companions in</i> Hercules (<i>2014</i>)
- 5 <i>Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in</i> Supernatural <i>(2005–)</i>
- 6 <i>Russell Crowe and Maximal Projections in</i> Noah <i>(2014)</i>
- 7 The Immortality of Theseus and His Myth
- 8 <i>The Changing Faces of Heroism in</i> Atlantis <i>(2013–15)</i>
- 9 Xena: Warrior, Heroine, Tramp
- 10 <i>Divergent Heroism in</i> Centurion <i>(2010)</i>
- 11 The Hero in a Thousand Pieces: Antiheroes in Recent Epic Cinema
- 12 <i>Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes</i>, 300, <i>and</i> 300: Rise of an Empire <i>in Iran</i>
- 13 Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11
- 14 Making Modern (Anti) Heroes, the Ancient Way
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index
