Something funny strikes me about this evil hero question... maybe we're looking too far. Why hasn't anyone cited Mel Gibson in Braveheart for killing the English in the name of utopian ideals? Darth is a cute example also, but notably luke did a good deal of empire slaughtering. So this is my interest... the normative evil heroes who aren't evil. On that note, let me add that whoever said my questions could be convoluted with definitions was entirely correct in my book. This is largely a question of what we want to call evil. I realize that people have written plenty of etemologies and psychoanalyses about the nature of evil, but has anyone done a film study of evil? I'm sure it's been done at some point (I'd be shocked if it hadn't). Anyone have suggestions for good readings (and horror film studies don't count). Evan Rosenfield GMU ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html