Category:Antihero

In  literature, an  antihero[1]  (or  antiheroine[2]  as the female) is a  protagonist  who has no heroic virtues or qualities (such as being morally good, [3]  idealistic, [4]  courageous, [4]  noble, [5]  and possessing fortitude [6] ), [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]  blurring the line between hero and villain. [8]  The  Byronic hero  sets a literary precedent for the modern concept of antiheroism