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Nemesis

Nemesis. The Purveyor of Justice and Balance. Who is Nemesis ?. The one who brings balance. The role of the nemesis is to ensure that one person does not have too much – too much good fortune, too much acclaim, too much pride.

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Nemesis

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  1. Nemesis The Purveyor of Justice and Balance

  2. Who is Nemesis? • The one who brings balance. • The role of the nemesis is to ensure that one person does not have too much – too much good fortune, too much acclaim, too much pride. • The nemesis takes action to deprive the hero of some of his/her happiness, to discredit him/her, to bring him/her down a peg or two, to humble him/her. http://www.hellenicgods.org/_/rsrc/1320361837899/n/%CE%9D%CE%88%CE%9C%CE%95%CE%A3%CE%99%CE%A3_Gheorghe_Tattarescu.jpg?height=320&width=215

  3. What might have been… • In more contemporary stories, the hero’s nemesis is a foil for the hero, often the polar opposite of the hero • Sometimes the nemesis is who the hero might have become; the two characters faced the same situation but made different choices • Often, it is a personal conflict between the hero and nemesis http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WZ41UJFZyNM/TwYlIEPmYSI/AAAAAAAACso/AAMVQLtLlng/s1600/moriarty+and+holmes+in+lecture+hall+classroom+sherlock-holmes2-still02.jpg

  4. And the nemesis is… Your task is to describe the hero, identify the hero’s nemesis, insert a picture of the nemesis, and explain which of the roles the nemesis plays, which of the actions the nemesis takes to oppose the hero. Holmes is the ultimate intellectual hero, using his logic and reasoning skills to solve difficult cases. Moriarty is Holmes’ intellectual equal, which makes him even more dangerous, since he devotes his intellectual abilities to pursue crime. He is Holmes’ foil.

  5. And the nemesis is… Batman

  6. And the nemesis is… Spiderman

  7. And the nemesis is… Green Hornet

  8. And the nemesis is… Professor Xavier

  9. And the nemesis is… Thor

  10. And the nemesis is… Captain Kirk (the original)

  11. And the nemesis is… Captain Jean Luc Picard (SNG)

  12. And the nemesis is… Optimus Prime

  13. And the nemesis is… Jor El

  14. And the nemesis is… Harry Potter

  15. And the nemesis is… Hercules (from Greek mythology or the Legendary Journeys of Hercules - not the Disney cartoon)

  16. And the nemesis is… Xena Warrior Princess

  17. And the nemesis is… Merlin

  18. And the nemesis is… Splinter

  19. And the nemesis is… Ra, the Egyptian Sun God

  20. And the nemesis is… Osiris, the Egyptian God of the Afterlife

  21. And the nemesis is… If you don’t know who this is, I’m not speaking to you!

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