The Purveyor of Justice and Balance

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Nemesis

• The Purveyor of Justice and Balance

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Definition

• From nemein- to "distribute, allot, apportion
  one's due (Greek goddess of vengence)
• The heros nemesis (not in every myth)
• When it is not present, the role of the nemesis
  is typically the hero him/herself.
• When present, the nemesis represents all of the
  heros flaws and weaknesses and will require that
  things learned throughout the journey be used to
  defeat it.

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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.

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What might have been

• In more contemporary stories, the heros 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

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Your task

• You will look at the heroes on the slides. Pick
  the ones for which you can identify the nemeses.
• Go forth on to the Internet and find pictures of
  each nemesis and save the pictures.
• Paste the picture of the nemesis on the slide
  next to his/her hero.
• Then write a short (1-2 sentences) explanation of
  why the hero is heroic and why the nemesis is
  their nemesis.
• Your slide should look like the next slide on
  Holmes Moriarty.

• Grading scale
• A 12 heroes and nemeses
• B 10-11
• C 8-9
• You must have the written explanation to receive
  credit for each slide.
• When you are finished with your heroes and
  nemeses, please delete the slides you did not
  use.
• Save your presentation as (your name) Nemesis and
  drop your presentation into my Drop folder on the
  HS shared drive.

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And the nemesis is
Your task is to describe the hero, identify the
heros 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.
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Hercules
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Odysseus
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Percy Jackson
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Po
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Dr. Horrible
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Sheriff Brody
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David Dunn
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And the nemesis is
Batman
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And the nemesis is
Spiderman
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And the nemesis is
Green Lantern
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And the nemesis is
Professor Xavier
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And the nemesis is
Thor
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And the nemesis is
Captain Kirk (the original)
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And the nemesis is
Captain Jean Luc Picard (SNG)
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And the nemesis is
Optimus Prime
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And the nemesis is
Jor El
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And the nemesis is
Harry Potter
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And the nemesis is
Hercules (from Greek mythology or the Legendary
Journeys of Hercules - not the Disney cartoon)
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And the nemesis is
Xena Warrior Princess
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And the nemesis is
Merlin
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And the nemesis is
Splinter
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And the nemesis is
Ra, the Egyptian Sun God
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And the nemesis is
Osiris, the Egyptian God of the Afterlife
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And the nemesis is
If you dont know who this is, Im not speaking
to you!