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How to understand a man? Perhaps nothing reveals the spirit of the era and its idols like serials. What kind of characters you will not see here – both a rude animal and a lone champion of justice. All of them reflect different facets of the masculine principle, looking for itself.
Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead: Incorruptible
Even in the midst of the zombie apocalypse, this hero remains true to himself, with the same sheriff’s badge on his jacket and always in a cowboy hat. Rick Grimes embodies the image of an uncompromising fighter for justice, ready to do anything to protect his family from hordes of the living dead, and therefore is in constant tension. He seeks complete control of his life, which, in the end, he fails. Watching Rick desperately fight for his own survival and for the survival of loved ones, you involuntarily begin to fear for his mental health. His character is impeccable, but this impeccability may well come back to haunt Rick with complete mental exhaustion.
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Walter White from “Breaking Bad”: the one who has nothing to lose
In the place of Walter White could be anyone. The hero’s world begins to crumble when, the day after his fiftieth birthday, he learns that he has lung cancer. Walter, an ordinary chemistry teacher, is unable to pay for his treatment or provide for his family. It was then that his life took a completely different turn. He becomes a partner with Jesse Pinkman, his former student and well-known drug dealer, and together they take on the production of … methamphetamine. Sweet, shy Walter is now on friendly terms with the drug lords, he has money flowing like a river, he has regained the feeling of seething youth. But sooner or later he will have to pay for his crazy impulse …
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Frank Underwood from “House of Cards”: power freak
The President of the United States did not appoint him Secretary of State, although he had promised. Now Frank is obsessed with the idea of settling in the White House. He is not one of those who are ready to forgive and turn the other cheek. Betrayal will inevitably be followed by cruel revenge. Manipulation, conspiracies, blackmail…Frank is ready to do anything to come to power. If words do not work, then blood is shed. Obsessed with a boundless lust for power, Frank is full of calculated cynicism. But his anger destroys everything in his path, including his own soul. It is quite possible to call him Margaret Thatcher in trousers: he is just as unbending and cold-blooded. In a word, an iron gentleman.
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Jon Snow from “Game of Thrones”: lone wolf
Jon Snow, illegitimate son of the noble Ned Stark, is a perfectly written portrayal of a downtrodden man in search of a heroic destiny to justify his existence. Snow is attached to his family, but he has no place in it, he cannot fully show himself there. Therefore, he chooses exile and becomes part of the patrol guarding the borders. Fleeing his doubts, he tests his strength in the face of danger, only feeling truly alive in the midst of battle. Endowed with a romantic nature, having nothing to which he can become attached, he chooses the path of risk. And death.