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NEMESIS
The Purveyor of Justice and Balance
DEFINITION
From nemein- to "distribute, allot, apportion one's due (Greek
goddess of vengence)
•The hero’s 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 hero’s flaws and weaknesses and
will require that things learned throughout the journey be used to defeat it.
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
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
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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.
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.
Hercules
Odysseus
Percy Jackson
Po
Dr. Horrible
Sheriff Brody
David Dunn
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Batman
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Spiderman
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Green Lantern
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Professor Xavier
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Thor
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Captain Kirk (the original)
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Captain Jean Luc Picard (SNG)
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Optimus Prime
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Jor El
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Harry Potter
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Hercules (from Greek mythology or the
Legendary Journeys of Hercules - not the Disney
cartoon)
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Xena Warrior Princess
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Merlin
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Splinter
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Ra, the Egyptian Sun God
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
Osiris, the Egyptian God of the Afterlife
AND THE NEMESIS IS…
If you don’t know who this is, I’m not speaking to
you!