My two go-to examples of Georg Lukács' "mediocre hero": Bilbo Baggins and Norman Mailer
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I'm not a Dune guy but isn't he royalty? According to Lukács' definition it needs to be someone off to the side of history, who is affected by it but not a key player
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Replying to @evankindley @HeerJeet
I guess this is a troll. He’s a human super computer who was genetically engineered to be the ultimate human with knowledge from all his ancestors as well as prescience.
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Replying to @Bone_Vampire42 @evankindley
Yes, but he's also determined by forces he can't control and has little or no agency!
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Replying to @HeerJeet @Bone_Vampire42
Here are some relevant excerpts from the Lukács, in case that helps nail down the definitionpic.twitter.com/0Qck4fYvLD
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Obviously in every power sense Paul is closer to an epic hero like Achilles or even Hercules, including ascension to Godhood. And yet the feeling of the books (particularly sequels) is that he's the subject, not the agent, of history: the ground upon which battles are fought.
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