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Megna, Paul J.
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Spring 2020
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2020
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Christianity is generally opposed to violent revenge. Surprisingly, then, James O’Barr’s The Crow portrays its protagonist Eric Draven as a Christ-figure whose grief over the loss of his fiancé Shelley fuels his thirst for violent revenge. O’Barr, who was raised Catholic, composed The Crow after losing his girlfriend in a drunk driving accident. This project argues that O’Barr writes The Crow to work through his own grief. He channels his fantasies of revenge into a fictional scenario in which Christianity is not opposed to violent revenge. The Crow is O’Barr’s tool for enacting his desire to alleviate his grief through revenge while remaining in a Christian universe.
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