Grief and Loss in James O’Barr’s The Crow

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Author
CARECCIA, Gabrielle
Keyword
First Reader Paul J. Megna
Senior Project
Semester Spring 2020
Readers/Advisors
Megna, Paul J.
Term and Year
Spring 2020
Date Published
2020

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/13476
Abstract
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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