In the first season, Oliver Queen, the hero in Arrow, encounters a shipwreck and thus was trapped on a mysterious island called Lian Yu in Chinese, which means purgatory。 Upon his return to Starling City, he is reunited with his mother, Moira Queen, his younger sister, Thea Queen and his best friend Tommy Merlyn。 Oliver rekindles his relationships while spending his nights hunting down and sometimes killing powerful criminals as a hood vigilante, following a list of names in a notebook belonging to his father。 John Diggle and Felicity Smoak are his reliable partners。 Oliver sometimes cooperates with Laurel Lance, his ex-girlfriend, who is still angry with him because he leads her sister Sarah to her death。 And Quentin Lance, Laurel’s father, is a police and is determined to catch the hood, who is just a criminal in his eyes。 The first season also features flashbacks to Oliver’s past life on the island, and how it changed him。文献综述

2 Literature Review

Arrow has received generally positive reviews from critics, and was the highest-rated new series in five years broadcasting in an American public broadcasting service the CW Television Network。 The series averaged about 3。68 million viewers over the course of the first season, and has received several awards such as Leo Awards, TV Guide Award and multiple nominations。

However, there are few researches about Arrow since the TV series is new and the heroic character Green Arrow has just received popularity in recent years。 Nevertheless, other heroic characters from the classic DC Comics, like superman and Batman, have been popular for several years and many scholars have already done researches on other movies adapted from the classic DC Comics, among which inpidualistic heroism is one of the most often-written perspectives。 In light of inpidualistic heroism, there are several aspects the researchers would focus on, such as the models of hero images, and the causes of the formation and popularity of inpidualistic heroism。

Li (2012) describes the model of a male hero image as a man with a hearty body, unique charming personalities and strong abilities to fight against the evil。 He pursues not only the success of his career but also the happiness of his family。 Finally, he would not forget to sublimate his own spirit and , at the same time, save others。 Although female superheroes are not the dominant power of inpidualistic heroism, they are indispensable。 Li (2014) concludes the female superhero image as a woman with a sexy straitjacket to highlight her beautiful figure。 She usually has a foreign origin and utilizes her body and appearance as her weapons。 Female heroes have relatively shallow thoughts, do not stand firm and their abilities are inferior to men’s。 What’s more, they always need men to save them。 Generally speaking, females can only be the foil for the male heroes or add a sexy mysterious atmosphere for the story。 来*自-优=尔,论:文+网www.youerw.com

Liu (2014) pides the causes of the formation of inpidualistic heroism into three aspects。 The first is the historical cause。 The first generation of Americans were the pilgrims suffering from religious persecution。 They moved to the new land but it was even difficult for them to survive, let alone their great undertaking to build a new country。 It was a brave and wise leader that they need to support them to move forward。 This may be the origin of heroism。 American pioneers are indomitable and thirst for freedom and independence, which later become the primal connotation of inpidualistic heroism。