Analysis of western films "Shane" and "High Noon"

Relationship of Western Film Heroes with the Community <Tab/>In the genre of western films, the hero plays a key role. In many films the American people have turned their attention to more constructive pursuits, such as battling nature to progress America's future rather than each other. In between this wild country fraught with danger and corruption lies the role of the hero. The hero is usually portrayed as an individual …

…with being a social outcast. He may be heroic but society does not accept him, even looking down on him because he has the ability to kill without anybody's authorization. Kane lacks the popularity of being the peoples hero, where as Shane has to live in the shadows, doing the more distasteful jobs because even though he may do the same job as Kane, he does not have a tin star that represents social authority.