Can anyone explain why he couldnt be infected, yet he still didnt have the cure. Every character had a specific and meaningful part in order for the heros journey to play out correctly. Robert is asleep one night and is awoken by ruth who is. Learn all about how the characters in i am legend such as robert neville and ruth. She appeared to be very upset when robert mentioned the vampires. He couldnt judge the time of day when the vampires could come out.
Robert neville character chart by ivor clarke on prezi. He works to create a remedy while defending himself against the mutated humans and other creatures created by the virus. Francis lawrences 2007 film i am legend had not one but two endings, and while both are different from what happens in the original novel by richard matheson, the alternate ending not shown in theaters is a lot closer. September 1, 2008 burbank, ca i am legend, the intense, actionpacked thrill ride starring will smith, gets the ultimate collectors edition uce treatment december 9 from warner home video and village roadshow pictures. I am legend quotes check out these i am legend quotes and the end of the world seems an interesting place, thanks to will smiths character. I am legend and other stories, i am legend, and i am legend. Neville goes into a suicidal rage after sams death and tries to run over a multitude of infectees, but is saved by the intervention of anna, who comes to live with him with her son. Im sure its in the film but im still watching it and im like 20 minutes into it. Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in new york city struggles valiantly to find a cure in this postapocalyptic action thriller. With will smith, alice braga, charlie tahan, salli richardsonwhitfield. He was captured by a vampire society and committed suicide biography. The words post traumatic basically means something that occurred after a traumatic situation.
I am legend is a novel by richard matheson in which robert neville struggles to survive as the sole remaining human in a world overrun by. I am legend also has some distractingly poor cgi effects. Will smiths performance as robert neville in i am legend, especially during the scenes where the character is alone, is presented very realistically, and purposefully designed to not get over the top or unintentionally comedic. Directed by francis lawrence, the film stars will smith as us army virologist robert neville set in new york city after a virus, which was originally created to cure cancer, has wiped out most of mankind, leaving neville as the last human in new york. He hunts the undead on a daily basis and struggles to survive. Her true motives remain unclear, though she appears as a survivor appearing in the daylight. Kv had a ninetypercent kill rate, thats five point four billion people dead. We believe that robert neville is heroic in some ways, but also unheroic in other ways. While i have not yet read the multiple other stories by matheson in this volume, i am legend alone is worth the cover price. The movie i am legend directed by francis lawrence is dystopian movie. The novel was a success and was adapted into the films the last man on earth 1964, the omega man 1971, and i am legend. The movie stars will smith as virologist robert neville, the apparent sole uninfected survivor in a postapocalyptic version of new york city where. I am legend and other stories book by richard matheson. Analysis of i am legend 1262 words 6 pages for me, it is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Directed by francis lawrence, the film stars will smith as us army virologist robert neville. I am legend dystopian movies always have a big change in the society. I am legend is an american postapocalyptic thriller movie released in 2007. The character of robert neville in i am legend from. Before the helicopter carrying zoe and marley left, marley gave neville their dog, samantha, to look after. He is just over six feet tall with blond hair, blue eyes, and a cross that is tattooed on his chest acquired while serving during the last war. Detailed analysis of characters in richard mathesons i am legend. The two earlier films are the last man on earth 1964 and the omega man 1971. Robert neville appears to be the sole survivor of a pandemic that has killed most of the human population and turned the. I am legend is a 1954 postapocalyptic horror novel by american writer richard matheson that.
Will smith does an excellent job portraying the loneliness and good intentions of neville, and no one could have been better for the role. I am legend is a 1954 postapocalyptic horror novel by american writer richard matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. While his friends and family become vampires read full character analysis. Directed by francis lawrence, it is about robert neville will smith, a us army virologist trying to survive in new york city after a virus has infected nearly every human on earth. Neville became increasingly frustrated with the mysterious character. Played by vincent price, morgan is the only survivor of the european plague which kills its victims and then revives them.
Carl sagan in i am legend the main character robert neville often tries to escape his reality by having delusions. I am legend characters from litcharts the creators of. He has some bad qualitys but also good qualitys that helped him stay alive through this hard time. How is post traumatic stress disorder ptsd shown by the. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Six billion people on earth when the infection hit. Terms in this set 39 why was robert neville forced to stay near his home on cloudy days.
During the early stages of the outbreak of vampiris, neville was bitten by a infected vampire bat, but as the bat was not human, the vampiris it introduced into nevilles system through that bite acted as a vaccine against the disease. Robert neville is the main protagonist in richard mathesons influential horror novel, i am legend. Robert neville appears to be the sole survivor of a pandemic that has killed most of the human population and turned the remainder into vampires that largely conform to their stereotypes in fiction and folklore. I am legend is a 2007 american postapocalyptic thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same name by richard matheson. In the 2007 blockbuster movie by warnerbrothers, robert neville lives with his pet german shepherd, samantha and tries to find.
In 1954 richard matheson published a groundbreaking story i am legend. A person develops post traumatic stress syndrome when a traumatic or tragic event took place in their life. The helicopter then began to leave, but at that moment, another helicopter across the river, also leaving, was attacked by. Robert neville felt tight fists shaking at his sides. The year is 1975, a virus starts to spread after the latest war is finally over. A military virologist, neville spent three years in manhattan searching for a cure to the krippin virus. Immune, neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of new york city and perhaps the world. Robert neville is an amazingly real character, and the ending of this book is perfect. He was captured by a vampire society and committed suicide. Robert neville will smith the character archetype that perfectly fits robert neville is the hero. Robert neville the main protagonist of the novel, robert is a normal middleclass american citizen who ends up being the last known human survivor after the world transcends into the vampiric plague.
The story is about the last man on earth, robert neville. Robert neville played by actor will smith is a virologist who is immune to a manmade virus originally created to cure cancer. This is essential to the story because he is the last. The novel i am legend 1954, written by american author richard matheson, was adapted for the movie by screenwriters akiva goldsman and mark protosevich. I am legend is a 2007 american postapocalyptic action thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same name by richard matheson. Robert neville is the main character in i am legend and in some ways almost the only character of the novel. On christmas eve, when the krippin virus broke out in new york, neville drove his wife, zoe, and daughter, marley to an evacuation point. Lieutenant colonel robert neville will smith attempts to find an antidote to the worldshattering mutation. This version of i am legend is the third movie adaptation of mathesons novel. Why couldnt robert will smith get infected in i am legend. Robert neville has appeared in the following books. This is essential to the story because he is the last human alive in a population. To accomplish this, smith spoke extensively to a former prisoner who had spent time in solitary confinement, and another person who had once. Robert neville, a guntoting virologist who hunts bloodthirsty mutants infected by a virus that wiped out most of society three years earlier, including his wife and.
Robert neville i am legend wiki fandom powered by wikia. His journey allows us to experience the isolation of a virus that seems to have wiped out the human race. Differences between i am legend book vs movie page 3. He didnt like the looks of them, he didnt like the methodical butchery. Why will smiths i am legend performance is so realistic.
He is loosely based off the robert neville character from mathesons novel. While his friends and family become vampires, neville converts his house into a fortress, and spends his days traveling around the city, killing any sleeping vampires he can find. Robert neville was the main protagonist of i am legend. In chapter 1, what does neville replace his broken mirror with. Robert neville film lieutenant colonel robert neville was the main protagonist of i am legend. He is the only one who survived a pandemic that killed the rest of humanity and turned everyone into zombies. The novel version of i am legend is better then the motion picture because the information slowly leaks out about nevilles past, present, and specifics about the vampires. During the early stages of the outbreak of vampiris, neville was bitten by a infected vampire bat, but as the bat was not human, the vampiris it introduced into. The i am legend novel community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
In i am legend, the neovamps are so incredibly dangerous and bestial that its impossible to fault neville for anything he does. Differing from the book, each of them portrays the neville character as an accomplished scientist. You may think i am speaking of job, the righteous man of scripture, but i am actually referencing robert neville, the main character of the new to dvd movie i am legend, a gripping and intense thriller with an amazing ending warning. Character archetypes were very prominent in the movie i am legend. Robert neville is the lead character in richard mathesons classic novel, i am legend. Robert neville is the main character from the movie i am legend, will smith plays the role of the last man on earth after a terrible virus wipes out the human population. In the novel, i am legend, robert neville does show signs of p. Robert lives his life amongst the ruins of a world he helped destroy. Whether is it has something to do with aliens or the world ending. I am legend comics robert neville horror graphic novel. Robert morgan was the last man on earth in the 1964 film of the same name.
However after watching it for around the 100th time ive got myself thinking again, why cant robert neville get infected. Ruth turns out to be a spy for a society of people who have been infected but invented a pill to ward off the effects of the vampire pathogen. He is the only noninfected human we see for the majority of the movie. The main protagonist of the novel, robert is a normal middleclass american. Robert neville is a scientist who is unable to stop the spread of the horrifying virus that is. Robert neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and manmade. Just think if it was you all by yourself, with no one to even talk. He is immune to the vampire germ and appears to be the last living human on earth. Add image ruth was introduced later in i am legend. Character profile for robert neville from i am legend and.
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