Of Mice and Men (1939 film) move closer to reality. Curley appears and makes a scene in the bunkhouse as the workers mock him after he accused Slim of keeping company with his wife. George and Lennie's dream is over-shadowed when Curley catches Lennie laughing, grabs him from his bunk and starts punching him in the face repeatedly. Instead of fighting back, Lennie asks for help from George, who tells him to fight back. Upon hearing George say this, Lennie catches Curley's hand and crushes it, not letting go until he finds out what he did. Slim gives Curley an ultimatum: not to tell anyone what
Tragic hero genres follow the archetype of the tragic hero. Examples of such characters include Anakin Skywalker from George Lucas' "Star Wars" films, Okonkwo from Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart", Arthas Menethil from the video game franchise "Warcraft", and Stannis Baratheon from George R. R. Martin's novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the HBO television series adaptation "Game of Thrones". Some film historians regard Michael Corleone of "The Godfather" a tragic hero, although using traditional literary conventions, the character would more closely fit the role of villain, not tragic hero. Tragic hero A tragic hero is