and told she is “the one”- the next slayer, chosen to battle the head vampire, Lothos. Like Anderson from The Matrix, Buffy is bewildered and does not fully comprehend how important she is. She sarcastically jokes“Let me get this straight- you’re saying that I have to go to the graveyard with you because I’m the chosen one and there are vampires? Pfft! Does Elvis talk to you?”Merrick tries again and again to convince her that she has been chosen but Buffy refuses to see anything as a higher priority than her social life. She is unwilling to take up the role but still listens to what Merrick has to teach her.She begins to believe in herself when Merrick proves to Buffy that she is “the one” by throwing a knife at her head unexpectedly, and Buffy catching it all the same. He claims “only the chosen one could have done it”. Buffy is then faced with the difficult choice all anti-heroes are faced with. In her case, she must choose between her demanding social life and committing herself to being a slayer. Being an anti-hero, she does not choose to be a slayer enthusiastically. She furiously yells“Don’t you get it? All I want to do is graduate from high school, fly off to Europe, marry Christian Slater and die!”It is when Merrick gives his life for her that Buffy fully accepts her responsibility and transitions to a romantic hero. She sacrifices her friends, school, boyfriend and senior dance to battle the mighty Lothos.All three texts have resemblances in terms of their development. Each of the anti-heroes face confusion and doubt followed by a difficult decision, then an incident that inspires and gives them confidence, finishing with a heroic act. In the Crucible, Proctor is unstable because of his shameful affair with Abigail. Then he has to choose between exposing Abigail and admitting adultery. Then he almost confesses to witchcraft when he sees the Rebecca an...
