Arthur Philip Dent ( English Arthur Philip Dent ) - a fictional character, protagonist and antihero [1] [2] a series of humorous science fiction novels by the British writer Douglas Adams , known under the general name " Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy ."
| Arthur Philip Dent | |
|---|---|
| Arthur philip dent | |
| Creator | Douglas Adams |
| Artworks | Hitchhiker's Series Galaxy |
| Floor | male |
| Children | Random Dent (daughter) |
| The role is performed | Simon Jones Chris Langham Martin Freeman |
Dent and Ford Prefect are rescued from Earth , which, after a few moments, is destroyed by the Wogon fleet to make way for the hyperspace express route.
The next few years, Arthur, without getting out of his nightgown, gets from one mess to another, constantly trying to at least somehow streamline his life. It is very difficult for a tea lover like Arthur to endure his complete absence in the distant corners of the galaxy.
The series, which continued with "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," appeared on radio, on television, was staged in theaters, and was published as five novels.
In all versions of this work, Arthur and Ford at some point come to Earth, but two million years before today and accompanied by one third of the population of the planet Golgafringham - the most useless third: hairdressers, advertising agents, filmmakers, bodyguards, etc. Their the appearance leads to the extinction of the indigenous population, and thus the human race is replaced by the crew of the ship, stuffed with middle managers and hairdressers, expelled from their own planet. Some believe that this event sheds light on the true causes of the current level of human development on Earth.
The main part of the radio series ended on this, but later the script for the second part was written, in which Ford and Arthur were saved by Ford's cousin half-brother Zaphod Beeblebrox and went on further adventures, during which Arthur stole his spaceship from Zaphod (which, however, he himself stole) and went on alone (except for the paranoid robot Marvin , Eddie's on-board computer and a shabby copy of the Galaxy’s Hitchhiker's Guide).
In the book version, Ford and Arthur leave the prehistoric Earth through a hole in the space-time continuum, which throws them onto the modern Earth a few days before its destruction. Having again avoided such a sad fate and having experienced another batch of misadventures, Arthur once again lands on Earth (or rather, on an alternative Earth populated by intelligent dolphins that save the human race from extinction). On this Earth, he falls in love with a girl named Fanchurch, with whom he remains to live happily ever after - until the next, this time the last book, “Mostly harmless,” in which the Earth finally and irrevocably dies along with all its alternative forms and parallel images .
In the film adaptation of the first book, Arthur’s meeting with the mice ends with their death at his fingertips. Then he confesses his love to Trillian , and they, together with Marvin and Ford, go to the Restaurant at the end of the universe (although according to Marvin it can be mistakenly concluded that the restaurant is in the spatial rather than the temporal end). Before they leave, Slartibartfast activates the rebuilt Earth (the second Earth was never completed in the book), where dolphins subsequently return. Zaphod returns to the post of President of the Galaxy with his new girlfriend - Vice President Kvestular Rontok [3] .
- Arthut Dent lives in a house in Western England. At the beginning of the book, he is 30 years old, is above average height, his hair is dark blond.
- Constantly annoyed; He was especially annoyed that he was constantly asked why he was so annoyed.
- Before the events of the book he worked on a local radio.
Arthur Dent in Culture
In the episode " Christmas Invasion " of the British science fiction series Doctor Who , the Tenth Doctor , appearing in his pajamas and a bathrobe, compares himself to Arthur Dent, whom he calls a "nice man" ( English nice man ), hinting that he once lived in that same universe as the heroes of the "Guide" [4] .
The name Arthur Dent became a household name, turning into a synonym for “ Everyman of the Unperturbed ” ( Eng. Unfazed Everyman ) - an archetype of characters who, despite the fact that they are the only normal people (if not the only people at all) among all the characters, are able to understand and accept oddities constantly surrounding them, that is, to act as if nothing strange is happening around them [5] .
In honor of Arthur Dent, the asteroid (18610) Arthurdent , discovered in 1998, was named.
Notes
- ↑ Toland, Bill. . Deep in space lurks the Flying Spaghetti Monster (English) , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (September 22, 2005). Date of treatment January 2, 2014.
- ↑ Philip Johnston . Home front , The Daily Telegraph (August 3, 2004). Date of treatment October 21, 2011.
- ↑ The character was invented for the film; it does not appear in the literary version.
- ↑ Douglas Adams was one of the leading screenwriters of the Fourth Doctor .
- ↑ The Arthur Dent - Television Tropes and Idioms (English)