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What does a hero look like in there Society? How would other heros do in their Society to make them a Legend? The Heroic qualities of Beowulf and my Fictional Character shows there valves in their Societies. The Definitions of Values is who someone is as a person and shows hows they can be a hero and help others in a society. Secondly, how people look at the hero and what they think of that hero do they think he is good or bad, strong and mighty, weak and frail, agile and sneaky are some of the stuff the people in their society could think. Lastly, how they made a mark on the society they are in, how they will be remembered as legends in time. The similarities of the the two character, Beowulf and Green arrow. In the story Beowulf it talks

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