Why is Romeo a hero? A hero is a character that embodies key traits valued his or her society. For instance‚ General Lee is considered a hero‚ because he stood‚ against all odds‚ for his state. General Grant‚ likewise‚ is a hero‚ because he was successful in ending the Civil War. In this sense‚ Romeo is not a hero. On the contrary‚ he is an idiot. He is so‚ because he lacks responsibility; is disrespectful of authority; and arrogant. Romeo lacks responsibility‚ because when he murder Tybalt
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Nobody knows what a hero is the first time you ask them. The long pause that exists when you’re asked to define one‚ or when you’re asked who yours is. After all‚ what is a hero? Bravery‚ courageousness‚ valiant; all adjectives coming to mind of a hero. The surgeons‚ the doctors‚ the nurses‚ all the way to the clerk who checked you into the hospital; even though it wasn’t the clerk performing the stitches‚ they wouldn’t be there without them. The teachers‚ underpaid to educate kids about the essentials
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unlikely hero‚ when he was accumulating money to buy back his grandmother’s regalia‚ he was helping others that crossed his path‚ the Aleut Indians‚ Mary from the Korean grocery store‚ and his Indian cousins in the bar. Additionally‚ nearly every person he encountered returned the kindness to him. Winning the regalia back means that Jackson has won back what has been missing for him‚ his identity. Jackson was lost for
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rethink how to improve from failure. The protagonist‚ Grigory Aleksandrovich Pechorin‚ with Mikhail Lermontov author of A Hero Of Our Time‚ carries out a life as self-portraying himself as to be a dominant person over others. Pechorin suits to an ideology of being mentally tough to shy away from revealing emotions to prevent emotion harm. It is in the Russian novella‚ A Hero Of Our Time‚ where Mikhail Lermontov illustrates the message that much in society‚ as represented through the life of Pechorin
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_________ Poets try to use a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional response and to try to get us‚ the reader‚ to sense a particular thing. In this poem “Ozymandias” by Shelley Percy Bysshe‚ there are different types of sound devices. The poet uses alliteration multiple times throughout the poem. “Cold command” and “boundless and bare” are examples of alliteration because the beginning letter of each word is the same. Alliteration helps the poet to make their meaning
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Jennifer Leung 10 English Literature April 7‚ 2014 Ms. Britte Is Okonkwo a tragic hero? Okonkwo is the protagonist in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart. He was one of the Igbo people and he was also one of the most important men in his society. I would like to define the term tragic hero before I discuss whether Okonkwo is a tragic hero or not. A tragic hero is a literary character who had noble life at first but eventually died because of his own wrong judgment about something and his judgment
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In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare Macduff is portrayed as both a hero and a traitor. Through the play Macduff leaves his family‚ attacks the king‚ Macbeth‚ and kills Macbeth. In the play Macduff is shown as traitor in many ways. Macduff is a traitor for many reasons. In act 4 scene 3 Macduff goes to Malcolm‚ who is the prince of cumberland meaning he is the one who was supposed to become king next‚ and tells him about all bad things that are happening in scotland. Macduff also tries to convince
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A hero is a person who believes that their enemy is not inherently malevolent‚ but also has wit and bravery. A good example of a hero is Benjamin Church. Church was an Englishman who went from leading a small group of men to leading an army. Church was brave‚ although he was injured he returned to war. church was also compassionate‚ he is against englishman who enslave or kill innocent Indians. Lastly Church had wit‚ his tactics for building an effective army and planned attacks were what brought
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The Tragic hero & The Oedipus 1. Oedipus Rex is not only the greatest play of Sophocles but also the greatest Greek play. Aristotle‚ in the poetics‚ gives very high praise to the play. According to Aristotle‚ the tragic hero is a highly esteemed and prosperous man who falls into misfortune because of some serious hamartia. He particularly gives the example of Oedipus. Oedipus is closely the intermediate kind of person stipulated by Aristotle‚ not much wicked‚ not much virtuous. The complete reversal
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The Conscientious Objector. The conscientious objector tells us about a person who refuses to be involved in war for moral and ethical reasons. War has never solved problems. In this poem‚ war itself is being considered as immoral. This is because war takes lives. The poet herself is speaking in this poem. In the first sentence when she says “I shall die‚ but that is all I shall do for Death” she recognizes that Death is inevitable. But‚ she refuses to take any part in it. The next lines
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