One of the most notable names in DC and Marvel history‚ Batman and Daredevil serve a debate on whoʻs most superior/dominant. Did you know that Ben Affleck played both Batman and Daredevil (Laugh My Ass Off)? Anyways‚ before we get into this debate we have to first take a look at their storylines on how it shaped them to the heroes they are. A little history that defines the Caped Crusader is that he serves his secret identity as Bruce Wayne. He was just a kid when he watched his parents gunned down
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Humanities Seminar 1 17 September 2014 In The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ a partly recollected epic poem about the journey of Uruk’s King‚ Gilgamesh is forced to fuck confront his fear of death‚ question his choices and morality‚ and re-evaluate his own character. Given that he sleeps with newlywed women (Tablet II‚ Column P‚ 161) and kills Humbaba only to show his prowess and leave a legacy (Tablet V‚ Column V‚ 245)‚ I am very hesitant to even call Gilgamesh a hero at the start. Nevertheless he has moments
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Jorge Mastache ENG4U Batman Begins essay Fear is one of the strongest emotions amongst human feelings‚ it is strong enough that people chose to do actions based on fear. One of the main themes in Batman Begins is fear‚ much of the plot is driven by fear‚ and the movie shows and explores fear in order to show how it affects people’s lives. It also shows how a person can be swallow by fear when you cannot control your emotions. The mastery of the control of fear is what truly liberates a human
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the greatest pieces of literature from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia known to modern scholars. It was found among ruins in Ninevah in the form of twelve large tablets‚ dating from 2‚000 B. C. This heroic poem is named for its hero‚ Gilgamesh‚ a tyrannical Babylonian king who ruled the city of Uruk. According to the myth‚ the gods responded to prayers and sent a wild brutish man‚ Enkidu‚ to challenge Gilgamesh to a wrestling match. When the contest ends‚
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makes a villain a "good" villain. Well they should be strong and powerful‚ They should be sneaky and able to get around the hero‚ and lastly they need to be able to keep the audience guessing. A villain that shows all of these characteristics and more is the joker from the batman series he is psychopath that is determined to ruin Gotham city so he can take it over but batman is there to stop him. Joker is a very strong villain. He is a physically strong character because he can fight and
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Migas 1 Andrzej Migas Hines 8 11/16/12 Epic of Gilgamesh In the quest story of The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the protagonist Gilgamesh journeys through the stages of separation‚ initiation‚ and reconciliation in the search of immortality. “The narrative focused on the exploits of an epic hero”(litracy.com) The first stage of the quest is the call. “The call to adventure sets the story by disrupting the hero’s ordinary world.”(Vogler) We notice everything is going to start changing when Enkidu
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best villain. Whether he adds to the story or is just every villain is good in some way‚ but I have a favorite. It is kind of a difficult choice for me‚ considering there are so many villains‚ but if I had to choose it would probably be from Batman. Batman has some good villains‚ but most of them are a little
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Beowulf existed to readers as an epic poem in various ways. First‚ Beowulf’s loyalty displays himself and other characters associated with Beowulf. Secondly‚ the Elevated Language that gives dignity to the hero‚ and lastly the history of Beowulf. For example‚ the fact that it is the oldest known poem. All of these examples of how Beowulf is an epic poem clearly fits the credentials of an epic poem. Beowulf demonstrates his loyalty by his three battles‚ the battle with Grendel‚ the battle with
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Beowulf and Batman are heroic figures as they display true qualities of a hero. Beowulf is a hero‚ because he protected the village Hrothgar let him stay at incase Grendel came around. Batman is a hero‚ because he protected Gotham City from the joker trying to take over Gotham City. Batman and Beowulf have the similarities of being very strong. SECTION HEADER Beowulf is always trying to help other people even if it means putting his life in danger(prezi.com). Beowulf said “If the combat kills me
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What Is Epic An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos)‚ from ἔπος (epos) "word‚ story‚ poem"[1]) is a lengthy narrative poem‚ ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.[2] Oral poetry may qualify as an epic‚ and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless‚ epics have been written down at least since the works of Virgil‚ Dante Alighieri
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