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    don’t know that all of my classmates moms‚ including my own‚ are heroes. The first responders that were at the scene of 911 are often referred to as heros. Additionally‚

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    Literature 12 February 2014 A True Hero Heroes are everywhere. They are in the stories that are read to children when they are little. They are in movies that are seen by people of all ages. Almost everybody in this world has or has had a hero at one or more times in their life. These heroes can be known for doing the right thing‚ helping others‚ religious reasons‚ etc. In the story Beowulf‚ the main character is a man‚ whose name by coincidence is Beowulf‚ who is portrayed as a super hero. The

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    Compare and Contrast Between Beowulf Poem & Film. Beowulf the movie and Beowulf the poem stay pretty close in comparision except for a few details. In the film‚ Grendel is a troll who basically wants revenge on the Danes for the death of his father. The Danes kill Grendel’s father because he took food from them. Although in the poem‚ Grendel is just described as a blood thirsty monster. Also‚ in the movie Grendel is a little more like a human. He speaks to Selma and tells her why he will not fight

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    opening of Beowulf‚ a difference is seen between two characters‚ Hrothgar’s warriors and Grendel. Hrothgar’s warriors are loyal to their leader and are vow to fight boldly to the death for Hrothgar. Grendel is a demon descended from the biblical Cain‚ the oldest son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel. That difference is sound. The speaker uses sound to describe the disparity of the two characters: "A powerful monster‚ living down / In the darkness‚ growled in pain‚ impatient / As day after day

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    Beowulf was written by an unknown Anglo Saxon poet from 700 A.D. and has been passed on ever since then. The story has been said to have taken place in 500 A.D. It is about a Kingdom called Denmark ruled by King Hrothgar whom is said to be a good ruler. The kingdom has been cursed for hundreds of years by a monster named Grendel. Every time the people of Denmark gathered in the hall of the kingdom Grendel would hear the music of god and it would hurt his ears because he was a Son of Cain. Then one

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    Two valiant heroes each looked up to by their cultures with strength beyond measure and tremendous power. The two predominant characters in this essay are thesues; a great hero to Athens and Beowulf; the renowned hero who fights the troll like monster Grendel. His mother Aethra raised Theseus. Indoctrinated that his father was the eminent Poseidon the god of the sea. When Theseus turned the age of 16 his mother explained to Theseus he was the child of Aegeus the king of Athens. Aethra instructed

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    the situation‚ the contributions from a sidekick can be very beneficial but the need for one can also be in question. Heroes achieve success when they effectively complete quests and deal with adversity in addition to performing civic justice for the people who look up to them. Those three criteria’s determine whether a sidekick is beneficial for heroes like Gilgamesh and Beowulf. Success in quests can often determine a hero’s status in a society. In the Gilgamesh story‚ both Gilgamesh and Enkidu

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    The difference between the story Beowulf and the story Grendel was very extreme. The characters were different in many ways. In Beowulf‚ Grendel was made to seem like a monster. No human attributes of all. He was killing without a cause. In the story of Grendel‚ Grendel was changing from human to monster‚ yet he still had human attributes. He could talk‚ he actually felt something in the beginning of the story‚ he had an addiction‚ the most human of all his traits. In the story Grendel states “I

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    up to as a hero. It takes a special quality and person for others to know they can look up to and follow without worrying about being lead astray. The modern day hero I have chosen is someone who not only is willing to lay his life down for another‚ but also is willing to fight for everyone ’s freedom. James A. Miller Jr. is that modern day hero; he is a Staff Sergeant in the United States Marine Corp. For the last year‚ he has been overseas fighting for not only the lives of all Americans

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    Compare & Contrast of Heroes in the Bible and Iliad Both the Iliad and the Bible have defining moments that have shaped both the Christian and Greek culture in almost similar ways. Two heroes‚ Jesus and Achilles are quite similar with some minor differences. First off‚ both Jesus and Achilles’ mothers were mortal‚ while having a divine connection through their fathers. This meant that they were born more than just man‚ but also part God. This would make them stand out‚ especially since both had

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