Tragic Hero In many‚ a tragedy do the tragic heroes have flaws that lead themselves to their own demise. The main character always acts exactly on his or her own emotions; thus aiding their tragic flaw and leading to their own demise without giving them the time to stop the repercussions of their emotion driven actions. In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles many of the characters are simply too headstrong and passionate about their beliefs to realize that they would greatly regret the decisions
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EMolly Hackling‚ 7th Period 10/29/11 Epically Heroic Epic Hero- (n.) a brave and noble character in an epic poem‚ admired for great achievements. Odysseus and Spiderman both fit this description. The characteristics they displayed in their daily lives make them deserving of this title. In the novel The Odyssey by Homer‚ the main character Odysseus must learn how to take special gifts given to him by a goddess and use them to keep him alive. By comparison‚ in the screenplay Spiderman by David
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Johnny Do you know what a hero is? A hero to me is someone who has courage to stand up against things and that risks his own life for something small. They are also outstanding achievements. “Y’all were heroes from the beginning.” (Hinton‚107) I believe that someone in the book “The Outsiders” named Johnny is a hero. He is because he saved Ponyboy‚ he saved all the kids from the church that caught on fire‚ and he gave Dally something to live for. Ponyboy and Johnny fell asleep in the park and
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To be a tragic hero‚ the heroes must be inherently good people who have good intentions. In addition to their changes in fortune‚ tragic heroes must‚ in the end‚ recognize their own responsibility for their behavior and accept their fate with dignity. In Sophocles‚ Antigone there are two types of tragic heroes a traditional tragic hero and a sophoclean tragic hero. Traditional Greek tragic heroes have four main qualities: Arete‚ a type of excellence‚ Hubris‚ an excessive degree of pride‚ Ate‚ imprudence
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What is a hero? On Dictonary.com it states thats its “ a brave and noble character in an epic poem‚ admired for great achievements or affected by grand events ” Now the real questios is. Is Odysseus a hero? In the Odyssey by Homer‚ it’s an epic poem about a man is stuck in a war for many years. He finally escapes the war to go home but instead is faced with many adventures to come along the way. On his adventures he goes through terrible storms‚ Wicked creatures‚ he also had to face gods and goddesses
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The Day I met my Hero. I had always been the girl to throw money on useless things. At that time I didn’t care about anything except brands and designers. My parents were obviously worried about me as I had no aims‚ goals‚ role models or hero in life as I thought I already had everything and anything I wanted. And as I had just started my last year in high school my parents wanted me to actually graduate with good marks and go to university‚ which seemed useless to me. But that all changed when
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The Epic Hero’s Cycle and Up The 2009 Disney film Up is about Mr. Frederickson’s long anticipated journey for adventure. As a young boy‚ Carl Frederickson idolizes the famous explorer‚ Charles Muntz. He enjoys spending most of his time watching documentaries and researching Muntz’s latest expeditions. On his way home from watching the latest documentary‚ Carl meets a buoyant young girl named Ellie‚ who is ardent about the same explorer as well. They both immediately share a connection upon their
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My hero Nowadays‚ there are more and more movies and books about hero. For example‚ the hero in the movies: superman‚ spider man‚ and the Avengers‚ those hero they all have super power‚ they are very strong‚ and they job was saved the world and survival humans. The view of those hero was so powerful they will not die and any challenge will be solve. Hero can also be explain in different way‚ in the “Unbroken” the main character Louis Zamperini is the hero. Louis didn’t have superpower‚ he did
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A hero in my opinion is someone who is courageous and strong. There are many people that fit my definition of what a hero is‚ but there is one person in particular I want to talk about. My grandma is my hero because of what she endured at the age of 4. Not every person goes through what she experienced‚ which is every mother’s nightmare. In 1962‚ Patricia and Graham Jacobson welcomed a baby girl to the world and they named her Cynthia. Little did they know that the baby they were holding would
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My Michigan Hero We all have at least one hero. It can be a friend‚ a family member‚ or simply a stranger you met on the streets. My hero is my mom‚ Yan Li Cheng‚ who is a small Chinese woman with short black hair and warm chocolate eyes. Her smiles and laughter always cheer me up and she always supports me whenever I need it. Yan Li Cheng‚ my mother‚ is my hero because she has taught me that working hard will definitely pay off in the future. My mother struggled as a child. After she had turned
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