Who is your hero? It could be a firefighter‚ a police officer‚ even a celebrity; but what makes a hero? What is a hero? A hero is someone who would give up everything to save or protect people around him. After reading the myth “The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog” I saw an actual hero come from‚ literally‚ the bottom of the pack. The character rose up from the bottom‚ to the top for himself and his people. In “The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog”‚ the main character‚ Long Arrow was deaf. He had no
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Shelley‘s novel‚ Frankenstein‚ the monster was right to blame Victor Frankenstein for his miserable life. Frankenstein should have cared and looked out for the monster because he was the one who brought the monster to life. Frankenstein was responsible for how the monster looks because Frankenstein created him. Frankenstein also tried to kill the monster rather than love him in an effort to control the damage that the monster was doing. Frankenstein made the monster. He created the body‚ and set everything
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Blade of RA This is the untold story of the blade of RA. Whose magical powers are said to make the wielder of the blade have untold of powers and strength. It is said that this power is so great the one to posses this blade will be named king of kings. Our story begins in young Egypt following a young orphan boy named Atem. Who’s parents was killed by the evil king when he was seven years old‚ because they defied the king’s law to give up a key that contains the secrete to unlocking the blade
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For individuals to be seen as heroes in ancient world they had to meet specific criteria. Above all‚ a man needed to be a skilled warrior‚ who had to respect authority‚ both governmental and religious. Heroes were given no room for pride‚ they were to be modest‚ not only giving credit to their culture and the gods for any great deeds they had done‚ but also accepting everything that happened as fate‚ not scenarios they had created for themselves. In other words‚ they did not make themselves who they
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Andromeda is one of the first of the founding myths who established the pantheon of the twelve Olympians and the origin of the Danaans. Founding myths usually involve the slaying of some kind of archaic monster‚ perhaps the idol of a previous religion or some symbol. In this case‚ it was Medusa‚ who was brought to Greece from Libya‚ where she was worshipped by the Amazons as Metis‚ a serpent goddess. Cetus was a constellation first seen years before the Greeks by the Mesopotamians‚ who labelled it as
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The myth of Perseus and his slaying of the only mortal Gorgon‚ Medusa has its origins in Greek mythology which portray the ancient Greek societies social values‚ expectations and punishments. It denotes coming of age‚ and growing old; beauty and ugliness; the mystery of love and marriage; and indicates the use of alienation as a form of repentance or punishment. The myth of Medusa is a tale of Perseus‚ son of Danae‚ and grandson of Acrisius who was king of Argos. An oracle warned Acrisius that
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In the second chapter of part two‚ there seems to be a conflict between selfishness and selflessness as the conception of heroism is brought to light. Heroism demands selflessness‚ a willingness to give oneself to a bigger cause. The Elves’ sacrifice is especially critical‚ as the destruction of the Ring would bring the end of their own power and all they have built with it. In contrast‚ Sauron understands only the desire for power. This characteristic is the weakness that those who fight Sauron
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The Iliad‚ Its Characters and the Code of Honor Within the ancient text of The Iliad‚ heroes define and mold their character through decisions based on a set of principles‚ which are referred to as the “Code of Honor.” The heroic code which Homer presents to the reader is an underlying cause for many of the events which occur‚ but many of the characters differ on their perceptions and the gravity of the code. Achilles actions often find him going “against the grain” of the code of honor. His actions
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by Luella Rae The Monsters in Beowulf Beowulf is an old English prose poem that originates from Anglo Saxon Germanic culture. Although‚ the author‚ R. M. Liuzza‚ translates Beowulf from Old English into modern English verse‚ the date and place of composition of Beowulf are unknown; however‚ there seems to be a link to the pagan Germanic and Christian sources because of the historical timeframes‚” says Liuzza (10). In my essay‚ I will explore the possibilities that Beowulf was written from
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Hades was the god of the underworld. He had two brothers‚ Zeus and Poseidon. They divided the world between the three of them. Zeus got the heavens and was god of all gods and humans‚ Poseidon got the oceans‚ and Hades got the underworld. There are many things people don’t know about Hades like what kind of god he was‚ who he really was‚ and how he stole his wife Persephone. In the first place Hades was‚ as stated above the god of the underworld‚ but what kind of god was he? Hades was known to
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