Brett Fowler 2/3/11 5TH HOUR My Epic Hero My epic hero is a person that has been there for all my life. He has helped me through thick and thin. He is the man who made me the person I am today. He is special to my heart. Even though we have had our fights we always forgive each other. I love my dad. One of the reasons that my dad is my hero is because when I had to go to the emergency room for my back he never left my side. He was the one that was willing to take me. He knew that I was in
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Beowulf and Sir Gawain: The Epic Hero In the epic poems Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Beowulf and Sir Gawain portray the five epic hero traits through their own individual journeys. Both heroes demonstrate courage and bravery‚ skilled with a weapon‚ strength‚ moral virtue‚ and wisdom in similar and contrasting ways. From slaying villains and dragons to using prior knowledge and insight for making proper decisions‚ they are two excellent illustrations of epic heroes. The first characteristic
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Odysseus Many people talk about epic heroes‚ and all their qualities of being so epic. Epic heroes evolve from what they do and how they are. They have this life of being admired or being so good at something. Well‚ Odysseus is an epic hero‚ my epic hero. He has all the perfect qualities for him to be called an epic hero. Odysseus has gone through many things during his life as it is said in the odyssey. The odyssey explains and tells the story of Odysseus on the journey he had. It was a long
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contrast Achilles and Gilgamesh. Are they villains or heroes? Two oldest and greatest poems "Gilgamesh" and "The Illiad" begins with description of the protagonist works. Both main characters in the poems are very young‚ strong‚ brave‚ endowed with extraordinary beauty and indomitable energy. Each of them is a model of selfless friendship. We see that in poems the death of a friend pushes both of them to decisive action‚ leading to the end of poem. There is no doubt that positive hero should
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faces death defying feats that no ordinary man would be able to complete‚ thus giving him the hero status. Beowulf encountered many battles‚ where he selflessly put his own life on the line to stop evil from tormenting the Danes. Because Beowulf travels across the sea‚ kills Grendel‚ slays Grendel’s mother and ultimately fights the last battle of his life against the dragon‚ he can be known as an epic hero. There was an undefeatable creature named Grendel lurking around the area of Herot
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the soldiers by giving each a positive quality. The scene where Priam the King chastens himself by putting his life at risk to beg for hi son’s dead body‚ thinking that they will kill him and surprisingly they don’t. He begs and Achilles agrees to give it back. Achilles is king enough to say “Yes‚ I’ll do this”‚ and is patient enough to warn Priam not to yell so he doesn’t kill him. This
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Sandra Lopez English I HP‚ Period 6 Miss Grabowski January 27‚ 2011 Odysseus as Epic Hero The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ describes an epic hero to be a mortal male‚ someone who goes on along‚ dangerous expedition‚ also who is very brave‚ intelligent‚ and responsible. He will face many conflicts yet always manages to prevail. Odysseus possesses all these traits and demonstrates it throughout the entire Odyssey‚ such as when Odysseus and his men become trapped in a Cyclops’ cave and he needs
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The 14th Dalai Lama: An Ultimate Hero In Merriam-Webster’s 11th Edition Collegiate Dictionary the term “epic hero” is defined as: a character who is brave and noble‚ and also has many great achievements. This defines the current Dalai Lama(Lhamo Dondrub) perfectly in my opinion‚ for several reasons. He exemplifies all characteristics of an Epic hero‚ better yet he’s an Ultimate Hero. He has fought against communism for years peacefully and won a Nobel Peace Prize because of those noble actions
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Despite the grand scope of Homer ’s epics--which present warfare‚ heroism‚ adventure and divinity as forces that shape human destinyThe Iliad may be seen as an account of the circumstances that irrevocably alter the life of one man: Achilles‚ greatest of warriors. Through the course of the poem‚ Achilles goes through many ordeals that change his character immensely. From the initial callousness and stubborn temper of Achilles to the eventual humanization ’ of Achilles in his interaction with the grieving
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Do you want to know what Epic Hero I chose? I chose to write about King Arthur‚ the Legendary British King. King Arthur is a Legendary King from Great Britain known as the best king that Great Britain ever has had. His Legend comes from medieval times‚ and it says that he was the one who lead Britain a victory against the Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th century AD. In some poems‚ Arthur is known as a Great Warrior defending Britain‚ or as a magical folklore. In the French stories‚ it
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