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    Flawed Character Flaws

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    Nicholas Cage “I like flawed characters because somewhere in them I see more of the truth.” This quote means that impuissance and imperfection in characters avail us to more preponderant understand those characters and go deep in them. I agree with this quote because we learn from our faults and in the same way we understand a character precisely that has imperfections. “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller helps to understand the fact that a flawed character is a true character. The Characterization

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    Beowulf was written by The Beowulf Poet in 449 A.D. It lets a person see an example of a epic hero who has these extraordinary qualities of a person. For example‚ super-human strength‚ loyalty‚ bravery‚ and devotion to duty. Beowulf‚ the main character‚ kills sea monsters‚ demons anything that comes his way‚ and he does until one creature might stop his winning streak. The physical description of Beowulf allows the reader to see how significantly of an epic hero is that Beowulf is very strong‚ loyal

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    Beowulf Essay The epic heroic poem of “Beowulf” is the oldest manuscript that is still being read. This 3183 lines poem has raised the national epic status in England. This story is about an Anglo Saxon hero named Beowulf‚ a courageous‚ strong and protagonist of this epic‚ that has to battle with three different monsters that are: Grendel‚ Grendel’s mother‚ and the dragon‚ in order to defend the people that needed his help. Grendel is depicted as a huge‚ strong‚ and horrible monster that everybody

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    What is a “Hero”? We’ve heard this question so many times‚ but yet everyone seems to have a different outlook. Beowulf is by far one of the best epic heroes of all time. The story of Beowulf was written back in 700 C.E by an unknown author. The original style of the writing was old English‚ and currently only one of the original copies of the story remains. Beowulf is such a good example of an epic hero because he adheres to many of the common qualities of an epic hero. He was determined‚ courageous

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    is a hero? Many people have different definitions of what a hero can be for example Beowulf. In the story BeowulfBeowulf the hero is described as a great fighter and a man of tremendous strength. In my opinion a hero is not what the story describes a hero as. my definition of a hero is a good person who does something nice or saves somebody. A hero can also be someone you look up too. The Hollywood’s definition of a hero is way different than my definition of a hero their definition of a hero is

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    Beowulf is considered an epic hero for all his battles in his book “Beowulf”. Beowulf was known for many battles‚ but I the book he was in three epic battles. Some of his battles include killing five sea monsters‚ Grendel‚ and his own son. He also was known to have fought and killed Grendel’s mother‚ even though he didn’t. He also became the king of Herot. Him being an epic hero is why he was laid in the tower‚ that the Geats had built him‚ with all the treasures from Grendel’s mothers lair. The

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    Beowulf: A Pagan Epic Hero? Throughout literature there have been countless parallels and references to the story of Christ as written in the Bible. Even in such unexpected places as in seemingly pagan poems of ancient Danes and Geats- an epic with dragons and monsters- one still finds similar biblical allusions. In just such an unexpected place‚ the epic Beowulf‚ it’s title hero and his circumstance‚ become an allegory for the story of Christ. In this sense‚ Beowulf can be seen as a Christian

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    some old and others new. The story Beowulf‚ is believed to be the oldest major literature to have been written in the English language. This historic epic was written by an unknown poet‚ and dates back to between the 8th and 11th centuries. Tragedy almost struck in 1731 when the leather manuscript of Beowulf was nearly destroyed while under the custody of Sir Robert Cotton while in his library( British). In this epic story‚ the protagonist of this script is Beowulf‚ prince of the Geats from Scandinavia

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    ever heard of was King Arthur. I guess I had also heard of the name Beowulf‚ but only because there was a new movie coming out called that. I knew nothing about him though. But after reading the stories in this lesson‚ I became much more aware of both of these characters. As I was reading‚ I found out that Beowulf is an epic hero‚ and that King Arthur is a romantic hero. There are two other heroes that I read about‚ Gilgamesh and Achilles‚ but I chose to just write about Beowulf and Arthur because

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    Beowulf: The Legendary Hero of the Millennium The worst and most feared monsters of the fen are coming for the people‚ and only one hero can stop them. The epic story Beowulf was originally written in Old English over one thousand years ago‚ and‚ since then‚ has been interpreted into many different versions. Throughout the story‚ the hero Beowulf defeats many feared enemies and is honored by people for his actions. In his homeland‚ he later becomes the king and defeats the Firedrake as his final

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