What is a true hero? In the Homers epic poem The Iliad it is Achilles who tends to get the glory‚ and fame as the Hero in the story. I disagree. I do not argue that that Achilles did not have many heroic qualities‚ because he did. However I do not believe he had more heroic qualities or was greater than Priams’ son‚ Hector. I hope in this brief paper I can share my beliefs on why Hector‚ the leader of the Trojan army‚ is the true hero in this classic tale. I will start with Achilles character. Achilles
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Dainel Hageman A hero is a person who has distinguished courage and ability and can be looked at as a model or ideal. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Randle Patrick McMurphy is seen to be the hero of the story. When McMurphy gets entered into the ward he is the only person in there who has any idea of what the outside world is like anymore. Throughout the movie McMurphy tries to makes the guys‚ which were already in the ward‚ understand what the outside world is like and that the only reason
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A hero is someone who did something ordinary in an extraordinary way; through thousands of years of reading about heroes in Greek mythology or‚ seeing Oprah donate five hundred million dollars to a school in Africa. Heroes have helped and inspired people to do unbelievable things. Heroes are usually very selfless and always have a lot of humility; however some heroes not till an eye opening event or‚ even death‚ Other heroes show humility through their entire life.Humility is what makes a hero truly
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Brian Wang Period 4 Ms. Hollingsworth November 2‚ 2012 The Meaning of a True Hero
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The life of Roger Casement was an interesting one to say the least. Some remember Casement as a hero while others think of him as a traitor. Casement was a man that devoted his life to investigating human’s rights in various areas of the world. When he was in his 20s‚ Casement was working for Henry Morton Stanley‚ a Welsh explorer‚ when he came across many issues in the Congolese State. It was the “Casement Report” that would lead to reform movements in the Congo. Later‚ Casement would report on
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Write about the Shakespearean hero William Shakespeare is one of the leading dramatists in history and wrote the plays against which all later dramatic writing has been measured. Shakespeare’s tragedies generally follow the Aristotelian view of the tragic hero‚ though Shakespeare does bend some of the Aristotelian "rules" when he believes it is necessary to accomplish his purpose. An examination of several of his tragedies will show how he achieves his dramatic effects in terms of
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Ms. Hamscher AP Lit Pd. 2 11/12/12 Beowulf: The Man‚ the Legend‚ the Hero Beowulf is an epic poem whose earliest surviving copy was written in 1000 A.D. The story consists of three thousand one hundred and eighty two lines that follow the life of the title character. The original author of the epic poem is unknown mainly because it started as a verbal tale passed down orally through the ages. Finally someone wrote it down in a document now called the Nowell Codex. The epic tale is centered
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1. By the definition a modern tragic hero "must be good but flawed‚ must be artistocratic‚ must be believable‚ and must behave consistantly." (Literature and Ourselves‚ 524). With that being said‚ I think Troy could be seen as a modern tragic hero. I believe that deep down Troy is a good man‚ but he is flawed in many ways Rose explains this when she said‚ "sometimes when he touched he bruised. And sometimes when he took me in his arms he cut." (Literature and outselves‚ 195). This alone explains
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and brave in significant ways their values are different. Atticus is a family man while Ethan is not. Atticus fights for what he believes in and wants racial equality. Ethan on the other hand is full of hate against the Native Americans. The greater hero of these two in my opinion is Atticus Finch‚ This is because Atticus’ values are still held today and have relation to today’s issues. In the film the searchers Ethan Edwards values was hard work and humility‚ he is also a very prejudice character
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A Person‚ A Hero‚ A Life The movie Batman Begins‚ is about a hero named Batman‚ who saves Gotham City from The League of Shadows as they try to poison the city with a gas that causes panic. Batman‚ is a popular hero in todays culture‚ as he fights crime and saves people’s lives. Although this is a good example of a hero‚ this is not the only way a hero should be viewed. A hero doesn’t just save people’s lives‚ a hero can also be someone who touches someone’s life‚ and inspires them by their actions
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