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    Hero a Journey

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    ‘We only need heroes in times of war or catastrophe’. Discuss with reference to a film or text of your choice. The film ‘Hero’ (2002)‚ directed by Yimou Zhang‚ is set during the ‘Warring States Period’ of Chinese Antiquity‚ prior to the unification of these states by the ‘first’ Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang ‚ the historic model for the film’s King of Qin . In a climate of terror and ruthless violence‚ minorities defend their right to exist as independent people‚ with separate linguistic and

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    Hero Inflation

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    performing a heroic act‚ not required of them. Yet today‚ many heroes are the results of certain public servants duties being inflated‚ because they are for the most‚ part of their job duties. This is the case developed by the writer Nicholas Thompson in “Hero Inflation”. It appeasers he has taken the view that innocent casualties of the 911 attack were victims and not heroes. With regards of the public servants of the September 911 tragedy‚ he stated their acts were not outside of their required duties

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    Philip Is A Hero

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    What is a hero? My comment on the interview: I think Philip is coming up with some good answers to how an idol is one thing‚ and a hero is another. I think it’s true what he’s telling Ted about Christiano Ronaldo‚ and I agree that a football player can’t be a hero‚ in less he saved someone’s life or something like that. So Phillip is definitely right. Why are children more impressionable than adults when it comes to heroes and idols? I think it’s because children always have someone

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    Hero and Beowulf

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    The Anglo-Saxon hero had to have a strong sense of duty‚ possess honor‚ be courageous and lastly they had to have incredible strength. In the case of Beowulf‚ even though he boasted of his feats and his ability to defeat anyone placed before him‚ he was still perceived as humble. A hero must be willing to sacrifice his or her own life without giving a second thought. An excellent example of a hero in Anglo-Saxon literature is Beowulf. The first heroic characteristic that Beowulf possesses is honor

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    antigone is not a hero

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    Sophocles‚ the main character Antigone faces difficult decisions that revolve around a foolish law created by her uncle‚ Creon. This law is the cause of the many hardships and tragedies Creon face. Although Creon makes this unjust law‚ he is still a hero. In the beginning of the play‚ Creon makes an unjust and unreasonable law. The law makes it a crime to bury the body of Polyneices because he “attacked” the city of Thebes. The law is condemned by the citizens of Thebes and angers them. This

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    Hero Journey

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    phases; the departure‚ the initiation‚ and the return. (Wikipedia) The first phase is the departure phase‚ which consists of three stages; the call to adventure‚ the refusal of the call‚ and supernatural aid. The call to adventure‚ is when the hero is in a “mundane situation of normality from which some information is received that acts as a call to head off into the unknown.” (Wikipedia) Ulysses call to adventure began when he accepted to lead his men and go to troy and fight against King Priam

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    Tragic Hero

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    considered a tragic hero A tragic hero is a character that holds a high position in society but is not perfect. Aristotle discusses ideas of a tragic hero in his book of literary theory titles Poetics. He believes that although a tragic hero is great‚ he or she possesses a tragic flaw that contributes to his downfall. However‚ this downfall may not be pure loss‚ but brings attention and awareness of the hero. According to Aristotle’s description of a tragic hero‚ Selena Quintanilla

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    Church in 14th century Europe.The pilgrims taking part in this pilgrimage are not necessarily the most pious pilgrims in the world: for many of the travelers‚ this pilgrimage is a tourist expedition rather than a devout religious quest.Chaucer utilizes this anthology of works to develop his ideas about the imperfections of the Catholic Church and how many people viewed

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    Is Sugihara A Hero

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    Sugihara was a hero in my eyes because of what he did. He helped so many people in need‚ despite whatever punishment he would face for doing so. He was selfless and brave‚ even if all he truly did was stamp and write on papers. Even so‚ he was a hero to many‚ and very important to those people and their families. To me‚ that is a hero. In my eyes‚ an example of a hero would be a Japanese man named Chinue Sugihara. He was a Japanese diplomat who served as Vice-consul for the Empire of Japan in

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    the concept of a hero

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    Reading The Concept of a Hero‚ From Greek Civilization‚ I realized their views were very different from ours in our time today. Basically to the Greek people‚ whoever was a hero‚ was a God also. As to us‚ anyone can be a hero. To us it’s the little things people do that make them a hero. one thing I do notice is the same type of importance we give to the most powerful‚ or most known. If you were to ask someone who they thought they were heroes you would get a lot of the same answers. It would be

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