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    Aeneas as a Hero

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    Murphy 1 Amy Murphy EN 102 July 25‚ 2011 Ms.Gunter Aeneas as a Hero The character of Aeneas emerges as a hero during his escape from Troy in Book II of the Aeneid. He does need help at times‚ realizing his destiny; and so he is visited by the ghosts of Hector and Creusa‚ and also‚ by the goddess‚ Venus‚ his mother. These supernatural events have given Aeneas what is needed to lead the people of Troy; and to set out in search for the new city they would call Rome. The description

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    Development of a Hero

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    The Development of a Hero Leslie Smith 1494000 Professor Elrod-Sadler Core 4 19 April 2013 Today when we think of heroes most people instantly think of professional athletes or movie stars. However‚ fame and talent simply does not make someone a hero in my book. To me‚ a hero is someone who has overcome great obstacles in their life‚ is highly motivated‚ displays honesty‚ courage‚ skill‚ decisiveness‚ is dedicated to helping others‚ and shows humility. I am going to examine two characters

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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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    the Marshall Aid and Truman Doctrine. It was also written in 1947 around the time of the Marshall plan for educated people who would read this magazine‚ so its purpose would have most likely been to re-assure the people that Western Europe is being defended from communism. This source depicts Truman hammering down a line of dollars to defend Western Europe from communism as there are stormy clouds coming from Eastern Europe‚ showing the takeover of communism. Also in the Truman doctrine‚ the main

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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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    hailed as a war hero by the American people‚ although he would not be greeted as such until he returned home after being discharged from the Korean War on April 11th‚ 1951. After World War

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