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    way‚ and strengthened Rome ten-fold? Why‚ Julius Caesar did! Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor and he changed a strong republic into a total democracy. As the emperor‚ he conquered a lot of land and made a lot of enemies. I believe he was a hero and all of the bad things he did were justified with the result he made. Julius Caesar was an amazing generol in the military. His amazing military leadership skills are the main reason why he became the emperor. To become emperor‚ he had to defeat

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    extremely important. In the poem Beowulf‚ the character Beowulf illustrates an ideal example of the desire to achieve fame. Beowulf is a young adventurer eager for fame and is also classified as an epic hero. An epic hero is someone who is on a quest‚ risks his or her life for glory or fame‚ and embodies the ideals or values of his or her culture. Clearly Beowulf possesses all of these essentials of an epic hero throughout the poem. One of the essentials that Beowulf possesses is the unquenchable

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    Hero A hero is someone that inspire someone else and make an impact on someone’s life and showing the right thing to do. Like Beowulf he was a great dragon slayer and he had no super powers‚ and didn’t even use a weapon. The towns people worshiped him and later crowning him king of the village for his heroic deed. Heroes are all around and many people are defined heroes to different people of different beliefs some people think that a hero is someone with super powers and others think that a

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    Due to the fact that Napoleon was very successful in his efforts for France‚ his large ego and desire for power made it difficult to judge him as a hero or a tyrant‚ despite that the French still consider him as a hero. Napoleon’s actions were shaped by the conditions in France and Europe at that time. He made his decisions based on what he thought was best for his country‚ but also for himself‚ showing his tyranny. Napoleon established many important ideas that are in place in Europe and France

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    his actions. Thereby‚ the journalist named him as a whistleblower and compared him with Daniel Ellsberg‚ who also supported Snowden. As a result‚ the supporting newspaper demonstrated their support and asked to pardon for him‚ because Snowden was a hero for them. One the other hand‚ the other media sources illustrated him as a traitor who didn’t have enough education to understand the harmful consequences to nation protection from terrorism. The newspapers stated that he could double agent who worked

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    These poor animals weren’t saved they just went from one hell hole to another. We despise Vanderpoop for actions and while many will claim she is a hero or brings publicity the reality for this reality star is she is a fraud and does NOTHING for this cause. The people fighting to end the Yulin Festival and shutting down the morally rehensaple dog meat industry in general have been fighting the good fight for YEARS before Vanderpoop and her oxygen sucking publicity tour even knew you didn’t spell

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    What Is Rosa Parks A Hero

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    my hero did not give up. She did what was right and for her people. What I think makes a hero is when you are brave you are strong save your people stand up for your people.That’ what a true hero would do for her people.Some information about my heros is that she does not give up.She does what right.Also she stands up for her people and she is brave because with what she did that had to be brave.Rosa Parks is a hero because she help her people. Reson two she did some brave and did not make her

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    Hamlet is a character of many different personalities and qualities. One of Hamlet’s most evident qualities would be his ability to make quick decision

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    Beowulf is the story about a great warrior‚ prince of the Geats‚ the strongest man in the world. Beowulf is able to kill the spawn of the devil and the devil spawns mother and many other creatures. Beowulf is sent to Hrothgar to help them with a monster who has been terrorizing their home because the monster hates human joy and laughter. This is one of the first creatures he agrees to challenge. Beowulf is an epic hero because he is on a quest‚ he has superhuman strength‚ he also risks death or glory

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    why Theseus is a modern day hero. Theseus would be a hero today because he saves the people of Athens‚ from the Minotaur. He stands bravely with a sword gripped in his hands‚ ready to battle the beast. “With a grunt‚ the beast charges directly into Theseus’s sword‚ which sliced through its neck”. After Theseus had killed the Minotaur he knew his people were safe. “The Minotaur bellows‚ utters a fearful moan‚ and then a gasp of death”. This shows proof that Theseus would be a hero today because he

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