Ajha McMillian H.1 12/9/12 Heroes A hero is typically someone legendary or someone of great strength or ability. In my opinion a hero is not just a person you see every day or a celebrity in which you think is cool. A hero is someone who works hard for everything! In some cases a hero to some people‚ is someone who loves them‚ and won’t stop loving them. My hero is‚ my mom‚ in my eyes she is extraordinary because she stands out. My mom is the role model‚ in my life and in my mind worthy of
Premium Hero English-language films
Medea and Dido “Love is like a friendship caught on fire.” (Bruce Lee para. 1). Love can burn. Whether the burn is pleasant or ruthless is for your own experience. However‚ two women in the ancient societies can demonstrate the uglier side of love quite easily. The women are Medea and Dido. They each fall in love with great heros with the help of gods‚ and each of them made great sacrifices for the men. Medea kills her brother for Jason‚ which ensures
Premium Love Aeneid Dido
The Aeneid and Medea Book IV of The Aeneid is an epic poem that is considered one the best known works of Virgil in 20 B.C for the Roman civilization. On the contrary‚ Euripides was known throughout Troy for one of his tragic epic’s named Medea. Virgil and Euripides are from different civilizations and wrote the plays in different years‚ they might not have known each other but in both works they describe the dangers of excessive pride. Hubris is another word for pride by the Greeks. Book IV of
Premium Aeneid Virgil Greek mythology
around comes around” they all say. Karma that is‚ some people believe that when you wrong others‚ you will in due time be wronged as well. Karma can be given out by the person who has been wrong‚ or it can be totally natural. In the Greek play Medea‚ Medea sets out to hand deliver karma to the woman Jason cheated with and plans to marry. She makes an intricate plan to give the princess of Corinth a lovely robe paired with a diadem‚ and to these items she laces it with deadly poison. The poison not
Premium Macbeth Duncan I of Scotland Macbeth of Scotland
HEROES ESSAY Hero stands for different things to different people. Some people understand hero as a film or sports star. In some societies‚ a hero is someone who is handsome‚ rich and powerful. Are these requirements‚ rich‚ handsome and powerful really a hero? All these may help make a hero‚ but it is not necessary one should be rich‚ handsome and or educated to be a hero. What is hero and what makes person a hero? Heroes are role models of society because they have several important characteristics
Premium Hero Leadership British Empire
Medea notes: Written around 431 BC and set in Corinth Medea had a natural passion for revenge The play revolutionised revenge tragedies by letting its heroine off the hook What happens: At the beginning Medea is in dire straits‚ her husband Jason has married Glauce daughter of Creon king of Corinth and on top of that Creon banishes both Medea and her two sons. She swears bloody revenge sets about finding a way to kill them all. She convinces Creon to allow her to stay one more day to put
Premium Medea Greek mythology Family
Heroes (1998) is a short novel by American author Robert Cormier aimed at teenagers. The book is set in Frenchtown‚ Massachusetts during World War II. The novel focuses on the protagonist‚ Francis Joseph Cassavant’s return to Frenchtown after coming back disfigured from the war‚ and wears a scarf covering his face to save others from seeing the horror of his injuries and wanting to be anonymous. We learn that Francis has specifically returned to Frenchtown for a purpose‚ which is to kill Larry LaSalle
Premium World War II Robert Cormier Love
they have to defend his or her people‚ heroes will rise when needed. The stories of Beowulf‚ Achilles‚ and Aeneas provide the reader with an example of what society of that time viewed a hero as and how they can compare with one another. Homer’s Iliad shows the reader whom ancient society believed a hero to be. It was written in a time when society relied on those strong enough and brave enough to rule the people. This was perfect for the character‚ Achilles‚ because in the Iliad he is described
Premium Apollo Iliad Trojan War
protagonists of the poems are Beowulf (of Beowulf)‚ Achilles (of the Iliad) and Rama (from Ramayana). Beowulf is a Geat‚ Achilles a Greek and Rama an Indian. Despite their origins‚ they all share significant traits. The protagonists tend to be warriors‚ thus they’re weapons are ones normal warriors use such as swords‚ although their weapons may be more special than the average ones. All three characters bear great amounts of strength and/or courage‚ making them heroes as they are able to accomplish the impossible
Free Achilles Iliad Homer
Heroes In the next few paragraphs I will be talking about the Gilgamesh and Beowulf. I will be explaining a little about both their backgrounds‚ were the stories came from and how they became heroes. Lastly I will compare and contrast on both characters. First I would like to talk about were the story of Gilgamesh and where it came from. This story is considered to be one of the greatest pieces of literature in about 2000 B.C. (Pg. 98) the story of Gilgamesh “Written in the Old Babylonian dialect
Premium Ishtar Akkadian language Epic of Gilgamesh