For a king to remain in control and not be overthrown, he needs to be generous to his people and his army. Heroes also are generous to the people, ultimately gaining their trust, and then authority. In literature, devices like foreshadowing can help to illustrate the periodicity of benevolence and points to the final result. Heroism and royalty both follow a cycle of generosity and result in power. Foreshadowing is used to accentuate the cycle between the heroes and royalty and emphasizes its continuation. Heroes are generally people who are judged based on their actions. They share the common traits of courage, sacrifice, loyalty, and compassion. Over time, the desirable traits for a hero change. For example, the Anglo-Saxon culture of Beowulf’s time had considerably different ways life than we do now. The Anglo-Saxons were heavily reliant on their
For a king to remain in control and not be overthrown, he needs to be generous to his people and his army. Heroes also are generous to the people, ultimately gaining their trust, and then authority. In literature, devices like foreshadowing can help to illustrate the periodicity of benevolence and points to the final result. Heroism and royalty both follow a cycle of generosity and result in power. Foreshadowing is used to accentuate the cycle between the heroes and royalty and emphasizes its continuation. Heroes are generally people who are judged based on their actions. They share the common traits of courage, sacrifice, loyalty, and compassion. Over time, the desirable traits for a hero change. For example, the Anglo-Saxon culture of Beowulf’s time had considerably different ways life than we do now. The Anglo-Saxons were heavily reliant on their