How Hero’s Influence a Culture How hero’s act and are perceived by their people, can expose morals of those people, their time period, and the culture as a whole. In Beowulf’s time, the way everyone looked at him was clear; he is the picturesque hero. He had the looks, he had the muscle, he had the courage and drive to keep the people safe. The people of the time saw a hero as someone who would give anything to have the chance to defeat a monster to have a good reputation. It was thought that a worthy death in battle was preferred to an unmemorable death. I feel that this reflects the culture as a whole valued pride above all else.
A modern-day hero, like a soldier, can reflect what we as a society perceive as heroic qualities. They’d have
A modern-day hero, like a soldier, can reflect what we as a society perceive as heroic qualities. They’d have