Sir Orfeo And Degare Research Paper

Creating the Hero in Sire Degare and Sir Orfeo
The characteristics that make a hero differ between Sire Degare and Sir Orfeo. Although there are many similarities in their roles, how they perform as heroes varies because of their skills and levels of experience. Degare’s role requires much more physical and traditional heroism while Orfeo’s skills are musical and cunning. The other main aspect that differentiates the two heroes is their amount of experience. Sir Degare has to establish himself in the world and find his identity. Sir Orfeo has everything Degare does not starting out, and loses it all. As the heroes of their respective stories, Degare and Orfeo are expected to be the very best at everything. It is their skills that make them respected as heroes by their peers and why they are the best choice for king. In his story, Sir Ofero is considered to be the best harpist in the …show more content…
Sire Degare searches for and creates his identity throughout his adventures. Sir Orfeo loses his identity when he forsakes his title as king and becomes a hermit. Throughout his story he employs disguises until he is no longer recognizable. In order to take back his role as king, Orfeo has to prove his identity to his faithful steward by displaying his musical ability. Both heroes have to re-establish their identities in order to claim their kingdoms, however, Degare is beginning with much more of a blank slate. Sire Degare and Sir Orfeo are two very different kinds of heroes, but both succeed in accomplishing their goals of rescuing their love and claiming their kingdoms. Sire Degare does this through showing off his knightly strength and bravery while Sir Orfeo approaches his problems with a more tactical method. Both men grapple with their identities and battle faerie opponents, but have different starting points to work from. Each story exhibits heroic characteristics, showing that a hero can take many