All of the three books that Ms. Emperors class read were about epic heroes. One story in Edith Hamilton’s Mythology was about Hercules, who was an epic hero who lived in ancient Greece. Beowulf by M.A. Roberts was about a man who was very arrogant and fought many scary creatures. In Dante Alighieri Dante’s Inferno, the main character was actually the author traveling through hell. An epic hero is someone who has a flaw, resurrection, and a restitution and influences the story and society. Every epic hero’s flaw is hubris.The epic hero must realize his flaw to have a resurrection, and correct his flaw in order to get a restitution. Hercules, Beowulf, and Dante are all epic heroes because they have a flaw, resurrection, and a restitution.
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When being questioned by Unferth, nobody has any idea whether or not Beowulf is telling the truth when talking about his swimming competition with Brecca. “And so it was that I killed nine water-monsters with my sword. I never heard of a battle more hard-fought by night beneath heaven’s roof, nor of a man more desolate while adrift in the deep!” (Roberts 29). The arrogance in this story is very apparent, Beowulf basically says that he would have won the swimming competition if he had not fought off monsters in the middle of it. When Beowulf is in Heorot, he thinks that he can lure Grendel into the hall and fight him without armor or a sword and not lose any men in the process. However, his arrogance gets the best of him and he loses one of his men to Grendel while everyone else was sleeping. Beowulf’s low point is when he becomes king, he does not want to become king but has to when Headred gets slain in …show more content…
He realizes that if one of his friends could end up in Hell, then he could too. Realizing this, he breaks down and decides he needs to shape up in order to make it to heaven. “O my Conductor, his own violent death, Which is not yet avenged for him,” I said, “By any who is sharer in the shame, Made him disdainful; whence he went away, As I imagine, without speaking to me, And thereby made me pity him the more.” (Alighieri 193) This is when he sees his friend in hell and realizes that he needs to overcome his flaw, hubris, and try to get on the right path to Heaven.
Dante’s restitution is when he gets out of Hell and continues on his journey through Purgatory and Heaven. “We climbed he first, I following--until I saw, through a round opening, some of those things of beauty Heavens bears. It was from there that we emerged, to see--once more--the stars.”(Alighieri 317). This shows that Dante is grateful for being out of hell. He sees the stars and realizes that he is out of hell and he can continue his journey through Purgatory and Heaven. He will be able to tell his tale to everyone he knows and will be able to warn
When being questioned by Unferth, nobody has any idea whether or not Beowulf is telling the truth when talking about his swimming competition with Brecca. “And so it was that I killed nine water-monsters with my sword. I never heard of a battle more hard-fought by night beneath heaven’s roof, nor of a man more desolate while adrift in the deep!” (Roberts 29). The arrogance in this story is very apparent, Beowulf basically says that he would have won the swimming competition if he had not fought off monsters in the middle of it. When Beowulf is in Heorot, he thinks that he can lure Grendel into the hall and fight him without armor or a sword and not lose any men in the process. However, his arrogance gets the best of him and he loses one of his men to Grendel while everyone else was sleeping. Beowulf’s low point is when he becomes king, he does not want to become king but has to when Headred gets slain in …show more content…
He realizes that if one of his friends could end up in Hell, then he could too. Realizing this, he breaks down and decides he needs to shape up in order to make it to heaven. “O my Conductor, his own violent death, Which is not yet avenged for him,” I said, “By any who is sharer in the shame, Made him disdainful; whence he went away, As I imagine, without speaking to me, And thereby made me pity him the more.” (Alighieri 193) This is when he sees his friend in hell and realizes that he needs to overcome his flaw, hubris, and try to get on the right path to Heaven.
Dante’s restitution is when he gets out of Hell and continues on his journey through Purgatory and Heaven. “We climbed he first, I following--until I saw, through a round opening, some of those things of beauty Heavens bears. It was from there that we emerged, to see--once more--the stars.”(Alighieri 317). This shows that Dante is grateful for being out of hell. He sees the stars and realizes that he is out of hell and he can continue his journey through Purgatory and Heaven. He will be able to tell his tale to everyone he knows and will be able to warn