Byronic hero

transform himself into a flying idealized hero made of blue and white lightning, Jerry became Dynamo and had the kind of adventures a kid could only imagine. He befriended the brash teen hero with reality-altering abilities, Kid Impossible, fell in love with Miranda, the Rune Girl, and was eventually welcomed into the premier superhero team, First Line, by his idol and solar-powered champion, Solara. Then he grew up. Dynamo tells the story of a boy turned hero by a moment of senseless trauma,…

Literature How can someone be defined as an epic hero? During the Anglo-Saxon culture and literature, being a hero was like being a warrior. A hero had to be courageous, strong, and intelligent. They had to be willing to face the odds and even sacrifice death for glory and for their people as well. But, above all else, the Anglo-Saxon hero had to remain humble and kind throughout all of their triumph. Characteristics of what it means to be a hero are shown through the Anglo-Saxon core values.…

Overwatch Cinematic is a trailer created in order to advertise the game Overwatch. The trailer started with a narration of a documentary film that is a flashback that serves two purposes, set the setting or create the framework of the overwatch world, which used to have conflicts and wars, and give an overview or background information of what Overwatch is, “an elite international task force of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, oddities, and guardians.” The documentary film also act as a…

Keesh and Pi both faced many hardships trying to survive in an extreme environment. However, they used many qualities to help them survive such as intelligence and bravery to help them survive this harsh environment. This is shown how Keesh would use his intelligence to help him in their survival situation by using items that his tribe would have never thought of before to help kill the dangerous animals easier. Pi uses his bravery to help him survive without fearing of the outcome of the…

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a hero as “a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities”. Both the history of mankind and literature are saturated with stories of heroes, many of which, are connected to royalty. Whether the hero is rewarded with royalty or begins the hero journey in a position of supremacy, heroism and royalty always coincide. Heroes and eminence also have a plethora of traits in common with each other. Heroes are rewarded with…

The Will to Survive is Worth the Chance of Life Everyday is a fight for life and with the will to live you are one of the strongest people left on Earth. The book The Road by Cormac McCarthy has many examples of life and death situations about a boy and his father during an apocalypse. They want to make a journey to the ocean where it is safer and warmer, but they have to deal with cannibals, hunger and sickness throughout this journey. They end up making it to the ocean and this was only…

Group A: Question 1 In The Eagle, the main character, Marcus, demonstrates many of the traditional Roman values such as fides, pietas, gravitas, constantia, and virtus. Together, all of those virtues held by Marcus then combine to show that Marcus possessed dignitas and auctorias which are given to those who display all of the values of the ideal Roman. Fides means to be trustworthy, faithful, confident, reliable and credible. In the text Marcus shows he is confident when he volunteers to go…

1. The hero is an age old archetype that stands for a person who sets out to right some wrongs, save the village, stop a villain, and so on. Obviously, this is not the only definition of a hero and what constitutes as a hero to one may not for someone else. This is why so many stories about heroes exist. The stories all attempt to resonate with a large body of people while still fixating on a particular journey. Hero’s stand for universal beings to look up to or learn from? Campbell says that…

Shannon L. Alder once said, “Heroes are not made. They are born out of circumstances and rise to the occasion when their spirit can no longer coexist with the hypocrisy injustice to others.” However not everyone can be a hero. Heroes need the courage and strength to persevere through difficult situations. Heroes are selfless and may not always be brawny figures, but average audacious individuals. Heroism is not always being able to save everyone, but is sacrificing for the sake of doing good,…

The Vikings Ruthless Raiders or Crafty Survivalists Upon review of the interview with archeologist William Fitzhugh, Who Were the Vikings?, one has to wonder if the long standing view of the Vikings as ruthless raiders is an accurate description. Fitzhugh argues that the Vikings, while a ruthless band, were in fact fighting for their own survival as best they could. He presents a picture of the Vikings as Scandinavian peoples who have garnered a biased narrative. This narrative is characterized…