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Heroes of Literature Throughout history, tales of heroes and their marvelous deeds have been told and retold for countless centuries. Even in this day and time, a franchise composing of fictional comic book characters still excite the minds of children and adults alike. In The Dream of the Rood and Beowulf, a reoccurring theme of a hero meeting their demise to save the masses, echoes throughout each work. In The Dream of the Rood, the audience is immediately introduced to the…

The 1996 film Lone Star, written and directed by John Sayles, is a neo-western suspense thriller set in Rio County, TX on the Mexican/American border. Chris Cooper plays a county sheriff, Sam Deeds, who returns home after his father, sheriff Buddy Deeds, played by Matthew McConaughey, has passed away. After returning home, Sam begins an investigation into the death of Charlie Wade, the long-missing and former sheriff of Rio County played by Kris Kristofferson. During his investigation, Sam…

previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.”(Wikipedia) Karma is not about helping an old man cross the street and then you being rewarded with the winning numbers to the 211 million dollar jackpot. Doing one good deed once a month does not help one’s luck or stature among the gods as portrayed on TV today. Karma in Hinduism and Buddhism means “action” and is the “spiritual principle of cause and effect.” (Wikipedia)…

Although he is not ready for this journey and begs for more time, he repents his sins and searches for companions to join him along the way. Of all the companions Everyman looks to accompany him on his pilgrimage to face God, all but one, his Good Deeds, forsakes him in his greatest time of need. From the beginning, the author portrays God’s sorrow and shows that he is infuriated by the behavior and lack of obedience to his word. God has given everything to all his creatures. He speaks of his…

True desires and salvation; written sometime before the end of the fifteenth century, the anonymous moral play Everyman speaks to the multitude of intrinsic and extrinsic factors at work in the interplay of the human experience. During this time of strict church practices and dire consequences for noncompliance many internal tensions afflicted the medieval population. The protagonist, Everyman, embodies this internal struggle between intrinsic, instinctual desire and the exterior forces of the…

a companion for his journey. The following characters become the personification of the qualities Christians need in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven while the foolish sins deny joining him. In the end, the audience is spoon-fed that only good deeds would follow man into heaven.…

Harris 1 Beowulf Beowulf is an epic hero who is on a quest to defeat the evil Grendel, save his own people from the dragon, and save the remaining danes. He risks death for glory, He battles with grendel, and the dragon he also performs braves deeds throughout the poem beowulf. Our main character Beowulf runs into many quest. He wants to defeat Grendel who comes out during the night to destroy all the danes. The danes are out good timing in the hall with king Hartgo the mightiest king of…

conversation that echoes throughout the rest of his book, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, about the narcissistic nature of man. This story which qualifies the authenticity and “value” of a good deed based on its anonymity does so under the idea that if a good deed is made public by someone who did the deed then it was done more for one’s own personal benefit rather than any altruistic purpose. The nameless, sexless narrator then goes through an existential crisis in which they think that…

A renowned American author, John Steinbeck, once said, “power does not corrupt...fear corrupts.” To twist Steinbeck’s words, perhaps it is the fear of losing power that corrupts an individual’s morals. Many works of art and literature represent the ideas of power and corruption; such works include the painting Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Massacre of the Innocents is based on a biblical scene in which the Roman King Herod learns that a new…

kill Duncan. One night the two of them would get two guards drunk and then Macbeth would slip into the King's room and kill him with his swords. His first thoughts of this deed were excitement because he would become King. In spite of being happy Macbeth started to have his doubts and thoughts of karma. (1.7.2-3) After the deed was done Duncan regretted every moment of it. Macbeth was scared and heard voices screaming out “Macbeth does murder sleep” (2.2.36) When Lady Macbeth realized that…