English heroic legends

Stephen Crane was introduced to the gruesome world on November 1, 1871. Crane was the youngest of 14. Sadly, he was one of nine that managed to survive. Crane moved from place to place like ants do when carrying food. Crane’s dad, a Methodist minister, unfortunately, died on February 16, 1880. Still, his family moved like a madman. On most free time that Crane had he would spend it writing. Later on, Crane got a scholarship to play baseball at Syracuse University. However, in very little time…

The Horseman’s Quest As the sun went down in the quaint town of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman flew out of his grave on the back of his mighty steed. His poor soul was still in pursuit of his head, which he had lost to a cannonball many years ago. His stallion thundered down the streets of the village as he made his way towards the battlefield. He was determined to find his skull, so that his spirit could be completed and move on to the afterlife. The Horseman would never let anyone or…

“The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane takes place at the Palace Hotel near a train station in Nebraska. The proprietor of this hotel, that is strategically painted to attract customers, is an Irishman named Pat Scully. Every morning Scully goes to the train station to “work his seduction on any man that he might see wavering, gripsack in hand”. One winter morning he collars three passengers, a “shaky and quick-eyed Sweden”, a cowboy and a “little silent man from the East”. Upon arrival, the guest…

and who cares and helps everyone. When a hero becomes old or dies for what he was was doing to help people, he/she becomes a legend. Therefore, a hero is defined as legendary. Two legendary heroes are Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas. Both men lived in history, in 19th century United States, and although one man was a president and one man was a slave, they were heroic. While Lincoln was rich, Douglas was poor. In addition, Douglas was black and Lincoln was white. In the poem “O captain…

It's rather easy to point out a typical Nara male. They appear to be lazy, unmotivated, weak, passive towards women (especially the domineering ones), and always muttering their typical catchphrase 'What a drag,' or more commonly, 'Troublesome.' Those would be the first characteristics that anyone would point out to you, and if you were a foreigner, their wise words would be the first things to come to mind upon seeing one. Those are the first things that come to mind when seeing them, but what…

greater good. Beowulf, for example, was a very heroic person. His whole life was dedicated to being a hero. From the time he was just a warrior until he was king. Thor, The warrior god, on the other hand was a loyal and honest hero. When Grendel, the awful monster was terrorizing King Hrothgar’s kingdom, Beowulf couragous came to the rescue (Beowulf 46). Although he did…

have regarding the samurai are myths and legends. They tend to exaggerate both the heroic as well as the faulty characteristics of the characters whom they describe. This helps them to get across messages about features that people should and should not seek to replicate; through this, these stories exemplify the key characteristics of the samurai to varying degrees. Four key qualities of the legendary Japanese warrior that are portrayed most strongly in Legends of the Samurai are appreciation…

defined by his actions. The actions to save civilians or to help the economy are all modern day paths heroes have the opportunity to take. There have been many real and fictional heroes throughout history. One of the oldest heroes came from an old English Poem titled Beowulf. There is no known author of this poem due to its age and because it was an oral story to begin with. Beowulf was a hero who fought monsters for another country. Like Spiderman, Beowulf had strong motivations. Why else…

What are the fundamentals of an epic hero, and how does this epic hero Beowulf relate to the Anglo-Saxon world that thrived so long ago? While reading the spine tingling work Beowulf, I discovered the answers to these confounding questions. This work of evolutionary poetry paved the way for all epic heroes and their destinies. The simple complexity of this work is breathtaking, and it is more than meets the eye. When it comes to analyzing this stunning masterpiece it is hard to merely put into…

language. Languages differ from each other, the most important way of reading and grammar. Learning a new language like a child at the beginning of learning to speak. According the essay “Literacy: A Lineage”, by Melanie Luken, who was a French and English major at the Ohio State University “Studying a foreign language can, at times, be just like learning how to read and write as a child”(135). This statement made me wonder is it possible to be adults and children have the same capacity to learn…