Romantic hero

The Differences and Similarities of Hero Myths Across Cultures Heroes are a central theme to myths all cross the world. The idea of a hero transcends both time and geographical boundaries. Even in modern times, heroes are the subject of innumerable movies, books, and video games. Humanity loves their heroes; they often act as paragons of everything their respective culture idealized. By comparing the similarities and differences of the archetypal hero’s journey of antiquity across culture to…

Similarities often lie in bone structure, footprints, or teeth, but their location does not matter. It is quite incredible to think that organisms that are so distantly related share similar features. The same concept applies to literature. Light Romantic and Southern Gothic literature are often seen as direct opposites of each other. The viewpoint shift that separates these two eras of writing is astounding. However, subtle differences are present within. Such similarities in story structure,…

depicted as perfect in other adaptations. Contrary to other’s beliefs, Beowulf is not less of a hero due to these added flaws. A hero is someone who is admired for their qualities and actions. In Beowulf, the villagers admire Beowulf for…

male-dominated; however, just recently, female heroism has begun its progression into stories and real-life. The characteristics of a hero within stories have been centered around courage, honesty, perseverance, attractiveness, and above all, strength. Due to strength being a common attribute of a hero, it is understandable that a man would be chosen as the hero for fairytales or action stories. Masculinity exudes strength and power while femininity conveys weakness. For example, in the…

Instead he was a stereotypical hero who was believed that he was a mighty, bold hero in the story. The true definition of a hero is someone who has outstanding abilities, strength, and distinguished courage, which was what Beowulf held but did not portray very well. Although, Beowulf fitted in with the Anglo Saxon time period “hero”, the protagonist was over appreciated for his victories. Heaney lacks in describing how Beowulf was just like every ordinary individual who was just in for the title…

plot. Of course most people only notice Campbell’s concept when the author of a story clearly states that the protagonist is a hero. What most people don’t know is that you could be watching a sappy love story and still be following along with the concept. I recently put the Hero’s Journey to a test by watching The Proposal. The movie started out with, Meredith, the hero of the movie. I consider Meredith to be an antihero. She lacks most heroic qualities, and she has obvious flaws. Every…

You can find heros in almost anyone, perhaps your parents, your friend, and even your favorite actor from a TV show. When you think about heros usually the first type that comes to mind is, Spiderman, Deadpool, Batman, and Firefighters. Yes, they are heroes, but they are the typical heroes found in movies. No one ever really thinks about those heroes that are in your favorite TV shows or Romantic Comedy movies or even heroes found in your everyday life. Each hero is different and fall into one…

French Revolution and its aftermath. It is somewhat ironic to state that Shelley, ‘the true child of the revolution’1 was also a pacifist. Ironic, since the very French Revolution which is cited by most as one of the dominant influences on British Romantic literature, was done with its honeymoon period; the republic had been replaced by the First Empire- and more importantly, the revolution had had its fill of innocent lives by the time Shelley began to endorse…

There are several key parts of an Epic that each work of literature contains. One is key part is the hero, usually of unbelievable stature. Then there is a vast/extensive setting. The settings of the stories do not just contain a wide geographical span but also often cosmological space: across land, sea, into the underworld, or thru space or time etc. It involves supernatural or otherworldly forces. Such as gods, demons, angels, time/space travel, cheating death etc. Last but not least there has…

Ten thousand years ago, there was a dragon who renowned as the most evil dragon in the Arcenza continent. It lived in the Brigen Mountain which is considered as one of the forbidden hunting ground within the Arcenza continent. It stayed in the deepest region of Brigen Mountain, inside the Nirflaga Cave, near the Earth Core Flame source. The rumor says that it has an immunity to fire and bathe within the Earth Core Flame. The color of its scales is pitch-black while his eyes are shining gold.…