The hero archetype has survived remarkably intact, but there have been some changes and transitions in the basic idea of heroism and society's view of the hero (Hero's). ... In the modern world of science and thought, such beliefs could not exist, and so a separation in the hero took place: the fictional and non-fictional type heroes (Sabin 12). ... The ancient idea of a hero was exclusively male with few exceptions; those who were female were not as closely associated with heroism or the hero-quest, and were often goddesses or princesses, people who were not representative of the ...

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