1. Beowulf
We tend to think of heroes as imaginary super-heroes with super powers, or the heroes we find everyday in our police stations, fire stations, schools and homes, or those special people who have a vision for the way the world should be when it comes to caring for others. In the A&P Plot and Harris...
Heroic tradition in literature Heroism cannot be discussed detached from a hero. "Heroes originate in the mists of time and myth" (Jokinen 1996). The quote could not be more true, heroes and their valorous deeds are wrapped in the mists of time and myth. The deeds are so valorous as to seem...