Many of history's epics revolve around the classic struggle and journey of one man's destiny. ... Without the archetype a hero is simply a man struggling as means to an end. ... When regarding the archetype of hero in an epic tale, key elements arise from the subconscious to the conscious regarding the behavior and storyline of the hero. ... For example most heroes' face an event that causes them to leave their family on an uncanny adventure, where the hero usually finds help along the way from the supernatural. ... The pretense that a hero typically follows a profile doesn'...

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Glory, honor, loyalty just a few qualities one chivalric hero would possess when faced by the brink of tension between two forces to which he is devoted to both. ... Ivanhoe, the hero of this historical romance, represents a possible resolution to the growing strains between the Normans and the Saxons, for he is a Saxon knight who is passionately loyal to a Norman king. The characteristics of women, the portrayal of the supernatural, and the role of Christianity modeled in Ivanhoe can be analogous to the legends of King Arthur, the epic of Beowulf, and the classic code of chivalry. ... The u...

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