Hero Term Papers Samples For Students

Since time immemorial, people have been generating strong figures to look up to. These physically powerful figures are known as heroes. The presentation of these heroes in traditional mythological heroes is very different with that of modern day fictional hero stories. However, these heroes are created in related ways. They have to protect those in danger, despite the challenges they face. In classical mythological hero stories, the heroes are presented as infallible and set apart from the community. The heroes are expected to be in aid of the people in time of distress and fight the enemies on their behalf. ...

Revolution is often; if not always, bloody, and there cannot be a revolution without rebels. These rebels become the hero of their society. If the early American heroes such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and many others had not resisted the power of the British Crown, the American Revolution would have never come to past. These freedom fighters, in search of liberty and freedom, rebelled against a powerful government, though they were the underdog, they won. Not every rebel is a revolutionist, however, anyone who defies authority or convention is a rebel. In the article titled “The Hero in Spite of Himself”, Rosette ...

Introduction

Billy Buddy has been presented as a character with exemplary principles. He displays a character that is not common in most men of his caliber. Despite his heroic actions, he remains to be a humble individual who will not want to hurt his opponents. He has the ability to retaliate on those who ill-mistreat him or even curse them yet he chooses to maintain a calm spirit. He is an all rounded man possession all the positive characters that could be desired in an individual. This has earned him a supernatural respect that can only be found in a supreme being. To those who believe ...

China on Screen: Chinese Identity

China on Screen: Chinese Identity
The majority of classic popular Chinese cinemas are filmed and published by the fifth generation directors. The fifth generation directors focus on three key aspects to their production, in which are the social framework of the countryside, the past-aesthetics, and the global film distribution. These aspects have been well illustrated through the films of Yellow Earth and Hero directed by two well-known fifth generation directors, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. Both directors believe in the power of aesthetic matter to convey the issue of Chinese identity. Despite the fact that both films appeared ...

Few films of the post-World-War-II era so powerfully and artfully embody the epic adventure film genre like Lawrence of Arabia. And perhaps no film adventure offers such a complex, dualistic and purposely ambiguous twist as David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece. Set against the backdrop of World War I in the Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia is a film that matches in personality and depth its enigmatic subject, T.E. Lawrence, a man whose legend came to symbolize British imperial intrepidity and yet who was eventually overwhelmed and destroyed by his own fame. It is, by halves, a bold and engaging saga turned to a dark, ...

Storytelling in The Odyssey is an inter-related sequence of revelation, resolution and deception in which the juxtaposition of perspectives underscores the course of the story and establishes objective and subjective counterpoints concerning the nature of Odysseus himself. For characters such as the poet Demodocus, Odysseus is the subject of myth-making, a heroic and legendary figure due a symbolic “bronzing” through the medium of storytelling. Seen through the eyes of others, his legacy is a matter of cultural currency that is indispensable, particularly to the bards charged with maintaining and passing along the society’s collective cultural memory. The underlying theme of storytelling ...

When we talk about leadership, a number of questions usually come up. One of the most commonly asked questions is who is a leader. In my own opinion, I believe a true leader is a person who represents a group of people with common interests and goals and he/ she has the best interest of the group he/she represents at heart. A true leader is the one who is willing to do anything to ensure that the set goals are achieved. A leader has also been defined as a person who is able to overcome weaknesses and challenges and does not let anything stop him/her ...

Existentialism is a movement in both philosophy and literature that highlights the importance of individual freedom and choices. According to the philosophy of existentialism, some events or occurrences that happen with a person are irrational or absurd having no explanation for that. They believe that there are no universal guidelines to follow as well as there is no objective form of truth. Therefore, existentialism is based on one’s choices, decisions that are unique and unchangeable. The philosophers of existentialism argue that human choice is a subjective matter, because individuals are supposed to make choices without external influence of societal standards (ethical ...

Organization

Arthur miller's award winning play death of a salesman where Willy loman is the salesman driven by the emerging values of post war capitalism and materialism and wanted his sons to adopt the same. The conflict arises when his sons cannot do the profit or money-making. The play becomes of what was popularly known to be the American dream. This paper aims to analyze this over reaching theme that explicitly critiques. The paper also aims how the play impacted the American public considering it was published when capitalism was booming. It is important to understand how the people responded to ...

Introduction

Sophocles’ play “Oedipus the King” and William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” impose philosophical discussions about fate versus divine providence, supernatural and they both set examples of tragic heroes dealing with tragic events. Although they share common themes and motifs, there are both similarities and differences between the two plays, which will be further explored within the current paper.

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Similarities and Differences
Both Oedipus and Hamlet are sons of kings, they are young princes, who become men by facing the vicissitudes in their lives. In addition, they both face the deaths of their fathers, but at this point a dissimilarity appears: ...

Realities of Love and Adultery in Christian Courts

Within the Christian world view, much has been discussed about adultery. The Ten Commandments include a direct condemnation--Thou shalt not commit adultery--and indirectly--Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. However, adultery is common throughout history and throughout society. In the Christian world, although frowned upon by the church, consensual adultery is a common sin amongst Christians. In several of the Lais attributed to Marie de France a theme of romantic love and adultery exists. Marie shows us that even in the middle ages, at least at the courts of nobility, there was a reality of adultery. However, like all sins, even if they ...

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First cosmonaut of the planet was born March 9, 1934 in Gzhatsk (now Gagarin), Smolensk region in farmer's family. "The family in which I was born - he wrote later Yuri - very ordinary; it is no different from millions of working families of our country. "
The first years of his life spent in the countryside Yuri Klushino, where his parents lived father - Alexei Ivanovich, and mother Anna Timofeevna.
In May 1949 he graduated from the sixth grade Gzhatsk junior high school, and on 30 September of ...

Everybody has a hero, someone who has made a huge impact on another person’s life either through actual interaction or as an inspiring story. To be a hero, this someone must have changed another person’s existence for the better. Not all heroes wear costumes or fancy clothes. You don’t see them flying or riding flashy cars. No huge houses under their names, or fat bank accounts to speak of. Some may not even have fought battles or wars, but they still represent strength, endurance, humbleness, and bravery. I am fortunate enough to have met such people in my lifetime. ...

Compare and Contrast King Oedipus and Tiresias

Even though there is not even an ounce of truth to the Greek’s Mythology, their stories are the most read folklore. In The Odyssey Tiresias and King Oedipus are extraordinary characters of this great tale. Although they are from different strata of the Greek society there are time when their lives intertwined..
The story of Oedipus is one of the biggest tragedies in all of Literature. The story has not only remained popular in Literature but has lent itself to Psychology and very often one hears the term, “The Oedipus Complex.” “The Oedipus Complex” simple stated is ...

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The 2003 Iraq War received a wide variety of different opinions throughout the international media. While American networks and press organizations entitled the conflict as Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Canadian media and the channels in some Arab nations referred to the conflict as "attack and occupation."
One character in this conflict was Chris Kyle, a deadly sniper in the American military whose life served as the inspiration for the film American Sniper. He wrote a book by the same name that teems with his utter disdain for the Iraqi fighters as well as with his excitement at the chance ...

Julius Caesar lived from approximately 44 to 100 B.C. and brought power, organization, and reform to the Roman Republic turning it into the Roman Empire, and laying a foundation for success for centuries to come. Caesar was not born into power, but gained ultimate power through his military and political prowess. Caesar approached leadership in a way that had never been done before by listening to the people’s needs, and bringing them prosperity. He changed policies and took actions that were innovative at the time, and became a hero to the people as he brought power and authority to the nation. ...

Film Studies

Asian Horror Films
The birth of Asian horror movies started began with the popularity of Japanese horror films. Initially these films were made by independent filmmakers and had low budget. But the gaining popularity of Japanese horror films spurred the culture of horror films to be made in other Asian nations like South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong.
The visceral and moral extremes displayed in recent Asian cinemas may leave the viewers appalled. The movie Oldboy displays the main protagonist cutting off his tongue to prevent his daughter to know about their incestuous relationship as well as ...

The book The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat may be comprised of several short stories but it is integrated in such a way that it conveys one story at the end of it all. The author uses several characters to bring forth his central themes in a very artistic way. It is for this reason that the roles of both men and women are used independently to develop the main character who is the Dew Breaker himself. One such character is Ka, who is the daughter of the protagonist. She helps bring out the other side of the protagonist which he ...

Introduction

For a character to qualify as a tragic hero, he or she must not entirely be of good character or a completely evil character. Rather, he or she must be a good person but who contributes to own destruction due to some fatal flaw or some moral weakness.
Othello by Shakespeare is the perfect exemplification of a tragic hero. In the beginning of the story, Shakespeare portrays Othello as a consummate leader of the military whose thoughts are essentially governed by reason and logic. He has everything at his disposal. He had enormous success at war and is one of the most decorated military ...

The movie Gods and Generals is a movie based on a fictional book about the Civil War by Jeff Shaara. Jeff Shaara is the son of the author who wrote The Killer Angels, the book that Gettysburg was based on. The Gods and Generals is a prequel to Gettysburg. The movie shows the Battle of Bull Run (1861) and then moves forward to Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1863. This movie does not have as many battle scenes as Gettysburg. Instead the movie has long intervals of scenes about nostalgia for The South. Gallagher (2008) explained that Hollywood movies had started portraying the Civil ...

The doctor is a hero. He together with his nurses are all heroes. The goes out of their ways for other people. A hero is a person who is willing to take a risk; he or she works very hard in order to use his/her special skills and gift to help other people. Doctors and nurses are therefore heroes in the sense that, they are always willing to take risk and safe somebody’s life. They make a decision about an ailing patient just in order to support the patient’s life and bring his/her health back.
Doctors and nurses make differences ...