Heroes by role

When hearing the word “Satan”, people often think of a red man with horns, a pitchfork, and a tail; he is often visualized in the pits of the underworld surrounded by flames. Why does society picture him this way? Some may say “Because he is evil” or “Because he fell from heaven”, but people mostly believe this because this is what they were taught.  Satan is a figure appearing in many texts of religion as someone who brings evil and temptation. He is known as the deceiver who leads humanity astray

common: their main characters were Byronic heroes. Hamlet from Hamlet and Walter White from Breaking Bad display the characteristics of an ultimate antihero. They are Byronic heroes because each has a troubled backstory, each is an anti hero, both are criminals, have high intelligence and useful skills, and have deep-rooted psychological and emotional issues. Each character had to experience their own trauma to which led them to become the Byronic heroes that they are. Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet

defined as a character with a pivotal role in a story and possess traits contrasted with those of a traditional hero. While the traditional heroic character is brave, strong, and seems to have no flaws, anti-hero character can be clumsy, unsolicited foolish, is often the embodiment of ineptitude or bad luck and is an amalgamation of both good and evil. An anti-heroic character in a story can display a wide variety of traits while still fitting in the anti-hero role. Earnes and Yusuf from the film "Inception"

manifest Dorian’s perpetual fear of his youthful deterioration being publicly showcased and the temptation of enamoring his aesthetic appearance, which facilitates the process of initiating the Faustian pact as a Byronic Hero. Assimilating to the role of a tragic hero, Dorian Gray exhibits an unconventional philosophy, hedonism, which contradicts the norms of the Victorian Era. Through this characteristic, his devotion to the aesthetics of his life takes precedence over morality and ethics. Extolling

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville is tragic and is written in the mode of realism. The short story starts off with the narrator, who is a lawyer at the Wall Street in New York, describing the other workers or scriveners working at the lawyer’s office at the time. The three characters are Turkey, Nippers, and Gingernut. Turkey works well in the morning and Nippers during the night. Gingernut is just an errand boy. Then the lawyer starts describing Bartleby as “A motionless young man one morning

Hamlet and Walter White from Breaking Bad display the characteristics of an ultimate antihero. They are Byronic heroes because each have a troubled backstory, each are anti-heroes, both are criminals, have high intelligence and useful skills, and have deep rooted psychological and emotional issues. Each character had to experience their own trauma to which led them to become the Byronic heroes that they are. Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet, was murdered by his uncle, Claudius, in cold blood. While still

Seen throughout war novels, an anti-hero is a character that manifests characteristics that usually appear foolish, making the character an easy target of abuse and a child-like status. In the fictional novel, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim is a classic anti-hero character. He lacks both valor and dignity, making it easy for his fellow soldiers to make fun of him and treat him like a child. In addition, Billy possesses a physical appearance that is foolish

Heroes are people with courage and perseverance, have made a significant impact in people’s lives, and can be looked up to as role models. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are perfect examples of heroes because they stood up to the racism and sexism they received working at NASA, and did not allow it to stop them from being the best mathematicians and scientists that they could be. Katherine Johnson, probably the most well-known of the three women, was born on 26 August, 1918

What makes a Hero? We all have potential, potential to become firefighters, surgeons, accountants, or anything we set our mind to. At times in life, some of this potential appears or disappears from events or conflict. Heroes are born and destroyed in conflict. The Odyssey has many heroes and antagonists. Some characters are great heroic men and women that can conquer any obstacle in their way. Odysseus, Telemachus, Athena, and so many others are described as Heros in The Odyssey. But what about the

Heroes give people within a community a hope in a greater future due to their strength in areas that many others lack. This hope provides solace for the hero’s supporters, that have no other person to look toward. These “Heroes” can come in many different forms in the minds of many. But all in all, Heroes are needed within a society because they give their supporters this comfort, the power to overcome certain hardships, and the knowledge they need to overcome other circumstances whether similar