Heroes of the Old and Early Modern English Literature

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    It serves as a reflection of reality, a product of art, and a window to an ideology. Everything that happens within a society can be written, recorded in, and learned from a piece of literature. Whether it be poetry or prose, literature provides insight, knowledge or wisdom, and emotion towards the person who partakes it entirely.
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    A hero or heroine is a real person or a main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength; the original hero type of classical epics did such things for the sake of glory and honor.
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    Studying makes us the persons who we are today and for the future. It could help us learn in anything because it is also shown in different ways that we usually didn't realize.
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    Today, this would be considered immoral and destructive. Today, our heroes are quite similar. Look at the most famous hero:Superman. Superman is very similar to Beowulf; he's strong, brave, and fearless to all evil. He is basically a Beowulf who can fly, wears a cape, and doesn't pillage and plunder. Shows that our idea of a hero has remained quite similar throughout all these years. We value physical strength as well as strength of character and believe this will be consistent through the ages