Starting tomorrow we will begin our fist literary unit, The Quest. As many of the works we will cover in this unit are epics and revolve around heroes, go to the site below and read about the characteristics of the epic and epic hero in the Western tradition.
http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng211/epic_traditions_the_hero.htm
Then answer the following question in your composition book, which you will need to bring to class tomorrow!
1. Write a paragraph about a contemporary hero, real or fictional. Describe your hero and briefly analyze him or her using these questions:
- What sort of evil or oppression does your hero confront?
- Why does he or she confront evil? What's the motivation?
- For whom does your hero confront evil?
- What virtues does your hero represent?
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