... " figure placed above the ordinary human kind. The hero and his heroic conduct constitute the guidelines for the mere mortals to follow. One of the earliest heroic epics in English Literature is Beowulf. This heroic epic is kept in the tradition of Classical Greek mythology, where the "idea of the hero as the savior of his people dominates" (Jokinen 1996). The main character ... where the blood is shed have been replaced with the battlefields buried deep inside an individual, perhaps not so glorious. Interesting point by Bernstein concerning heroism relates to what he terms as "rational ...

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