... he must, for the survival of his tribe or nation constantly aware of his own mortality, he never shirks .It is in the battle that the mettle of the epic hero is tested" (Jokinen 1996). An example of Christian poetry might be The Dream of the Rood, where the heroic tradition is visible. Through the rhetorical device of prosopopeia the cross presents Christ as warrior-hero battling the forces of evil on the cross. Further, an example of heroic lays, on ... the other hand might be The Battle of Maldon, where the brave and loyal Byrhtnoth with his ... ...

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