... has been exonerated by his determination. Santiago's pride and fortitude are what earned his glory, not a physical memento from the encounter. Hemingway treats the concept of pride ambivalently in The Old Man and the Sea. Santiago displays a "humility was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride" but at the same time is driven by his pride to travel far into the sea and struggle with a huge marlin for three days. Despite ... a reverece for the fish, Santiago admits to killing it for pride ... ...

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The Old Man and the Sea: Hero Qualities Santiago was a man who would not quit. When out fishing, the old man did not consider it work but more of a lifestyle. No mentally inept man could do the job; it took a man of good strength, courage and the ability to not go insane on the high seas; it took a hero. To be a hero is to have courage, mental strength, and physical strength. Courage is the state or quality of ... mind or spirit that enables one to face danger with confidence and bravery. Santiago proved he had what was necessary. The old man set out to catch the biggest fish in the whole sea...

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... emerge as youthful superheroes such as Superman, saving entire worlds with extraordinary superpowers; and they are seen as ordinary people, with no divine assistance or physical prowess, overcoming seemingly everyday obstacles to bring positive change to their world. In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, the novel's aged protagonist, Santiago, a humble old man living a simple and uncomplicated life, may appear to be an unlikely hero when contrasted to other ... literary and historical heroic figures. However, while Santiago lacks some of the advantages and characteristics of mo...

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In Ernest Hemingway's classic novel The Old Man and the Sea, the main character, Santiago, represents a code hero. A code hero is someone who is honorable and courageous through many trials and misfortunes. As Santiago's tale progresses, the code hero will ultimately be defeated after a long struggle. As a code hero would, Santiago overcame many misfortunes. He recognized that his fate wasn't in his hands and all he could was keep striving for his ... with self-pity. Santiago always kept a clear head and kept his goal in sight. Through many trials, pains and efforts that proved to be in vain,...

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... . He resolves to sail out beyond the other fishermen to where the biggest fish might be: ".. he looked behind him and saw that no land was visible" (46). It is evident that to become a hero in his village, he must capture a magnificent fish. To find and keep this fish, Santiago must develop great fortitude and determination. In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago's character transforms from a humble fisherman ... to a model of heroic manhood. Santiago's transformation begins in his struggle with the catch of his life. This struggle soon becomes a war of attrition. Santiago has developed hu...

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... . What man,/ Anywhere under Heaven's high arch, has fought/ In such darkness, endured more misery or been harder,/ Pressed?. Yet I survived the sea, smashed/ The monster's hot jaws, swam home from my journey I've heard/ No tales of you Unferth, telling,/ Of such clashing terror, such contests in the night!"(559-583) In this warrior culture, supposed heroes were expected to be conceded and boast of ... . The Old English style of writing encompassed many themes and attributes. In the case of these two poems characters possess the strengths of warriors, with the compassion of saviors. Charac...

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... is a hero? A hero follows a code that enables a man to live correctly. A man may live a life that is chaotic, often stressful, and always painful. To be a hero, a man must live his life with complete honor, courage, and endurance. Through Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and The Sea, Santiago, the old- beaten down fisherman, earns the status of a hero for living a life in which there is much chaos, and uses his advantages to overcome them. Similarly ... , in "A Piece of Steak" by Jack London, Tom King, an old time boxer, is a hero ... ...

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... . Odysseus didn't have time to think of what he would say in which situation, which is why we often found him improvising while playing the role of Aitheon. "Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth, our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man. So long as the gods" grant him power, spring in his knees, he thinks he will never suffer affliction down ... his actions. "Son of Laertes, versatile Odysseus, after these years with me, you still desire your old home? Even so, I wish you well. If you could see it all before you go- all the adversity you face at sea- you would stay ...

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Joseph Campbell quoted that (How people see their hero as how, metaphorically, they see themselves, determine their goals, and view their passage through life). This idea can be proven through Beowulf, an Old English Poetry. Beowulf is the classic hero that is larger then life that everyone wishes in some way or another, that they were like him. Campbell had a good point; also a person ... with my sword, hack myself free"" lines 286-290. Beowulf is sharing his journey over seas as sea creatures attacked him and his men. Readers are draw word to word as the bravery of Beowulf increases and the...

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... factor of a tragic heroism that is present in Achilles is his noble stature. His mother, the sea goddess Thetis, has gone to Olympia on the behalf of Achilles to persuade Zeus, the king of the gods, to help the Trojans defeat the Achaeans. Achilles's demigod standing is revealed when Homer writes, "And Thetis did not forget her son's appeals" (373). This refers to Achilles's mother's promise ... , an old prophet, for advice. However, Tiresias informs him that Oedipus himself is the murderer of King Laius and he has brought this plague to the city. In response, Oedipus says, "Not twice sh...

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... To children ardent for some desparate glory, The old lie; Owen uses the devastating experiences of one soldier and the sights he has seen to relay his message. On the other hand, Lovelace wrote his poem at a time when it was the most glorious thing a man could do was to fight for one's country. The problem with this is he has never tasted the bitter sting of steel on flesh ... and is caught up with the idea of being a hero and the romantic notion of war. Both author's accomplish their intended message, and desired effect through a serious of simile's, metaphor's, and personification. In ...

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... a man and as a result is seen by others as a boy and treated as such. Homer makes this apparent when; at the end of book I Telemachus is going to bed. The language is representative of Telemachus" softness at this stage in his life. He opened the doors of the close-compacted bedchamber, and sat down on the bed and took off his soft tunic and put it into the hands of the sagacious old woman, and ... . Telemachus at this stage of his life spent most of his time inside the house fulfilling more of a feminine role. Athena's task is to take Telemachus out of the female world and into the male...

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... coerces him to spend seven years on her island, giving him the option to live with her eternally. He, finally, refuses her offer, saying: " I wish "yes, every day I long "to travel home and see the day of my return. And if again one of the gods shall wreck me on the wine-dark sea, I will be patient still, bearing within my breast a heart well-tried ... awakens, now understanding that he had to become nauseous with worldly power in order that the Siddhartha the pleasure-monger and Siddhartha the man of property' could die. Odysseus also dies' twice-- once when he descends into the underw...

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... are about to meet your idol. The narrator is a young boy with an imaginative and naive mind. He characterizes the Whaler as a grand, strong and masculine person on the same level as a hero. This boy, who has read books of whaling, imagines the Whaler on the sea. The Whaler is the king in this youth's world; this will later be to the boy's disappointment. The Whaler turns out to be everything ... are all human beings. The Whaler The Whaler is a man, not a hero of any special brand. The boy organizes himself in a way after him. The Whaler is one who lives and drinks alone. With this and the...

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... acts upon human judgement, so that all who read the epic become involved in the plot and the psychological and physical journey of each character. The first word of The Odyssey is andra, "the man", which tells us directly that this epic journey of time, travel, and heroics is based simply upon the courage, strength, wisdom and honour of man. Odysseus left Troy a great hero. But as his travels go on he loses ... his treasure and his companions. To escape the Cyclopes he even toys with losing his name. As part of his plot to escape he gives his name as "Nobody" (9. 365). Once at sea Odyss...

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... help to paint a vivid picture of the activity in the scene. Yet another technique is Hemingway's extensive use of symbolism. In "The Old Man and the Sea" some of the major symbols are; Santiago, the marlin, the sea, the "Great DiMaggio" and several others. Some of the symbols meanings are simple; the sea and the marlin represent life for the fishermen, the marlin also represents both an enemy and a kindred spirit to Santiago. The meaning of Santiago and DiMaggio are somewhat more difficult to ... understand. They are both "Hemingway Heros" with DiMaggio being the model hero and Santiago...

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... other persons, Ernest Hemingway had his own perceptions of what a hero truly is. In Hemingway's novella, The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago, the old man, attained characteristics that could depict him as an ideal "Hemingway Hero."" Through the old man's adventurous spirit, his fearlessness of death, determination, and his independence, Santiago fits Hemingway's hero description. The old man, Santiago, acquires the qualities of an outdoorsman. Being an outdoorsman in Hemingway's views means that a person is a "manly ... a great sense of this. " Fish, he said softly, aloud, I'll stay with ...

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... fondness for my son nor pity/for my old father nor the love I owed/Penelope, which would have gladdened her, /was able to defeat in the longing/I had to gain experience of the world/and of the vices and the worth of men" (ll. 90-95, translated by Allen Mandelbaum). Dante portrays Ulysses as a prideful, devious and angry man who was placed in hell for his dishonesty ... and the last is about the obvious: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." The rhythms are long and almost wavy like the waters that he speaks of. Many words in the poem are full of long Os and As (ie. "dole" an...

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... feat. Plus, when battling Grendel's mother, Beowulf goes under the waters of the sea to find the monster's mother and to kill her with a magic sword. He completes this feat with super human strength. Lastly, Beowulf returns to his own land after helping Hrothergar and becomes king of the Geats. He rules for many years. When he is an old man, his land is ruined by a fire dragon. This ... dragon has a great treasure which it is protecting. Beowulf goes out to fight this dragon to protect his people even though he is too old. While fighting the fire dragon with his sword, the dragon cuts B...

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... Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary traits required of a hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous monsters and the most ferocious of beasts but he never fears the threat of death. His leadership skills are superb and he is ... fight a horrible dragon who is frightening all of his people. Beowulf is old and tired but he defeats the dragon in order to protect his people. Even in death he wished so se...

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... , "Beowulf", describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary traits required of a hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous monsters and the most ferocious of beasts, but he never fears the threat of death. His leadership skills are superb and he is ... fight a horrible dragon who is frightening all of his people. Beowulf is old and tired but he defeats the dragon in order to protect his people. Even in death he wished ...

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... this dragon, he takes it upon himself execute this hideous monster. Even though Beowulf dies fighting the dragon, he still manages to defeat the beast. Beowulf is an epic hero with the trait of courage. Another special trait that Beowulf has is supernatural powers. Beowulf slays many sea monsters while competing in a swimming match. This seems impossible because heavy armor would weigh any normal ... fighting terrible sea monsters as he traveled. "They have seen my strength for themselves,/ Have watched me rise from the darkness of water,/ Dripping with my enemies" blood. I drove/ Five ...

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... posses. Strategic thinking is very useful to heroes and the Anglo-Saxon culture. It allows even ordinary people to reason and formulate a plan for their problem. Many heroes possessed this trait as it was almost necessary to survive. And Beowulf drew His battle-sharp dagger: the blood-stained old king Still knew what he was doing. Quickly, he cut The beast in half, slit it apart. (37 ... Free; I fought that beast's last battle, Left it floating lifeless in the sea." (8.554-558) Here, Beowulf is bragging to the people in attendance at Herot. Although he does give some credit to fate, he ...

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... attacks the men in the mead hall at night and lives in a swamp den. The characters do not realize Grendel is attacking the Danes because Grendel is jealous of the human's happy and joyful life. The narrator says, "It harrowed him to hear the din of the loud banquet everyday in the hall " the characters never say why they thin Grendel attacks. According to the narrator Grendel is bigger than a man and his ... , "there would be no monsters gnawing and gloating over their banquet at the bottom of the sea. " This contest adds credentials to Beowulf's heroic charracter of the story. Beowulf n...

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... lays, then Odysseus again drew his mantle over his head and wept bitterly." (BL. 635) this shows that the Greek society during Homer's time values different characteristics then modern societies do, the modern people would never stand to see Harrison Ford weeping. This also shows that Odysseus was a sensitive man who was very homesick, and whenever he heard anything about his past life or his ... have pain in her life. By the examples given and the further examples that have been left out of this thesis, you can conclude that the Greek society in the days of Homer cherished the characte...

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