The Hero: "Often, for undaunted courage, fate spares the man it has not already marked."
Beowulf
In literature the P.O.V. is usually through the Hero. The hero longs for an ordinary life with their loved ones, but early in the story that opportunity is ripped away from them. Heroes are focused, determined, disciplined, courageous, and hard headed. The heroes biggest fear is to lose. They are biggest sore loser you will ever meet; they will never give up. A shadowed hero can turn into their greatest enemy. Arrogant, ruthless, lukewarm, and unable to accept help from others.
“Ramblin’ Man” by The Allaman Brothers Band is the hero that cannot settle down for fear of being defeated.
“Brave” by Sara Bareilles represents that the hero will
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They don’t want to be concerned with the past, or future. They take the world for how it is, and realizes their life is a joke. They try to make others see the same with quips, and commentary through the story. A questionable existence is what a jester fears, they don’t like the “ifs” and “buts” of life. A shadowed jester is more subject to impulse control issues, and using humor as a shield to hide their depression, and uncertainty. The shadowed jester can become the epitome of self-indulgence, even if it becomes detrimental to their health.
“Life is for the living” by Passenger is the most innocent version of the jester enjoying the things around them instead of dealing with strife. “Happy” by Pharrell is one of the jester’s main goals in life. “Mad Hatter” by Melanie Martinez shows the jester uninhibited and okay with the fact everyone thinks he’s
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“Living in the moment” by Jason Mraz is the jester trying to get others to see that the worry free life is the way to go. “Get it while you can” by Janis Joplin is to represent the self indulgent nature of a shad “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails is the shadowed jester’s innermost thoughts on being useless to most people jester.
The Everyman: “Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not Today.”
Bilbo Baggins “The Hobbit.” The everyman is the poster child of realism. Usually suffering from a hard past the everyman wants love, acceptance, and comfort. Down to earth, hardworking, and compassionate, the everyman thrives in a group. Their biggest fear is to be an outcast. Their shadow side is bogged down with negativity, dependency, and self-pity. Unfortunately, the shadowed Everyman will also take a lot of abuse to stay within a group after being alone for so long. “Young and Menace” by Fall Out Boy is the everyman who is reminiscing about their past. “48 hours” by The Clash represents how hardworking the everyman is no matter how many times he gets stepped
In today’s society, people are taught to conform to the masses in order to fit in; however, it is imperative that one’s individuality is maintained, as it preserves their identity and encourages uniqueness. For example, in the song, “Outside of a Small Circle of Friends”, Phil Ochs discusses the social norm where people are too afraid to stand out, often times, leading them to pay little to no attention to the wellbeing of others. Instead of adhering to their own judgment and moral values, the person in the song continues to abide by the notions of the rest of the group. In addition, in “The Dying Girl that No One Helped”, Loudon Wainright describes the brutal murder of a young 28 year old women, while over 38 of
The title of the song shines surprisingly clear, though it creates a feeling of being unpleasant and obnoxious for the listeners. The man in this song either feels rejected or disappointed at the world as it seems to be so cruel and also beautiful. Obviously, the world itself always has an equal balance of good and bad and you can never have both. Even though the man got his girl but he feels they are falling apart.
Idolized for their courage and noble qualities, a hero achieves superlative success by utilizing their strength and intellect to battle against their greatest challenge. Typically, heroes bask in the glory of their fame and triumph, admired by those throughout society, but realistically, not all heroes live happily ever after. As demonstrated through the epic poem, Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel, and Sophocles’ tragic play, Oedipus, abridged by Nick Bartel, there comes a time for one’s downfall, usually provoked by an illogical decision or characteristic flaw. Their misfortunes arrived as a result of a free choice gone awry, not because it their fate that doomed their lives, proving that heroes are just like any commoner who experiences
“The good times of today are the sad quotes of tomorrow” by (Bob marley) at brainqoutes.com. Paul’s mom and dad had to move from Texas to a new state named Florida. Before that happened Paul saw things that anyone else couldn't so he kept having visions that erik his brother was trying to kill him. His mom thought that it was just his vision because he couldn’t see very well. So mom let it fly and told blamed his visions on paul’s eyesight and paul got upset because nobody would listen to paul and if they did they wouldn’t believe paul all they would do was blame it on his eyesight. so paul got upset and he wasn’t very happy with his mom at the moment. After that, Mom calls the fire department. The reason why she did that is because she thought the house was on fire. The fire department came and they told paul and his mom that it was the muck fires and that they would never stop burning.
This song talks a lot about the baggage of the past that people hold onto instead of letting it go. All that baggage is only going to end up hurting you more and more instead of helping you in any way possible. An example is the opening
The subway passengers would not take a stand against an injustice right before their eyes. Injustices were in their lives everyday and what was another one? The subway passengers seemed to be desensitized toward the pain. Clay lived out the lyrics in Bessie Smiths song, Downhearted Blues,“Trouble, Trouble, I’ve had it all my days. It seems that trouble’s going to follow me to my grave,” (Bessie Smith, Downhearted
The bulk of the praise a hero receives tends to be in response to his or her actions. People look up to the heroes who can perform the most miraculous feats. However, there is an element of heroism beyond the superficial element of a hero’s actions: the hero’s character. Both heroes and antiheroes might do great things; however, the similarities end where motivations are considered, and these differences in motivations are rooted in the differences in the character of heroes and the antiheroes. An antihero’s character is flawed, leading to actions based on selfish and impure motivations. In contrast, a hero is characterized by his or her selflessness; this can be defined as putting the interests of others above the interests of oneself, and
Many of the heroes possess similar tragic downfalls. Pride is usually the main characteristic that brings so many tragic heroes down. Pride was a main downfall that most heroes started with, and later, throughout the tragic, collected more. A combination of all of these cause the hero to eventually succumb to his final ending. Usually, t...
“A man cannot become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” – Aristotle, poetics
For many of us, one of the most accurate and effective ways to express the feelings that really matter to us is through music. We don’t only grow to attached to songs that are catchy, but also those with lyrics that we can relate to. It is not uncommon to feel like sometimes, artists can convey the way we feel better than we could ourselves. The storybook-like lines you read at the start of this page are a collection of lyrics
...not theirs to fight. It is essential that the Tragic Hero accepts his necessary doom. It completes the hero. “I know my hour is come...Farewell to thee...I shall have glory by this losing day” (205).
“There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.”
Heroes are often described as physically attractive, strong, intelligent figures with a flair for grand gestures,and an eloquent knack for stringing words together. The fundamental aspects of what defines a hero are conveniently glazed over. People forget that heroes often lead lives of quiet determination. When they have an idea, a goal they want to accomplish, they ignite a spark within themselves that burns into an uncontrollable blaze, which that can only be tamed by success. The fabricated image of a hero has been so deeply rooted into society that the quiet heroes in literature, such as Jefferson from A Lesson Before Dying, are often forgotten, or the misdeeds of cowards such as Frankenstein are overlooked. Jefferson is the literary foil for Victor Frankenstein, because he has strongly built morals that enable him to become a hero, whereas Victor Frankenstein is a weak willed and indecisive character. A hero is defined by their ability to go through with a task despite the obstacles that lie in their way, along with their courage and ultimately, they accept any responsibility that may befall them.
There is another type of hero that almost no one is aware of. In the poorest areas of the country, live mostly minorities and other ethic background. All their lives they’ve been expected to work harder and expected not succeed in life. Some individuals living in poverty with a determination to succeed work hard all of their lives to become what everybody doubted they could. Escaping the crime, drugs, and prostitution is enough to escape hell, even if they don’t go to college. Despite of their financial problems, drug and crime surroundings, or difficulties in the language skills, their desire to triumph fuels their persistence. Those who make it to success are the few living examples of the purest form of hero anyone can be. They are not only their own heroes but also the heroes of the poor children who dream of becoming like them someday.
...s are saying that he needed pleasure or company of another, but did not receive it and was in pain. This line of the song shows that instead of pleasure there is no pleasure and there is numbness and the absence of pleasure. From the reading on Epicurus his theory he would believe that you do not go looking for pleasure because pain will soon follow after, and there might not even be pleasure it might just lead to pain without the pleasure.