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What Makes a Hero?

What Makes a Hero?. Heroes and Myths: Greek vs Today. Who is your hero?. Take a few minutes and write down what makes a hero to YOU. Write down someone you think of as a hero, based on the qualities you wrote. Guitar hero doesn’t count…. Miss Hendricks’ Hero Qualities!. Someone I respect

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What Makes a Hero?

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  1. What Makes a Hero? Heroes and Myths: Greek vs Today

  2. Who is your hero? • Take a few minutes and write down what makes a hero to YOU. • Write down someone you think of as a hero, based on the qualities you wrote. Guitar hero doesn’t count…

  3. Miss Hendricks’ Hero Qualities! • Someone I respect • Someone I love • Someone who helps others • Someone worth helping

  4. Miss Hendricks’ Heroes=Elisabeth Elliot and Jean Barbara

  5. Greek Heroes • They usually (but not always) had the following qualities • Demigods (half god, half mortal) • Hercules- father was Zeus, mother was mortal • Teach a moral lesson • Philomenus- made into a constellation as a reward for hard work • Go on a quest • Odysseus (not a demigod, but went on a great quest)

  6. Heroes usually had a “fatal flaw” • fatal flaw: a character flaw that a hero struggles with, that often is the cause of their demise. • The fatal flaw of Odysseus was hubris. …so what is hubris, anyway?

  7. HUBRIS (this is important, so write it down!) • Hubris is excessive pride. • Self confidence= good. Hubris= self confident to the point that our hero doesn’t think he needs the gods. • How do you think the gods feel about that?

  8. To recap: • Greek heroes had to have at least one of these qualities: • Demigod; if not demigods, they at least had some connection to the gods. • Moral lesson • Great quest • Fatal flaw

  9. Moving on to Myths A myth must have three specific qualities

  10. #1- Fictional A myth is always something that is made up. If it were real, it wouldn’t be called a myth, it would be called history.

  11. #2- Believable Any fantasy elements of a myth have to have an explanation. In Greek mythology, it was usually a god. For example: Achilles had impenetrable skin because his mother dipped him in the magic river Styx.

  12. #3- Mythological Elements Some part of the myth must involve the supernatural For example: a Pegasus is a horse with wings, the offspring of Poseidon and Medusa.

  13. But wait, there’s more! A myth must also have ONE of the following elements

  14. #1- Explain a phenomenon Since the ancient Greeks did not have the scientific advances that we have now, they used myths to explain the world around them. For example: Earthquakes happen when Poseidon hits the earth with his trident.

  15. …or #2- Teach a moral/lesson Greek myths were often used to teach the Greek people how to live a respectable life For example: Pandora did not listen to the gods and opened a box that released all the evil in the world.

  16. To recap… A myth must have all three of these: A myth must have one of these: • Fictional • Believable • Fantasy elements • Explain some phenomenon • Teach a moral or lesson

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