Compare and Contrast Essay on "heroes"

Compare and Contrast Essay

Heros

In many movies, a lot of people think the main character, which is usually the good person, is the hero in that movie. You can hear people saying, Ў§Oh, his is my hero.ЎЁ But what is the actual meaning of hero? A good person? A person who is brave? Or a person who pursues honour through his action? Or is it something else? Well, Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ and Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo gives you some ideas of what is a hero. While the classical Greek heroic ideal and DisneyЎ¦s presentation of a hero share some similarities, in the end they are very different. In both Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ and Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo, hero is being defined as a man who has being endowed great abilities and is strong and brave. Although there are some similarities, there are still more differences between them. For example, hero in Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ is a person who pursuits honour. On the other hand, the hero in Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo is not like that; he uses his great abilities to help others, but not for his desire.

What are the definitions of hero? Well, if you ask people this question, you will get diverse answers to it. But arenЎ¦t there any common definitions? The answer is yes there are. Let us see some examples from Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ and Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo. Both Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ and Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo said that hero is who being endowed with superior qualities of body and mind. This means that he is born with these superior abilities; he is born to be a hero. He does not need to train himself like the others to become a person who has a great mind, great skill and capability because he is born with it already. Another example is hero is also being defined in both Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ and Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo as a person who is brave and strong. Like Hercules, he is as strong and powerful as an ox. The only thing he needs to work on is to know how to control his mighty strength. He uses his mighty strength to defeat demons and monsters, which showed that he is brave. Although there are some similarities between Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ and Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo on the description of hero, there are still more difference than similarities.

In Walt DisneyЎ¦s Ў§HerculesЎЁ Apollo, it defined hero as a person who is the sign of royalty and rich, while the hero in Ў§The Heroic OutlookЎЁ only has the power to let any one who affront him to give him immediate amends. For instance, people sell Hercules dolls, potteries that have his