Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 16 AIL 1505 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Epic Hero
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The idea
Unit thirteen's tragic-hero entry drew the contrast: the epic hero embodies his culture's values and appears in an epic poem, where the tragic hero is undone by a flaw. The glossary makes the comparison inside its tragic-hero entry rather than giving the epic hero its own.
In practice
Embodies values, rather than falling.
Where people slip
Defined only by contrast.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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