What is a hero?
Unit 7
What is a Heroic Epic?
An heroic epic is an epic that has a main purpose of telling the life story of a great hero.
Classified Epics
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- Ramayana
- Sunjata
Epic of Gilgamesh
Is a story about man 2/3 god and 1/3 human, who is beautiful and perfect and has a best friend named Enkidu that died in battle. Gilgamesh then got scared of dying so he set a quest to find eternal life. He came back and realized that humans die but humanity continues to live.
Ramayana
Is the story of a person who dies and then defeats Ravana the 10 headed 20 armed monster and is honored by his people
Sunjata
Is a story about a young man fights Sumanguru a beast, who wants to fight for being the king. They fought and Sunjata won and after Sumanguru was defeated all the tribes are free from their long bondage. After a awhile they set an assembly and requested sunjata to restore their lands and make the world a better place
They all find something to be honored by.
Does the hero change over time?
Yes, they changed in a way of self confidence and lots of courage.