From Homer’s Odyssey to Star Wars - The Unchanging Path of the Hero Ess

From Homers Odyssey to Star Wars - The Unchanging Path of the HeroIn the fiction creation heroes have been one of the roughly entertaining figures. It has always been fun and raise to read virtually marvellous stories and about different obstacles that heroes had overcome. When someone mentions the vocalise hero it is more(prenominal) likely to think of characters like Batman or jam Bond, but it is for sure that if we had the chance to ask the same question centuries before, the function would have been different. From comics or TV it is seen that heroes change physically and spiritually with time, but the heroic pattern stays always the same when despicable from ancient times to todays heroes.The first hero whose pattern I am going to unfold is Oedipus. Just like all other heroes he lives an extraordinary experience which normal people would not live, and that is one of the reasons that the heroic pattern seems so appealing to people. People could read and think about the situations that would not happen in their life, and the situations which people would be interested to sack out about. Going back to the topic, it has been foreseen that he is going to kill his father and link with his mother. In the story these events come true and Oedipus becomes the new King, but the gods of the city curses him and his city. After realizing his sin, he sacrifices his eyes and blinds himself Oedipus contains courage, strength and he makes the journey that most of the heroes go through. However it is not clearly visible as modem heroes and it carries more of a symbolic tissue. With information told by a fortuneteller his parents reckon that Oedipus is going to kill them, so they decide to take in work before Oedipus and try to kill him. Oedipus escapes by... ...attern could change but there is a heroic pattern that always stays the same. Works CitedStar Wars, A New Hope George Lucas, Gary Kurtz. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. Science&8209 Fiction , 1977Star Wars, the Empire Strikes fundament George Lucas, Irvin Kershner. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. Science&8209 Fiction, 1980Star Wars, the Return of the jedi George Lucas, Richard Marquand. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. Science&8209 Fiction, 1983Batman Tim Burton. Michael Keaton, fathead Nicholson, Kim Basinger. Science&8209Fiction, Fantasy, 1989James Bond, Goldfinger Guy Hamilton. Sean Connery, Honor Blackman. Action, 1964Green, Roger Lancelyn. Heroes of Greece and Troy, retold from ancient authors. New York H.Z Walck, 1961Hendricks, Rhoda A. neoclassic Gods and Heroes. New York Ungar Pubs Co., 1972