Tara Wilcox Non-existent True Hero Throughout time authors have conformed the hero or ant-hero idea to fit their necessity. However through analyzing it is found a perfect hero does not exist. A flaw always exists in a character, just as there is always a flaw in a human being. Just as in reality, literature has proven the equivalent, no perfect hero exists. There is always a problem found in the hero’s behavior, whether it …showed first 75 words of 3686 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3686 total…Which both Beowulf and Arcitate did. Jast as in Reality, literature has proven the equivalent, no perfect hero exists. There is always a problem found in the hero’s behavior, whether it be greed, or failure to fill its expectations. Beowulf, Arcitate, and Bernard all failed because none attained every one of their goals, or the goals that the reader has set for them. In failing to accomplish these they prove no true hero exists.