The term hero means different things in different cultures or contexts. The Iliad by Homer was one of the first to place the notion of heroism on a pedestal. The term hero in ancient Greek standards is not as many would expect. In the Greek culture, a hero displays his excellence through his actions especially in war. Greeks believe that it is not possible to separate leadership from excellence because having exceptional expertise is a natural manifestation of leadership. Each man was ranked according
Christopher Nolan filled the insufficient content and theme and opened a new era of the blockbuster. Remarkably, The Dark Knight ranked at No. 5 in the all-time US box office with $534,858,444 lifetime gross following Avatar (2009), Titanic (1997), Jurassic World (2015), and Marvel’s The Avengers (2012). The Dark Knight is not only handling philosophical topic that the dilemma between good and evil very deeply, but also presents dramatic interest and developed imagery
throughout major literary works, such as “Beowulf”, “Paradise Lost”, and “The Canterbury Tales.” These influential English works use the struggle between light and darkness to portray the issues of heroism and religion. The battle unfolds on each page of the works as if painted on canvas by war. In a dark, desolate world, onto what savior can mankind cling? Society can never be consumed by a malice world, for there is always the super- eminent to counteract. Canterbury Tales exhibits the religious
derived from these lines simply does not provide an adequate ending. Aggeler’s ending, however, continues the heroic filled tale appropriately and there lies the problem. The heroism Aggeler’s translation displays the same characteristics as an average knightly tale “immortalized” by the love that treads “thronged” through the dark “abyss”, and it is true that love can be indeed heroic and bold, but to raise it to this higher of a level forms a copy out of this text that now belongs with the other romantic