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Unlike how the hero is described, the antihero is a person who doesn't take responsibility, isn't brave, and isn't selfless.  This character can be viewed either in a negative way because he possesses characteristics opposite to those of the hero or in a positive way because even having negative aspects he does not hinder the protagonist, i.e. the hero.  In the poem Beowulf this figure is represented by Hrothgar because he does not have enough courage to defeat Grendel and the Mother and therefore asks Beowulf for help.

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In our days we have a lot of heroes in comics but also in movies.  A superhero for example is Iron Man. Iron man is a brilliant billionaire inventor, playboy and philanthropist who owns Stark Industries.  Another superhero is Batman for example.  Batman is the secret identity of Bruce Wayne, he is also a wealthy American playboy, philanthropist and industrialist who resides in Gotham City.

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While the figure of the anti-hero has changed. Often these are characters who partly combine characteristics such as questionable morality, constant doubt, few qualities, but who add a new one: being bad guys.
We have anti-heroes like the Joker, he's one of the most famous super-villains in the history of comics. Or for example La casa de papel. It has all anti-hero characters, "real" people, with a thousand problems, complicated stories and constantly in doubt.

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We as a subject of English have brought the heroes and anti-heroes into beowulf and the beowulf era in which the poem was written and finally modern heroes.  Around the 8th century, epics had heroes as protagonists.  Heroes are men with virtues such as courage and valor that make them similar to the gods.

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They are people capable of extraordinary feats, impossible for ordinary people;  they consider the battlefield the means to prove their worth and have no fear of death, except that without honor: their only purpose is to be remembered in the future.  The heroes are therefore characters from which to take an example in behavior and thought, because they possess some values ​​that everyone should have: they are courageous, defenders of good and of the homeland.

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Today's heroes, on the other hand, are different from the mythological ones because they are placed in a different context and often perform acts of peace and love, and not of war, unlike what ancient myths tell us. True heroes are those people who help us when we need it: for example Doctors Without Borders, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Rita Levi Montalcini, Liliana Segre.

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One of the main values ​​of heroes is aretè: military prowess, physical and mental strength.  Another important value is time, honour.  It is materially demonstrated through the gift: the gift is the set of wealth accumulated during the various battles by each hero.  At the end of each battle, what had been conquered was divided among the participants according to their social importance.  To be deprived of one's gift therefore meant to lose one's honour.

And finally the last value is the kléos, that is the end to which every hero tries to reach: it is fame, glory.  It can only be achieved in one way: by fighting courageously, without ever backing down.

We remember all these values ​​in Beowulf, the character from which the work takes its name.  In fact, when asked by King Hrothgar to protect Denmark from the monster Grendel, Beowulf does not hold back and fights with courage and cunning.