Sample Response

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The professor says that all Western Classical literature has people of noble birth as its heroes. This is known as the aristocratic hero.

The professor says this idea of the aristocratic hero lasted for the entire classical era.

She mentions the Greek hero Odysseus as the first example of the aristocratic hero. He is a legendary king that is favored by the gods.

The professor mentions that the Greek gods rarely favorite characters that are not noble.

The professor then says that this characteristic of the aristocratic hero persisted for thousands of years.

She mentions Shakespeare, who lived twenty-four centuries later, but who still focused largely on noble people as his heroes.

Even the characters of Shakespeare’s comedies were from England’s high society.