WHat is an epic poem/epic hero?
An epic poem is a long narrative involving older traditional stories about heroes, for example Beowulf by Seamus Heaney. The protagonist is usually the main character and perceives larger than life figure. With epic poems, they usually deal with external problems that usually is classified as either folk epic(oral tradition), or literary epic(written tradition). Beowulf happens to be a folk epic which involves having the stories told orally, having the stories changed overtime, whereas literary epic doesn't change and are written only.
An epic hero as said previously, a larger than life person, no
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Silvestri, Alan. "Beowulf." Beowulf (Soundtrack) by Alan Silvestri. Tracksounds, 1998. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.