A hero is often a man that is usually of divine ancestry. A hero or heroine can be found in many different forms. There are certain characteristics that make up a hero or a heroine. Some of those characteristics are someone who is endowed with great courage, loyalty, obedience, cleverness, strength and someone who is noted for special achievement in a particular field. Depending on the book or the character a hero or heroine could …showed first 75 words of 1194 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1194 total…of each book clearly shows their traits of being a hero throughout the story. Each character varies in the traits that makes him a hero. Traits and qualities are what makes a hero what he or she is. A hero is usually honored by his or her followers, in the cases of Beowulf and Macbeth they were both honored and respected by their peoples. The characters Macbeth and Beowulf are classic examples of a heroes.