What Defines an Archetype? What are some notable Heros of the 21st Century that compare to Beowulf?

In the story Beowulf, Beowulf, the main character of the story, is characterized as the hero because of the many qualities that he possesses. These qualities that he has are that he in noble, he is very powerful, so powerful that he cannot be stopped. He is also characterized as a hero because of the encounters that he has with the monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a fire-breathing dragon because they were all evil and Beowulf had what it took to defeat them on his own. Three different qualities that a hero would possess around 700 are the quality of being very strong, being noble, and being humble. The hero needs to be a strong one with power in order to defeat all evil that stands in his/her way in order to save others or just themselves. They need to be noble because if a hero is noble, mainly to their supporters, they will keep that support because when someone is noble, they always do the right thing and makes it so it stays that way to make the people happy and feel safe and secure. Last but not least, hero’s need to be humble because if you’re a hero and you act all cocky, no body’s going to like you and no one finds interest in someone who is cocky and shows off. On the other hand, if the hero was humble people would respect them because even though they are saving many people by defeating many opponents they try and not show off. A text of the 21^st century that exploits the same characteristics as Beowulf is King Kong. The reason why King Kong exploits the same characteristics is because like Beowulf, King Kong fights off a bunch of opponents like dinosaurs to save Ann Darrow, played by Naomi. Also, King Kong and Beowulf are similar in another way and that is that they are both very strong and not really able to be stopped by anything or anyone.  One thoughtful comment on what we discussed in class is that there is more to a hero than you think you know because most people would think that a hero is just someone who is powerful and can fight off different opponents. Well Beowulf is a good example of this because not only does Beowulf fight off opponents is very powerful and strong, he is also a good swimmer and that is something that you don’t really hear about any hero.