The Greatest Heroes By William Shakespeare - 2017 Words

William Shakespeare once said, â€Å"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.† Throughout history there have been many heroes, as written by William Shakespeare, and each and every one had to travel a different path to get there. Some were born into power and destined to become great if they didn’t give up. Others persevered through their struggles to become a hero, and emerged a different person, while yet others were forced by drastic occurrences to reassess their life and they changed into a hero because of it. Undoubtedly, many people who did great things have not been recognized or even succeeded, but there are a select few who we can appreciate for being undeniably heroic. For example, a†¦show more content†¦Then the man decides, much like Segers, that he cannot allow his loss to destroy him. The author concludes, â€Å"From that moment on he set himself to do/ everything with twice as much enthusiasm/ an d where the arm had been torn away/ a wing grew.† The man in the poem isn’t the man, he is a man, but he overcame his struggles in a way that everyone can learn from. Even though he was already being a hero by fighting for his country, he nevertheless suffered and had to overcome his hardships. By drawing on love and finding a strength within himself, he choose to continue on the road of life with more spirit instead of no spirit at all and replaced his arm with a wing. Another real life example of this would be a woman who donated her kidney to save her friend’s life. Becky Bowman found herself in need of a kidney in 2015. When she told her friend, Stephanie Finley, Stephanie immediately offered to be a living organ donor. â€Å"I had no hesitation. I’ve always tried to live my life as you don’t know what tomorrow’s going to bring and so when I found out my friend needed a kidney, it was just ‘of course, I’d get tested and of course, I’d donate, † Finley said. Both of the women could have suffered from the surgery, and it was not without risk. Nevertheless, Stephanie decided to donate a kidney to her friend instead of letting someone else make thatShow MoreRelatedCompare/Contrast Shakespeare and Marlowe1029 Words   |  5 Pagesï » ¿Literary Essay Compare/Contrast Shakespeare and Marlowe William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe were both writers of the Elizabethan stage, living in the same town of London, at the same time, and they wrote plays while working with the same people. Their strongest similarity was in their work. They both had an innate ability to write about love, great tragedies, comedies, drama and poetry with a similar style called blank verse. 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