A hero In Aristotle’s concept of a hero, he describes that someone must be a person of noble stature, has innate greatness, commits “an act of injustice” through ignorance or conviction and someone who is responsible for his/her own actions. During my readings of Gilgamesh and The story of David, both Gilgamesh and David fit Aristotle’s concept of a hero by displaying all and many more of the above aforementioned qualities.
Gilgamesh was tall, strong, magnificent and “terrible”, who could open passes in the mountains, he dug wells on the sloped of the uplands and could cross the ocean. David, in the Story David is depicted differently throughout the many versions of the story, however, he raised his sword to an enormous beast of a person which made him “feel” ten feet tall and the attitude and ego to back his stature up.
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Gilgamesh led from the front and did the same tasks that his people would do. When Gilgamesh stepped off on his quest to find the secret to immortality, he was determined by the loss of his friend and would stop at nothing until he cheated death. This was an act of innate greatness. David, twice a day for 40 days, her Goliath challenged the Israelites for their best warrior. Day after day Goliath killed his enemy, until confronted by David with only a staff, sling and five rocks. David loaded his sling with a rock and slung it as hard as he could, striking his enemy on the forehead knocking him to the ground, face down. David then chopped of his head and he defeated the mighty Goliath. Both stories, Gilgamesh and David, they did something that nobody expected, which was an innate act of