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Heroism In The Odyssey And Sir Gawin And The Green Night Heroism in The Odyssey and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A hero is defined as a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language). In The Odyssey and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight two characters are introduced that are heroes of their story. Each story tells of a different voyage and each hero fights a different battle; however, each character has certain moral fibers that make them heroic. Odysseus and Sir Gawain are both heroes written about in the same era but their voyages do not take place in the same time era. Odysseus was a noble mortal that fought at Troy. He had struggles but was looked up to by most men and regarded highly by the gods; ‘[Odysseus] is not only the wisest man alive but has been the most generous in his offerings to the immortals who live in the wide heaven’ (Homer 4). Sir Gawain was a knight for King Arthur and a brave man to stand up for his lord knowing that it would cost him his hero, gawain, sir, each, knight, through, green, odysseus, while, odyssey, heroic, heroes, different, men, life, story, heroism, fighting, acts, women, way, voyages, voyage, two, one, know, however, end, culture, characters, time, temptation, taught, survive, shown