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PPs UnesaDEFINITION

• Hero ( male ) , heroine ( female ) is a person who is admired for having done something very brave or having achieved something great

(Cambridge Advance Learner’s Dictionary )• A hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) is a person or character

who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, displays courage, bravery or self-sacrifice—that is, heroism—for some greater good; a man or woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his or her brave deeds and noble qualities.

( Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library)

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PPs UnesaEtymology

• The word hero comes from the Greek ἥρως (hērōs), "hero, warrior", particularly one such as Heracles with divine ancestry or later given divine honors. literally "protector" or "defender".

• According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the Indo-European root is meaning "to protect".

• According to Eric Partridge in Origins, the Greek word Hērōs , in Latin seruāre, meaning to safeguard. Partridge concludes, "The basic sense of both Hero and heroine would therefore be 'protector'."

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PPs UnesaTYPES OF HEROES

• Epic Hero is a man who typically embodies the greatest characteristics of a certain culture. He is not an ordinary man, but a man with outstanding quality and greatness about him.

( King Arthur, Harry Potter , Superman, Beowulf, El Cid, Odysseus, Robin Hood )• Anti-hero is a main character of a story who is flawed in some way

and often does not display admirable qualities . ( Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings )• Tragic hero is a main character of a tragedy whose tragic flaw leads

to his or her destruction . ( In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, the titular character , Romeo in Romeo and Juliet )

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• Superhero is a type of heroic character possessing extraordinary talents, supernatural phenomena, or superhuman powers and is dedicated to a moral goal or protecting the public.

( Spiderman, Batman, Hulk, Catwoman, etc )• Folk hero is a person, who may or may not have existed, and is

famous and well liked by people, or people of a certain country. Usually it is someone who helped the common people or fought against the authorities, such as a bad king. People tells stories about folk heroes, most of their stories have been passed down orally, and changed to fit the situations.

( Robin Hood, Si Pitung, Gajahmada, etc)

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PPs UnesaThe Monomyth of Heroes

Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, wrote a famous book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Campbell discovered many common patterns running through hero myths and stories from around the world. This common structure is called as “the monomyth.” It also can be called as Hero’s Journey.

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PPs UnesaThe Hero’s Journey

1. THE ORDINARY WORLD Heroes exist in a world is considered ordinary or uneventful by those who live there. Often the heroes are considered odd by those in the ordinary world and possess some ability or characteristic that makes them feel out-of-place. 2. THE CALL TO ADVENTURE For heroes to begin their journeys, they must be called away from the ordinary world. Most heroes show a reluctance to leave their home, their friends, and their life to journey on a quest. But in the end they accept their destiny. 3. REFUSAL OF THE QUEST During the Call to Adventure heroes are given a task or quest which only they can complete. They are faced with a choice: accept the quest or deny it.

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4. ACCEPTING THE CALLOnce the adventure is accepted, the heroes advance into the next stage of their journey. 5. ENTERING THE UNKNOWN As they embark on their journey, the heroes enter a world they have never experienced before6. SUPERNATURAL AID Supernatural doesn’t have to mean magical. There are plenty of hero stories that don’t have wizards or witches. Supernatural simply means “above the laws of nature.”

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7. TALISMAN A Special (and often magical) items that assist the heroes on their quest. 8. ALLIES/HELPERS Every hero needs a helper, much like every superhero needs a sidekick. Without the assistance of their companions and helpers along the way, most heroes would fail miserably9. TESTS & THE SUPREME ORDEAL The heroes progress through a series of tests, a set of obstacles that make them stronger, preparing them for their final showdown.

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10. REWARD AND THE JOURNEY HOME Typically, there is a reward given to heroes for passing the Supreme Ordeal. It is a reward for the heroes’ endurance and strength. After completing the task and have the reward, then they return home.11. MASTER OF TWO WORLDS/ RESTORING THE WORLD Success on the heroes’ quest is life-changing, for them and often for many others. By achieving victory, they have changed or preserved their original world.

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PPs UnesaSi Pitung

• Bang Piun and Pok Piah living in a little village called Rawabelong. They had a son, named Si Pitung.

• One day, when he was grown up, Si Pitung was famous in Betawi people as a big hearted hero. He‘s done comitting robbery to share to poor.

• He was the most-wanted. , Si Pitung’s action was found by a Dutch Policemans. He was reported to his commander.

• The Dutch police got angry. They went to Haji Naipin, Si Pitung’s teacher to reveal the secret of Si Pitung.

• A group of police attacked him. Then there was a fight. The one of the policeman threw away an egg to Si Pitung. At last, Si Pitung died

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