BLM #2 Teacher/Student Resource

ADA 1O: Examples of Heroes

The Culture Hero Winston Smith from 1984 Moses, Jesus (Abrahamic) Holden Caulfield of Catcher in the Rye Anansi (Ashanti) Artemis Fowl Finn McCool (Celtic) Gollum of Lord of the Rings Chi-You (Chinese) Iago of Othello Orsiris (Egyptian) Severus Snape of Harry Potter Robin Hood (English) Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Prometheus (Greek) Caribbean Vikramaditya (Indian) Jack Bauer of 24 Apanuugak (Inuit) Bart or Homer Simpson of The Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian) Simpsons Changing Woman (Navaho) Wolverine of X-Men Nanabozho (Ojibwe) Max Payne of Max Payne Video Game Hercules (Roman) Davey Crockett (American) The Byronic Hero Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights The Heroine/Female Warrior Rochester of Jane Eyre Andromeda The Phantom of Phantom of the Opera Atomic Betty Lestat of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Batwoman Chronicles Eleanor of Aquitane Edward Cullen of Twilight Nefertiti Cleopatra The Epic Hero Catherine de Medici Beowulf Mary Queen of Scots Gilgamesh Elizabeth I Arjuna Golda Meir Rama Indira Ghandi Siegfried The Trung Sisters Jason Joan of Arc Perseus Calamity Jane Odysseus Grace O’Malley King Arthur Artemis El Cid Hippolyta Roland Judith of the Bible The Folk Hero The Antihero Johnny Appleseed Billy the Kid Darna (Filipino) Joseph Cinque Nagraj (Indian) Guy Fawkes S.H.I.E.L.D. (France) Geronimo Cat Claw (Serbian) Ghengis Khan Che Guevara The Tragic Hero Jesse James Oedipus Ned Kelly Antigone Rob Roy Medea Louis Riel Heracles Calamity Jane Electra Laura Secord Macbeth Spartacus Hamlet Robin Hood Othello King Lear The Reluctant Hero Julius Ceasar Arjuna King Arthur Han Solo of Star Wars Doctor Faustus Luke Skywalker of Star Wars Okonkwo of Things Fall Apart John McClane of Die Hard Willy Loman of Death of a Salesman Neo of The Matrix Spider Man Indiana Jones Spawn Braveheart Harry Potter Rob Roy

The Superhero Batman Superman Spiderman Wonder Woman Green Lantern Fantastic Four X-Men Silver Surfer Dr. Manhattan Power Rangers Sailor Moon (Japanese)