Wendell Willkie: A Hoosier hero for today
'Heroine' --hero's twisted sister
A mythologist looks at the history of 'hero-ship'
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A hero by any other name... Wendell Willkie: A Hoosier hero for today 'Heroine' --hero's twisted sister A mythologist looks at the history of 'hero-ship'
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Defining a personal hero is a bit like allowing our diaries to be published. Through our choice of heroes, we spell volumes about ourselves. We reveal our individual values and comment on those we perceive to be lacking in the world around us. Our heros represent the best of ourselves, yet being human and therefore flawed, they also allow us to accept our limitations.
There are nearly as many questions to be asked as there are heroes themselves. What makes a hero? Why do we need them, assuming we do? How do we choose them? Is yesterday's hero still a hero today? Are heroes still important in this cynical world? Indeed, do they even exist today?
Home Pages explores heroes and heroines in this issue--the classic definition of a tragic hero and how it has changed through the ages, children and heroes, today's television pop culture of Xena and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, an Indiana hero and our everyday heroes.
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