heroic character

collocation in English

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heroic
adjective
uk
/hɪˈrəʊ.ɪk/
us
/hɪˈroʊ.ɪk/
very brave ...
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character
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ək.tər/
us
/ˈker.ək.tɚ/
the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different ...
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(Definition ofheroicandcharacterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Like epics in the classical literary sense it is often focused on aheroiccharacter.
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Accomplishing his task with his own skill and courage, he fits more in the mold of aheroiccharacter.
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He has the typical attributes of aheroiccharacterbeing physically large and strong, intelligent, handsome, and wealthy.
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When watching on-screen programming, the audience identify themselves with the dominant,heroiccharacterwhich is almost always male.
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He often adopts aheroiccharacterfor the dramatic passages of the book.
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Wrestlers portrayed either a villainous orheroiccharacter.
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Despite this, she is aheroiccharacter, unusual for a character with a somewhat antagonistic relationship to the main characters.
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Or, in this incarnation, the character may introduce the hero to some of the worldlier sorts of wisdom, as well as forming a contrast to his trulyheroiccharacter.
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Instead, readers are bereft of predictable orientation and lacking heroic characters or an omnipresent narrator to guide them.
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It has a vital andheroiccharacter.
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There are no realistic, sympathetic or heroic characters with albinism that you can find in movies or popular culture.
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Heroic characters are a common thread in many films, but especially in films dealing with archaeology.
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It occurs where heroic characters use general semantics to struggle against the rousing orations used as an incremental tactic by the minions of authoritarian entities.
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The male heroic characters follow a code of honour in the traditional vein of chivalry, and the female equivalents stand for virtue and moral integrity.
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Hemingway presents matadors as heroic characters dancing in a bullring.
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