Examples of heroism

• Within this essentially aristocratic narrative of heroism and true nobility, domestic duties had their own disruptive force.

• Nor must our judgment be dazzled by the glare of self-conscious heroism.

• They had love, they had passion, they had heroism, they had adventure, they had shared adventure, they had sons.

• Her heroism promotes self-interest because she finds helping others rewarding.

• They invoke and reinstate a familiar iconography of heroism and battle-sites, but do little to forge a fresh language of political conflict.

• On some occasions, this heroism resulted in myths.

• Only in this way, the heroism of those who did choose to fight can be restored to its proper historical (and nonmythical) context.

• Here again, forgiveness is awarded after experience but does not morally precede justified heroism.