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Heroic Imagination in Literature

Rose Zimbardo and Philip Zimbardo have created a series of essays that illuminate the character of mythical and real heroes in literature which can help us all imagine how we can take heroic actions in our everyday lives. The biographies of Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Oskar Schindler, and Helen Keller are highlighted as well as heroic characters in fiction: ...

Keywords:: Claudette Colvin, Literature, Macbeth, Agamemnon, Stanford Prison Experiment, Odysseus, Oskar Schindler, Huckleberry Finn, Heroic Imagination Project, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Hero, Helen Keller

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Material Type:: Online Course Module
Date Added to MERLOT:: April 16, 2021
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 6, 2022
Author:: Philip Zimbardo, Heroic Imagination Project
Submitter:: Gerry Hanley

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website
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Language:: English
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