how do larger than life characters show the values of their cultures

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How did Joan Baez respond to Birmingham Sunday? http://www.metrolyrics.com/birmingham-sunday-lyrics-joan-baez.html HINT: click on the play button.

How did ML King address confrontation? http://www.kids-right.org/civil.htm

So pick some "larger than life " folks, and examine how they behaved, and what they did to change things.
Do you mean "larger than life" real people? If so, Bobpursley has given you some excellent ones.

Do you mean "larger than life" fictional characters? If so, reread Bobpursley's last sentence and consider these:

Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
Achilles
Odysseus
Aeneas
Julius Caesar
Roland (from "Song of Roland")
and many others...

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