You may also want to take a look at these sites that list qualities of heroes.
http://lauradomino.blogspot.com/2006/07/ten-heroic-qualities.html
http://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/393942
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I am writing an essay based on Act 1 wheather Hamlet is really a hero. What heroic qualities or lack of make Hamlet a hero or not?
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Here is a great site on "the tragic hero"
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