A contemporary hero has the same qualities as a classic hero. Heroic figures in literature are larger than life figures with a deep flaw that they are able to overcome.
Contemporary literature was written from around the 1940's to the 1960's. They are reality-based, believable stories that have strong characters.
The oldest example of English literature is an epic poem that scholars call Beowulf after the poems hero and main character.
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Ronald Regan was a Hero so is Glenn Beck.
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Someone like Mother Theresa, not a classical hero, like Hercules.
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The tragic flaws of a hero in a tragedy.