My two go-to examples of Georg Lukács' "mediocre hero": Bilbo Baggins and Norman Mailer
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Here are some relevant excerpts from the Lukács, in case that helps nail down the definitionpic.twitter.com/0Qck4fYvLD
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Obviously in every power sense Paul is closer to an epic hero like Achilles or even Hercules, including ascension to Godhood. And yet the feeling of the books (particularly sequels) is that he's the subject, not the agent, of history: the ground upon which battles are fought.
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