In the end of Alice walker's "Everyday use", the character Mama ends up supporting her daughter Maggie over Dee, by snatching the quilts her mother and sister had knitted out of the hands of the latter ang giving them to the former.
A hero is a savior figure, he stands up to injustices of people through acts of bravery and courage. He stands up against all odds for a specific cause. A King merely rules through ascension to the throne. Beowulf not only rids the Danes of Grendel, but also his mother and the dragon.
he was probably told that often? He probably was known for that?