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Heroes are often from divine ancestry, and are noted for their feats of courage and nobility of purpose. Often a hero is someone who has risked, or even sacrificed their life. Billy Budd, Sailor, by Herman Melville, contains one hero named Billy Budd, the "angel of God" (1906). Claggart and Captain Vere contain some of the heroic characteristics, still Billy is the singe character that obtains all of the traits of a hero, and therefore is the most qualified to fill that position. While Melville strains to put some heroic attributions within each character of the story, Billy is the most prominent of all who are mentioned. Thus, Billy Budd is the one true hero within the entire story.
Claggart is "… the urban Serpent [who] wriggled himself into [Billy's] company" (1878). Being far from the hero of the story, Claggart is perceived as more of a villainous character. Claggart is in the story keeps "…incog. Nothing was known of his former life" (1886). This type of behavior......

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