Which statement applies to a traditional epic hero?

a. the epic hero usually possesses traits that his or her society values.
b. the epic hero usually displays a tragic flaw that leads to his or her downfall.
c. the epic hero is usually an ordinary, everyday sort of person.
d. the adventures of an epic hero are always presented in chronological order.

A. The epic hero usually possesses traits that his or her society values.

Explanation:

An Epic Hero has most of these characteristics;

Option B is not correct because a hero with tragic flaw is tragic hero, not an epic hero, and the genre with a tragic hero is tragedy not an epic.

Option C is incorrect because noble birth is must for a traditional epic hero.

Option D is not correct because it is not ALWAYS so, Odyssey is non-linear (non-chronological), however Iliad is chronological.

go to crash course lititure and go to seconed page and it shows a video about that

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.