Think of a contemporary political figure in the world today. How are his/her actions viewed as both “heroic" and "villainous" at the same time?
How do you think he/she will be viewed in 10 years? How about in 100
years?

Well, people view Donald Trump as a hero and some view him as a villainous, but maybe in a few years or a maybe 100 years later one of the sides about him could be true..

Explanation:

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: