Why are epics important in a literary work? (i need examples to the real world. ex: they motivate us)

Epics are important in a literary work because they consist of stories that have a lesson or principle hidden in them.

Explanation:

Epics are orally transmitted from one generation to another only to make the future  generations understand the moral behind the story stacked in the verses or stanzas.

The  heroes in the epics play the role models for people as it is through them the difference  between right and wrong is figured out. The biggest example of epics in India are the  Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The lessons incorporated in them are so valid and  meaningful even now.

the reason some people sacrifice their own life for another person's life could be that they are in love with them and would do anything to keep them safe a protected even if that means risking their life in the process

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.