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Mixture of Christianity and Paganism in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

student researching this topic has indicated that no additional sources should be used. In writing your own paper, drawing upon th...

The Ramayana and Its Interpretation by R.K. Narayan

short stories many in which he dealt with the political and social issues associated with Indian independence, many in which he pr...

2000 Film Gladiator by Director Ridley Scott

Reeds final role) and is forced to compete in gladiator matches at the Coliseum to entertain the carnage-crazed Roman spectators. ...

Beowulf and the Time in Which It Takes Place

In the battle, the dragon emerges as the symbol of evil and consequently exists as the monster of this encounter" (King). In this ...

Life and its Meaning Questioned

contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning." Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. * Life is a tragedy fo...

Ancient Societies and Women in Sundiata and 'Beowulf'

himself was portrayed as the incarnate of evil, whose ravenous attacks on King Hrothgars subjects were nothing more than examples ...

'The Iliad' and 'Ramayana' Compared

for "The Story of Rama" chronicles the heroic saga of Sri Rama, who along with his three siblings Laksmana (or Lakshmana), Bharata...

Classic Literature and Its Social Functions

all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...

'Jerusalem Delivered' by Torquato Tasso

the aid of Fortune herself as a guide, travel to the Fortunate Islands. There, they scale a mountain, fighting a dragon and a lion...

Tablets IX to XI of 'Epic of Gilgamesh' Analyzed

finally reaches his destination (Young-Mason 347). Gilgamesh eagerly encourages Utnapishtim to share with him this timeless secre...

Women's Role in the Epic of Gilgamesh

lost natural state, at which point Shamhat offers to take him to the city where the joys of "civilization shine in their resplende...

Oresteia, Epic of Gilgamesh, Human Guilt, and Divine Judgment

source of motivation for all life. Her dedication to him surpasses no other, whether it plays a part in family rituals or just th...

Women in Ancient Literature and Now

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Green Knight is without fear, and without any weakness it would seem. He has simply come to dare any man to show that they are rea...

Suffering and Conflict in Cultures

not necessarily better than the other. Death was perceived as a place, a further step in life that would offer more security and s...

Males and Females, Humans and Gos in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In eight pages this paper analyzes 'The Iliad' in a consideration of the relationships between males and females and humans and go...

Society's Goals and Epic of Gilgamesh

This paper examines how society's goals are met by the journey undertaken by Gilgamesh in this essay on Epic of Gilgamesh consisti...

Chivalry and 'Le Morte d'Arthur' by Sir Thomas Malory

King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Regardless of the permutation in which the story appears, it always carries with ...

Beowulf's Legendary Status

In five pages this paper examines the legendary status of the Beowulf epic. There are no other sources listed....

'Aeneid' by Vergil and Difficult Decisions

In five pages the difficult decisions Aeneas had to make in Vergil's epic 'Aeneid' are explored. There are 3 sources cited in th...

Religious Comparison Between the Book of Genesis and Epic of Gilgamesh

it. The man proceeded immediately to build an ark" (Noss, 38). Marietta Moskin agrees that many of the earliest Hebrew stories d...

Feminist Epic The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley

In five pages this paper examines this revolutionary price that traces the metaphorically hellish journey of the narrator. Seven ...

Triumphing in the African Epic Sundiata

In six pages this paper considers the text's description of how to overcome adversity triumphantly. Five sources are listed in th...

Color Green in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In twn pages this paper discusses the symbolic significance of references to the color green in the Medieval epic 'Sir Gawain and ...

'Hero and Leander' by Christopher Marlowe

In five pages the influence Marlowe received from writers of ancient Greece and Rome are considered as reflected in this poetic ep...

Useful Historical Tool, The Epic of Gilgamesh

author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...

Epic Hero Transformation in Greek Literature

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

Genesis, Gilgamesh, and the Flood

In 5 pages this paper considers the significance of the Great Flood story retelling in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the Book of Ge...

Beowulf and a Contrast of Battles with Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and the Dragon

to his mother, he has been depicted as a solitary creature, not unlike the hombres in Sergio Leones "spaghetti" Westerns, who walk...

'Milton's Imperial Epic' by J. Martin Evans and 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

intent of colonialism as an example of divinely inspired imperialistic politics and unabashed expansionism. Arguing with Evans "Im...