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In six pages the ways in which professional athletes have emerged in society as role models are examined and considers if athletes...
of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...
This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...
Epic simile and imagery employed by Homer in 'The Iliad' are analyzed in 6 pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...
A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the heroes Achilles and Odysseus, and their development as they move through their advent...
In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In five pages Byronic hero is first defined and then examined as it is reflected in Lord Byron's Manfred and Mary Shelley's Franke...
In four pages this paper examines how violence and war are portrayed in such Indian classical epics as The Ramayana. Three source...
In five pages these epics are contrasted and compared in terms of the similarities and differences in their themes and messages. ...
In three pages these characters featured in Homer's epic poem are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and diffe...
millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...
In five pages the classical hero is examined in a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist between King...
In five pages this paper examines the moral truth representation of the pentangle in an analysis of the 'Sir Gawain and the Green ...
In five pages this paper explores the homosexual or bisexual tendencies as revealed in his relationship with Enkidu in the Epic of...
In six pages this character analysis of Hektor in 'The Iliad' by Homer reveals how he is a hero who also happens to be human and h...
These "myths" satisfy our "hunger for community." The hero embodies the values of a community. May writes: The myth of the home...
In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
among four children in his family. The father was an intelligent, religious man, a hard-working storekeeper and an important leade...
long before it was ever written down. To use Si!r Philip Sidney phrase pertaining to the oral traditions of epic poetry, it was ...
In five pages this 1985 text is examined in terms of its family epic characteristics. There are no other sources listed....
In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...
typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...
In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...
This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...
is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...
almost all of them are loners. Even when they are surrounded by a large group of people, there is this inner stoicism, this inner ...