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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...
author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...
quoted as saying: "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persua...
emphatically Christian as in a tone mildly so" (125). John Niles has written that "Attempts to show a specific correlation betw...
In five pages Potter's controversial Son of Man TV movie based upon Jesus's life is examined in terms of the writer's objectives a...
were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...
An analysis of stanzas XIV and XV of this anonymous poem are consider in terms of their significance particularly regarding the re...
This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...
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...
life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...
of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...
A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....
millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...
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...
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 the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
long before it was ever written down. To use Si!r Philip Sidney phrase pertaining to the oral traditions of epic poetry, it was ...
typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...
In five pages this 1985 text is examined in terms of its family epic characteristics. There are no other sources listed....
In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...
In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...
This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...
In six pages this paper examines the tragic heroes represented by William Shakespeare's title protagonist Hamlet and Willy Loman i...
In 6 pages this paper examines the very adult quest of a hero in the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling. Eight sources are ...
In six pages this paper refers to Timothy Corrigan's Film Terms and Topics the text edited by Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan entitle...