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his rule to all those who regarded him as an interloper. He sought the assistance of his most trusted advisor, his brother-in-law...
In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...
This is a longer paper with more details regarding The Aeneid by Virgil and consists of four pages....
homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...
of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...
In five pages this paper examines a 'trunk theater' rural school production of Medea, the Greek tragedy by Euripides....
In four pages this paper examines evaluates the acceptability of the protagonists' actions in these classic literary works by Virg...
far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy" (Homer The Odyssey PG). The Odyssey was written in 800 B.C. and woven in...
and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
In ten pages this research paper examines how the Greek perspective of tragedy is featured in Euripides' plays The Women of Troy a...
was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Virgil's protagonist Aeneas from 'The Aeneid' with Homer's protagonist Odyssey in ...
The Aeneid of Virgil and Dante's The Divine Comedy are similar in style and format, both being produced by poets. This paper compa...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these plays by Euripides and Aristophanes in a consideration of the similarities a...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...
Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...
This research report examines customs, events, and for example meanings of the Phaeacians' games. Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aen...
In a paper that consists of eight pages the definition of hero throughout the course of cultural history is considered in support ...
When he eventually realizes he is neglecting his duty -- Jupiter tells him he has a destiny to found Rome -- Aeneas sails away, te...
In three pages a character analysis of the protagonist Aeneas in Virgil's 'The Aeneid' focuses upon his heroic characteristics. I...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Soyinka's The King's Horseman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King in terms of how thes...
personal life concerns until the arrival of the Trojan hero. Aeneas was emotionally smitten with Dido and he gave into these impul...
a cave. They make love and, from this point on, Dido considers them to be married even though a ceremony has not officially consec...
father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...
does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...
in the ideal image of a male hero or warrior. In both cultures the people were founded in a patriarchal way of life, seeing man as...
as a work of art, is that it presents morally ambiguous situations that reveal much about all sides of the human character, especi...
In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...