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Motherhood and Race, Michelle Obama, Lesbian and Gay Parents

This 10 page paper gives an explanation to many homework answers concerning motherhood and African Americans. This paper includes ...

Sexual Activity and Pregnancy in Adolescents

In six pages these two articles pertaining to the many aspects of sexual activity and pregnancy are presented 'Early adolescent se...

Whistler: "Portrait in Black and Gray"

found in the womans tightly clasped hands, in the handkerchief that she is clutching tightly, and in the fact that her hair is cov...

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

hospital, in another town, with a crushed leg, She talks to her son, "almost as if she were thinking aloud to him, and he took it...

Canadian Society and Female Culture in E.J. Errington's Wives and Mothers

Wives and Mothers by E.J. Errington and how the author analyzes Canada's female culture are examined in 5 pages....

Past and Present Definitions of Hero

rap artists came to be regarded as heroes by many. With the tragic events of September 11, 2001, however, we have once again com...

Contemporary World, Heroes, Gods, and Joseph Campbell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...

Epic Heroism of King Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...

Motifs of Ancient Greek Literature and Superman

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

Robert Coles' The Call of Service

In five pages this paper discusses the text's description of individuals who have felt compelled to perform public service and how...

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and Men and Women's Relationships

they marry or not, for there have been no grandiose expectations placed upon them to act a certain way. Benedick remarks, "That a...

Achilles and Odysseus in A Modern Comparison

In this paper of six pages a broad comparison of thes classic heroes considers how they would fare in the contemporary world. The...

Heroes

as his hero. Achilles Achilles is the greatest of the Greek heroes fighting against the Trojans. As the poem begins, the war ha...

Willy Loman, Not a Tragic Hero

of Willys character shows him to be a highly flawed man, who makes innumerable mistakes and brings about his own tragic demise by ...

Self-Realization and the Hero’s Quest in ‘Beowulf,’ ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,’ and ‘Everyman’

the heros quest is self-realization, with the glory being more internal than external, the awakening of inner strength and self-kn...

Epic Hero Status of Odysseus in Homer’s “The Odyssey”

was time to allow Odysseus to return home. Should he be allowed to go back to Ithaka to be reunited with his wife Penelope and hi...

Louis Riel

national-liberation leader."1 The author then notes a very intriguing point in that while none of these descriptions are entirely ...

Gabriel and Dubliners and Mr. Rochester - Byronic Heroes or Not?

notes that Byron "emphasizes specially the spirit of revolt against society ... But his villain-heroes ... are selfish and unscrup...

Classical Literature and the Hero

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...

'Don Juan' by Lord Byron

In eight pages the romantic 'Don Juan' is contrasted and compared with the hero's poetic satirist, Lord Byron. Five sources are c...

Heroic Dante and Sir Gawain

In five pages this paper examines how the concept of hero is defined and how both Dante in The Inferno and Sir Gawain in Sir Gawai...

The Heroic Aeneas

In a paper that consists of eight pages the definition of hero throughout the course of cultural history is considered in support ...

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...

The Film 'Titanic' from a Formalist Perspective

heroes (or heroines) epic journey in self-discovery and personal awareness and understanding of the world in which he or she exist...

Heroic Myth in Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

In 7 pages this paper applies Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell to the novel Prisoner of Azkaban in an analysis of how...

Comparing Annie Oakley and Oddysseus

Odysseus,/raider of cities gouged out your eye" (Homer 227). As Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, Odysseus makes a powerful god h...

The Shape of Heroism

Using examples from literature and from world events, this essay identifies some of the heroes everyone knows and those nobody kno...

Much Ado About Nothing: The 'Comedy' of Scapegoats

This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...

Icons and Heroes

In five pages this paper examines the concepts of icons and heroes and defines hero along with providing a human example. There a...

Literary Heroes Come of Age

The tale of a hero becoming an adult is a staple of literature. This essay compares heroes Han Solo and Odysseus, Luke Skywalker a...