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In seven pages this paper discusses the impact of technology upon humankind as considered in H.G. Wells' novels The War of the Wor...
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...
Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but...
not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...
that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...
reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...
meanings of friendship and death. Gilgamesh was a solitary soul until he encountered the primitive nature man Enkidu, with whom h...
that was meant to be good in his life. In order to live ones life in purity, Siddhartha believed that these truths were to be clo...
Mitchells translation, Mark Jarman argues that Gilgamesh enlightens the modern reader as to what the ancient Mesopotamians valued ...
boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...
have plans for Enkidu and so a Priestess tames Enkidu and convinces him to go with her to meet Gilgamesh in Uruk. Though Enkidu ha...
source of motivation for all life. Her dedication to him surpasses no other, whether it plays a part in family rituals or just th...
until finally, the creation goddesses intervene and create a primitive alter-ego for him that would keep his own in check. Only w...
...preserve me!"(Tablet IX, Column I, 3-12). This forces him to begin to consider his own mortality, and for the first tim...
wild state Enkidu represents the noble savage, the noble animal that is pure of spirit and strong. He was to balance out the negat...
regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...
a feast of rejoicing, as well as to keep himself clean and well groomed; he is to cherish his children and his wife (Radcliffe PG)...
the Inferno. "In Dantes Inferno, there is an Upper Hell and a Lower Hell. Upper Hell is the place for those guilty of excessive se...
of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation i...
In ten pages this paper discusses how violence is portrayed in the heroic epics of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia. Six sources ar...
Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....
cultures. In addition, the kind of difficulties and trials faced by different ancient communities will also tend to be similar. On...
The tragedies these leaders experience that lead them onto a path of self knowledge are the focus of this paper consisting of five...
it. The man proceeded immediately to build an ark" (Noss, 38). Marietta Moskin agrees that many of the earliest Hebrew stories d...
These two classic epics are contrasted and compared regarding the perspectives on death and immortality in the afterlife contained...
In five pages the flood and creation tales are among the similarities discussed in a consideration of these three great works of l...
The fates of death or destruction could be explored in a dramatic structure, and how the protagonist elected to face his destiny, ...
is that the creationist deity has no gender, and it is a characteristic peculiar to humans and animals. As William Hallo (...
In five pages these stories are contrasted and compared in terms of their presentation of magical creatures and gods. There are n...
In 5 pages the leadership concept is examined within the context of these 2 Medieval stories. There are no other sources listed....