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'Hero and Leander' by Christopher Marlowe

In five pages the influence Marlowe received from writers of ancient Greece and Rome are considered as reflected in this poetic ep...

Hero and Leander/Marlowe

of the youth that generate that this assessment, that is, his pleasant smile, his eyes, etc. There is a allusion to Narcissus, who...

Romantic Relationships and the Humanism of the Renaissance

In eight pages this paper discusses the gender and sociopolitical implications of the romantic relationships depicted in The Faeri...

Annotated Bibliography of Literary Young Love

In seven pages this paper examines the literary interpretations of young love featured in The Hero and Leander by Christopher Marl...

Beloved Dismemberment in Poetry

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

An Analysis of Heroism and the Journey in Star Wars

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

The Hero’s Journey

sight of their original teaching passion, or the education system insists that teachers simply instruct, as though the children we...

The Hero’s Journey: Moses and Jesus

the hero receives the call to adventure, which he initially rejects before crossing the threshold into adventure. Next comes initi...

Dr. Faustus and Dr. Jekyll

what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will?" (Marlowe). He consciously and actively ch...

Power Like Faustus

an especially admirable trait in any person. What spoils it is the quest for power if the power is going to be used for evil inste...

Character Studies: Dr. Faustus, Macbeth

This essay discusses the characterization of Christopher Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" and William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," identifying ...

Nietzsche's Perspective and Marlowe's Faustus

This essay discusses Nietzsche's perspective on good and evil within the context provided by Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. Ten pages i...

Universal Truths Presented in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In four pages this report considers the universal truths that lead to Faustus's tragedy and Marlowe's objectives in this tale. Th...

Edward II by Christopher Marlowe

of the growing rift between Edward and his barons with recurrent attention to London events and citizen concerns, with accounts of...

Two Plays of Christopher Marlowe

In five pages Marlowe's The Jew of Malta and Massacre at Paris are considered in terms of type, religious opinions expressed by th...

Fantasy Woman in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In eight pages the 'fantasy' women depicted in Marlowe's 16th century play are discussed in terms of their pornographic characteri...

Philip Marlowe as a Knight in The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

revealed. The reader is introduced to Marlowe as he is about to call on a potential client, the elderly, but very rich, General ...

Servants in Faustus

become more clever. The townspeople find out about his delving in the black arts and they confront him. Before Faustus can show th...

Warning of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

an even darker meaning upon striving to achieve ones own distinctiveness and the role one assumes amidst social order. Satan begi...

Ahab and Faustus, Deals with the Devil Seen in Melville and Marlowe

not know when to stop. Faustus is not happy with the knowledge he has obtained. He feels there is more. He is much like an addic...

Defining a Hero

understanding how this works we present an examination of various individuals, illustrating what makes them a hero. Many argue t...

Francis Ford Coppola's Film The Godfather, Archetypes and the Hero's Journey

Furthermore, there are certain commonalties that run through the storylines of all epic writing. Examples of such include heroism,...

The Heroism of Beowulf

The writer argues that Beowulf can be seen as an archetype of the ideal hero, and that his deeds have come to be considered as a m...

Spirited Away Film by Hayao Miyazaki

bathhouse (Ebert, 2002). By indulging themselves with the food, Chihiros parents are transformed into pigs. Osmond (2003) points o...

The Nature of Radical Innocence in Literary Depiction

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

Hero’s Quest in the Film The Fisher King and in Epic of Gilgamesh

quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...

Christopher Columbus

One of the ways in which Native Americans could see Columbus as a hero involves the simplicity of the man himself, in relationship...

Heroic Greek Definition in 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' of Homer

In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and its 2 Couples

In five pages Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero are contrasted and compared in this analysis of William Shakespeare's Muc...

'Epic Hero' Characteristics of Odysseus

In five pages this essay discusses how Odysseus qualifies as an 'epic hero' because of the suffering and hardship he endured throu...