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also had increased dramatically: by 1994, that percentage of GNP had increased to 15 percent and had topped the $1 trillion mark ...

could live. It was on the broad shoulders of this classical hero upon which the security of society rested. While the hero walke...

personal codes (much like Hemingways did) which serve them in good stead when faced with insurmountable dangers. Along their journ...

receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...

to cut off British communication along the seaborne routs (On and Around the Lakes, nd). The Lake Ontario location also gave Chaun...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

to represent myriad things to myriad people, ultimately rendering any universal explanation virtually impossible. The problem wit...

earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...

and writers in his extensive travels (Lutz 23). Linking him to traditions that span back to Odysseus, Harold is essentially in sea...

into insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In h...

stars for me, weaponed me to make my way in the world...Did I slay him, what horror would come upon me and mine?" (Anderson 305). ...

There are actually three types of third person narration: third person objective; third person omniscient; and third person limite...

situation and can emerge unscathed by the trials and tribulations of life. Then for the first time I noticed a...

a hero in strength and abilities, not in actions and deeds. With Enkidu, however, he finds a soul mate. He no longer seeks out the...

town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity ...

Sir Gawain. He takes refuge at the country estate of Lord Bercilak, who is away on a hunting trip. However, in his absence, Lady...

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

knight-errant, does everything by the book. But by Part II, he doesnt rely on books to lead the way. He is confident enough in h...

his control, or often, the hero will choose this separation for himself. Neo lives in a chosen isolation, but he also chooses to f...

with the civilized manner of a Venetian court, he is clearly out of his element. "If stirred to indignation, as "in Aleppo once"...

heavily upon Paul for leadership and guidance. In this way, Pauls calling was apparent (About, Inc., 2004). From a young woman s...

that far away and on the other hand Im so pissed off at the GD turban heads that I cant wait to get over there and help kick their...

sedate man introduce the story, and tell the reader about the story, the reader is made to believe that it is a very true story fr...

Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...

and unknown. Given that he has no past, no present and no future, its obvious that Bartleby is not a character but a symbol. Wha...

and for good reason: it is a brilliant account of a womans descent into madness. Because it is handled so realistically, it is utt...

life but do not choose to execute them are "ensuring the deaths of a large number of innocent people. On moral grounds, a choice t...

meets throughout the course of the story. This serves the important purpose of not only providing a counterpoint through which to ...

doing so, Boorstin puts this within the context of the historical era. For example, he explains that fifteenth century sailors sta...

this he becomes something of a hero, though never truly a hero who completely sacrifices himself for others or for some grand caus...