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as action vs. inaction, doer vs. writer and philosopher, and primitivism vs. modernism. The erudite English narrator of Zorba the...
report, the name "Basil" will be used to facilitate discussion of the narrators role. Basil is a scholarly, introspective man. Whe...
In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...
of the prolific writers inherent ability to pursue even the simplest of concepts. Not unlike his myriad other works, Kazantzakis ...
In ten pages this paper examines the author's religious views, his book The Last Temptation of Christ and the subsequent film adap...
that gives life meaning. He pictures humanity not as part from God and creation, but as an integral part of the process, as life e...
In five pages this play is examined in terms of its eclectic qualities and also examines such characters as 'the Boss' and Zorba t...
In five pages this paper examines a 'trunk theater' rural school production of Medea, the Greek tragedy by Euripides....
cultures. In addition, the kind of difficulties and trials faced by different ancient communities will also tend to be similar. On...
very opposing forces. There is an evident duality to Herakles. On the one hand, he has a compassionate side that truly wants to ...
In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...
In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....
truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...
a great deal of art, was incredibly reflective of what was considered the good life. There was a change in the society at that tim...
is very advanced and demonstrates once again a close connection, in the ancient Greeks works, between mathematics and philosophy. ...
As such one could clearly argue that the basic design of the Epidauros influenced the design and construction of the Colosseum. Th...
yet differentiated between having a form and embodying that form. Aristotle, on the other hand, proposed that a form, with the exc...
to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...
forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...
extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...
them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...
far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...
In six pages this paper examines how Greece influenced and inspired Lord Byron in a consideration of his Greek poems and his parti...
In four pages this paper examines how Greek thought propelled Roman action in a consideration of the influences of Greek art and p...
The contemporary church and Greek Temple are compared and contrasted. The Rock Church of Montgomery, Alabama is compared with the...
In six pages this paper discusses the similarities between the Greeks and the Romans in a consideration of how the Greek Empire wa...
In eight pages this paper discusses Chicago's Greek culture and community in an historical overview that includes such topics as t...
the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...
This essay focuses on the position of theologian Douglas Wilson in regards to "paideia," which means education in Greek. The conte...
This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...