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me to run from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me saying to me Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot, o...

from a popular Icelandic tale in which the lead character by the name of "Amleth" experienced similar events throughout his lifeti...

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...

speech associates her with a shrine, a religious object, and then offers up his lips as pilgrims. Pilgrims often made journeys to ...

Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...

Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

na?ve Desdemona, he marries her without hesitation or reservation because he believes he has finally found someone with whom he ca...

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

the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...

In 5 pages the concept of tragic hero as defined by Aristotle is examined within th context of the novel by Gustave Flaubert and c...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...

The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...

In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...

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

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...

This essay consisting of four pages considers how the protagonist satisfies the tragic hero criteria as defined by Aristotle offer...

In this paper that contains 20 pages Aaron Burr is given the respect he has been too long been denied through a thoughtful examina...

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

In four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...

he is trying to bring democracy to the region. An example of this futility taken from French history can be found in the history o...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...

pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...

In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...

This essay focuses on the 1773 play by Oliver Goldsmith, "She Stoops to Conquer," which is an eighteenth century play that is stil...