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In ten pages an ethnographic perspective is offered in an exploration of Fineup Riordin's text which considers the Yup'ik Eskimo c...
5 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, and relates the importance of...
In twelve pages the tales of Demeter, Cybele and Attis, Adonis and Aphrodite, Endymion and Selene are examined in a consideration ...
bits of information from ancient times, which have to do with the themes that have supported human life, built civilizations, and ...
represent the important roles of women. The contrast between mythological women and mythological men represents the complexity of...
contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...
The writer compares and contrasts Achilles, a hero from Greek mythology, with Beowulf, the hero of the Old English epic poem. The ...
In eight pages this research paper discusses Isis in terms of her origins in Egyptian mythology and speculates on the social impac...
The struggle in Greek mythology of the mind and the heart is examined in this paper consisting of four pages with quotes supplied ...
in the house" (Kamat women.htm). It is as though the very essence of a woman as a human being is given no consideration beyond th...
cites that as many as several hundred thousand must exist collectively (Gill & Sullivan, 1992). Each myth that I came across was...
Do comic books as an art form simply represent a desire to escape from reality or are they the embodiment of a new form of modern ...
In four pages Mircea Eliade's definition of mythopoetic mind is considered as the concept relates to mythology, culture, and socie...
This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...
story of Demeter and Persephone expresses not only the passing of the seasons, but also the whole drama of life, death, life that ...
This paper consists of seventeen pages and examines the white supremacy and racism mythology that have always been a part of South...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses how cultural definition of success, raising children, social environment, religion, and myth...
In two pages this reaction paper focuses upon artistic detail and the artist's uses of contrast and mythology. There is no biblio...
In five pages Bryant's utopian society as it manifests itself in her novel in terms of the sociological implications of physical a...
This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...
This 12 page paper gives an overview of the history of the theatre in ancient Greece and the connection with mythology. This paper...
is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...
Greek goddess Aphrodite, who is the "goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture" (Lindemans "Aphrodite"). As with Aphrodite, Venus...
is notable about Tolkien is that his world makes internal sense. Each race (Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs, etc.) has a distinct langua...
studying it in the same way we study language (Csapo, 2005, p. 220). His theory puts more emphasis on the meaning of myth rather t...
a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starl...
period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...
image South African-ness. The markets of this iconic South African beer would often refer to it as the peoples beer (Talotta, 2000...
Seger explains why people respond strongly to characters in film when those characters go on a journey that touches the audience. ...
no lack of literature about how gods and goddesses (goddesses, especially) are linked with death. The Greeks - Artemis, Niobe, Fer...