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Brian Bosworth

In six pages analytical, psychodynamic, and personality paradigms are applied to former professional athlete Brian Bosworth as dep...

Women in Much Ado About Nothing and Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper discusses how the traditional and nontraditional roles of women are represented in Hero and Bianca, and Be...

Character Comparisons in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing II

becomes more and more obvious. Their words, which appear to be that demonstrating disdain, are words spouted by lovers who are con...

The Role Models of Athletes

In six pages the ways in which professional athletes have emerged in society as role models are examined and considers if athletes...

Mahabharata and the Heroes Karna and Arjuna

In a research paper consisting of sixteen pages the heroes of the epic Indian saga are examined in a comparative analysis that als...

Contemporary World, Heroes, Gods, and Joseph Campbell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...

Critically Evaluating the Hero in 'Beowulf'

In a paper containing three pages the discussion of whether Beowulf should be considered a pagan or Christian hero is presented. ...

Comparative Analysis of 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how heroes are defined in these ancient epics. There are no other sources listed....

A Review of Fields of Fire

A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....

John Gardner's Grendel and Epic Beowulf

oo well that here was the last of...

Beowulf as an Epic Hero

The writer argues that Beowulf can be considered a hero, not only because he does heroic deeds, but also because of the way in whi...

Colin Powell's 1995 Text My American Journey

and judging the enemy. I therefore advised Cheney to accept Norms (Schwarzkopf) recommendation." What he is referring to in this ...

Duino Elegies by Rainer Rilke and The Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

In five pages this paper examines these two poems in terms of Rilke's presentation of the hero and child relationship and Kinnell'...

Comparing Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet

in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...

Heroic Storyteller Huck Finn

he was gone he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and ...

Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Compared

In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Past and Present Hercules

In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Lord Byron's Manfred as Byronic Heroes

In five pages Byronic hero is first defined and then examined as it is reflected in Lord Byron's Manfred and Mary Shelley's Franke...

Biography and Writings of Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper discusses Hemingway's life and then examines how heroes are interpreted in the novel The Sun Also Rises a...

Comparative Analysis of Heroes Hector and Achilles in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper presents a contrast and comparison of the heroes Hector and Achilles as featured in the epic poem 'The Il...

King Arthur and Classic Heroism

In five pages the classical hero is examined in a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist between King...

Interchangeability of Homer's Heroic Hektor

In six pages this character analysis of Hektor in 'The Iliad' by Homer reveals how he is a hero who also happens to be human and h...

Myth or Archetype of the Hero

These "myths" satisfy our "hunger for community." The hero embodies the values of a community. May writes: The myth of the home...

17th Century Heroic Scientists

assumptions came to predominate Western cultural thought (Olson 18). Prior to this era, during the medieval period, the proper a...

A Comparison of the Song of Roland and Beowulf

The writer compares and analyzes the Song of Roland and Beowulf, two epic poems. The main focus of the paper is the death of the r...

Achilles and Odysseus and Their Mythic Journeys

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the heroes Achilles and Odysseus, and their development as they move through their advent...

The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht

The writer discusses Bertolt Brecht's play The Threepenny Opera and explains its significance to twentieth century theater. The wr...

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...

Poetry and Different Romantic Modes of Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Lord Byron

In eight pages this research paper discusses the romantic modes featured by Shelley's 'Platonic love,' Keats' 'doctrine of art,' a...

Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and American Society

In 7 pages the hero mythology is applied to the society of the United States in a consideration of 3 concepts from The Power of My...