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Dante's Characterization in 'Inferno'

In six pages the reasons why Dante elected to utilize himself as protagonist in 'Divine Comedy' are analyzed in a consideration of...

Betrayal in Dante's 'Inferno'

The theme of betrayal as it is presented in Cantos XXXI, XXXII, and XXXIV is examined in terms of theme, characterization, and ima...

Analysis of Canto 3 in Dante's 'Inferno'

In fifteen pages this canto is examined in terms of its specific passages and how it provides the spiritual foundation for New Eng...

Analysis of Dante's 'Inferno' Canto 12

In six pages this research paper considers Canto XII in terms of how murderers and tyrants are murdered and where along with how m...

20th Century Hell in Dante's 'Inferno'

In five pages this paper speculates on how the Divine Comedy of Dante could be updated to reflect the various levels of hell such ...

Cantos 1 through 11 of Dante's 'Inferno'

A paper consisting of eight pages that is broken down into appropriate sections, the first eleven cantos of 'Inferno' are reviewed...

Cantos 13 through 24 of Dante's 'Inferno'

A paper consisting of eight pages that is broken down into appropriate sections, Cantos XI through XXIV of 'Inferno' are reviewed ...

Life Applied to Dante's 'Inferno'

In eight pages 'Inferno' is examined from the perspective of an alcoholic and the various levels the person must undergo on a jou...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado' and the Revenge Theme Nemo me impune lacessit

the supposed "insult" which Fortunato has offered him; he vacillates between a hatred of the man and a reluctant admiration for hi...

Dante’s Inferno & Humanism

must take a stand against evil and live according to ideals rather than simply from a myopic focus on personal needs. In Canto 2...

Importance of the Fool Character in William Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Critical Assessment

might be King Lear, but if there were no Fool, there would be - in his opinion - no play. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley procl...

Lessons Learned Along King Lear’s Journey

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

Revenge as a Theme in Literature

thou noble youth, / The serpent that did sting thy fathers life / Now wears his crown." Ham. "O my prophetic soul! My uncle?" (I, ...

Marx Brothers' Duck Soup and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report compares Groucho Marx' character Rufus T. Firefly in the 1933 film Duck Soup with William Shakespeare's ...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and Natural Law

In 5 pages this paper examines how the Elizabethans perceived natural law in a consideration of how it is represented in William S...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and the Royal Court

setting in the opening scene, in which the linkage between ceremony and an interdependent (and overlapping) courtly society is tru...

William Shakespeare's 'Romantic Revisions'

tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...

Madness as a Common Literary Theme

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

Historical Literature and Family Dynamics

In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...

Classical Literature Compared

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy, William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Violence

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...

Filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Shakespearean dialog as possible, in addition to the action of the drama (Geist, 1978 and See Also Eckert, 1972). The creative d...

Tragic Characters in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

In five pages Octavius Caesar, Enobarbus, Cleopatra, and Antony are analyzed in order to determine which emerges as the most tragi...

Ancient Rome to Post Second World War Infrastructural Development and Military Strategy

strategies of Romes Julius Caesar and Claudius, the author emphasizes the role infrastructural development played in wartime strat...

Uses of Symbolism in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

Aeneid vs. the Divine Comedy

The Aeneid of Virgil and Dante's The Divine Comedy are similar in style and format, both being produced by poets. This paper compa...

Sight, Insight, and Vision in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

William Shakespeare's Henry the Fourth and Sophocles' Oedipus

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...