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John Gardner's Grendel and Epic Beowulf

oo well that here was the last of...

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...

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...

Hero Worship

In eleven pages this paper examines the societal pros and cons of hero worship with professional athletes including OJ Simpson, Dw...

English Football and Hooliganism

In eight pages this paper considers the phenomenon known as hooliganism and how this antisocial and violent conduct can manifest i...

Homer's Heroes Patroclus and Achilles

In this essay consisting of five pages the argument is presented that the friendship between these heroes in Homer's 'The Iliad' s...

The Aeneid by Virgil and 3 Archetypes

the thing / With timber braces, towering to the sky, / Too big for the gates, not to be hauled inside / And give the people back t...

Gilgamesh, 'The Odyssey' and Heroic Epics

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and Men and Women's Relationships

they marry or not, for there have been no grandiose expectations placed upon them to act a certain way. Benedick remarks, "That a...

Ernest Hemingway's 'Code Hero'

hero may have incredible moral fiber, but have a tendency to love women he can never have. Tragic flaws, if one looks at any story...

Beloved Dismemberment in Poetry

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' Goddess Athena and Hero Odysseus

In five pages this epic goddess and hero are examined in terms of their similarities. There are no other sources cited....

Heroic Moses

Philosophy "Hero" as used by Campbell (1990) is androgynous, and he underscores this fact by using the pronouns "he" and "s...

Epic Hero Luke Skywalker in Star Wars

given a task to perform and in doing so derives some sort of personal meaning from it. He may meet with a great series of misfortu...

Code Hero in Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises

story revolves around an American news correspondent, Jake Barnes, who lives and works in Europe, as well as his assorted friends"...

Lindbergh Falls From Grace After Many Years Aloft

4 million Americans had thronged the streets of Manhattan to see and used an estimated 7,430,000 feet of newsreel to record just a...

Heroism and Sports

that no two people define heroism in just the same way. Merriam-Webster defines a hero as a person who is admired for his achieve...

Harry Potter's Adult World

In 6 pages this paper examines the very adult quest of a hero in the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling. Eight sources are ...

Heroic Odysseus

In five pages this paper discusses how the classical hero definition applies to Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey. There are no ot...

British Writer Dennis Potter and Son of Man TV Movie

In five pages Potter's controversial Son of Man TV movie based upon Jesus's life is examined in terms of the writer's objectives a...

Visual Images in Last Action Hero Film

In six pages this paper refers to Timothy Corrigan's Film Terms and Topics the text edited by Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan entitle...

Cultural Myths and 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper examines cultural myths and the portrayal of heroes in this comparative analysis of the works by Virgil an...

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...

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....

Folk Legends and Outlaws

In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...

Cinema and Heroes

typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...

17th Century Heroic Scientists

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

Walker, Pearson, Frankl, Miller, and Fromm on Identity and Meaning

In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...