Essays 331 - 360
The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...
This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...
line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...
fire, his roar is the roar/of the floodwater; he breathes and there is death (lines 128-129). Gilgamesh perseveres despite the ad...
possible sense of self. "He took his heavy shield killed the dragon with his heavy bronze axe, which weighed seven talents and se...
author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...
This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...
it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...
In six pages an analysis of the heroic symbolism in the epics 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' 'Beowulf,' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...
In seven pages topics of general intent, good, evil, and heroism are related to the epic tales of 'Beowulf' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...
In five pages this paper explores the homosexual or bisexual tendencies as revealed in his relationship with Enkidu in the Epic of...
In five pages this paper examines how the concepts of life and death as regarded by the ancient Mesopotamian peoples are reflected...
In five pages this paper considers the political dilemma of the Duchess of Calzone and how Odysseus, Gilgamesh, and Machiavelli wo...
In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...
This 10 page paper examines the way writers have treated women in mythology. The writer examines The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Metamo...
In nine and a half pages this paper considers how social values are reflected in the ancient literary works Phaedo, Euthyphro, Cri...
of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...
primary role was that of sexual object. But, at the same time it also illustrates that men did not like sharing their women with a...
millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...
quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...
voracious sexual appetites by raping young village girls and claiming other mens wives as his own conquests on their wedding night...
and the "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes are both evocative and deeply beautiful poems. In each poem, the poet uses...
type of entertainment depends on a larger population to be successful. It is highly unlikely that a person would be able to see a...
This paper consists of 5 pages and contrasts various multiculturalism perspectives....
and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...
In eight pages this paper discusses social reformation in a contrast and comparison of the philosophies of Plato and Confucius....
In nine pages the Asian system of education is examined in a contrast and comparison of structures in China, Korea, and Japan....
In two pages Catholicism's traditional meaning is contrasted with the view presented in Quindlen's contemporary interpretation....