Essays 331 - 360
quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...
we will discuss two stories involving journeys -- the ancient Babylonian story of Gilgamesh, and Voltaires Candide. Written abou...
In five pages dreams are discussed and the dream featured in Gilgamesh is interpreted. There is no bibliography included....
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...
This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...
author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...
lost natural state, at which point Shamhat offers to take him to the city where the joys of "civilization shine in their resplende...
In five pages this paper examines how the concepts of life and death as regarded by the ancient Mesopotamian peoples are reflected...
all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...
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 considers the political dilemma of the Duchess of Calzone and how Odysseus, Gilgamesh, and Machiavelli wo...
human condition then and now. Throughout the course of the story, Gilgamesh takes several physical journeys. However, the one mo...
In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...
In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...
millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...
In five pages this paper examines the role of Enkidu in the education of Gilgamesh and his understanding that accepting his mortal...
In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...
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...
type of entertainment depends on a larger population to be successful. It is highly unlikely that a person would be able to see a...
and the "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes are both evocative and deeply beautiful poems. In each poem, the poet uses...
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 two pages Catholicism's traditional meaning is contrasted with the view presented in Quindlen's contemporary interpretation....
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....
This paper consists of 5 pages and contrasts various multiculturalism perspectives....