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Critiquing Epictetus's Philosophy

what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...

Human Frailty and Compassion in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper examines whether he was tolerant of human frailty or simply delighted in poking fun at it. Four sources ...

'Le Renegat' by Albert Camus

In three pages Camus' view of the absurdity of the human condition is explored within the context of his essay but also considers ...

Medical Ethics Cases

In a paper consisting of twenty five pages medical care and options are examined in terms of decision complexities that surround t...

Compassion Ethic of the Dalai Lama in Kindness, Clarity and Insight

responds in kind (Gyatso Compassion and the Individual). It is important to understand what the Dalai Lama means by compassion. ...

The Student and Teacher Who Was Abraham Lincoln

ours to us" (Frost 90). Lincoln knew he was different from his contemporaries in both physical appearance and demeanor, but that ...

Holistic Approach to Nursing

In nine pages this paper examines nursing from a holistic perspective in a consideration of humanism and compassion. Twelve sourc...

Chaucer and His Characters

In five pages The Canterbury Tales are considered in terms of what they reveal about the author, his compassion, humor, thoughts a...

Hospitals and Nursing

Issues pertinent to these five elements include conceptual framework, scope of practice, policy implications and support of social...

Environmental Compassion and Natural Rights

a simple matter of applying social responsibility, which is defined as being aware of the impacts ones actions have upon the rest ...

Concept of Heroism and Heroes Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Aeneid by Virgil

we have a man who is essentially being tossed with the tides. He is not nearly as determined or as confident as Odysseus. This is ...

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...

The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus and Virgil's Aeneid

values that had defined Homers story of the war to capture Troy. Aeneas reluctance to leave his native city is therefore both "a ...

Visions and Dialogues of the Dead in Works by Virgil, Plato, and Homer

In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...

Swordbelt of Pallas and its Importance

task was to help an individual in major life transitions, it would be logical to put such an image, on a sword belt, particularly ...

Literary Women in Ancient Rome and in the 20th Century

In seven pages this paper examines how society treated women in these respective time periods in a comparative analysis of 'The Ae...

Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome

In three pages three student posed questions pertaining to mythical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are answered in a heroic co...

Piety of Aeneas in 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

In five pages this paper discusses 3 piety actions undertaken by Aeneas in 'The Aeneid' by Virgil. There is no bibliography inclu...

Character Analysis of Turnus and Aeneas in Virgil's 'The Aeneid'

in the story when Aeneas has arrived in the realm of Turnus. Turnus was engaged to marry a woman but the womans mother has chosen ...

Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

Propaganda and 'The Aeneid'

citizen would find it only too easy to believe that their nation was the greatest on Earth. This propaganda toward the great...

An Analysis of Virgil's Depiction of the Tragedy of Dido

a cave. They make love and, from this point on, Dido considers them to be married even though a ceremony has not officially consec...

Augustus' Rule and the Pessimism of 'The Aeneid'

only needs to find his way to the underworld so that he might see and confer with his father. Sybil replies that the path to the ...

Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer on Happiness and Erotic Love

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

Death Confrontation in Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

Considering What Makes a Classic with Virgil, Tolstoy, and Homer

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

Classical Literature and Common Theme of Perseverance in Overcoming Obstacles

fire, his roar is the roar/of the floodwater; he breathes and there is death (lines 128-129). Gilgamesh perseveres despite the ad...

Fire as a Theme in Virgil's Aeneid

the contest because she bribed Paris by offering him Helen of Troy, the fairest of mortal women, which is the basis for the confli...

Virgil The Aeneid Book XII

the character Hektor was a great Trojan warrior. He was adored by the people of Troy. Achilleus was his archenemy. His parents ...

Comparative Analysis of Underworld Visits in the Works of Homer and Virgil

see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...