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Biological and Physical Characteristics of Monomictic Lakes

In ten pages this paper focuses upon Lake Oglethorpe of Georgia in a consideration of monomictic lakes and their various biologica...

William Shakespeare's Tragic Hero Hamlet

In nine pages this paper analyzes the tragic hero aspects of Hamlet's character in a consideration that also includes Shakespeare'...

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and the Tragic Hero Marcus Brutus

contradictions of his character. Certainly, Brutus is strong. Even his name conveys strength. He is idealistic, and at least in...

Character Comparisons in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing II

becomes more and more obvious. Their words, which appear to be that demonstrating disdain, are words spouted by lovers who are con...

Heroic Comparison of Hector and Achilles in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...

Stylistic and Formal Characteristics of Gus Van Sant's 'My Own Private Idaho'

Such cinematic techniques as mise-en-scene are discussed in a paper consisting of 6 pages as thematic and narrative expression are...

Motifs of Ancient Greek Literature and Superman

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

Women in Much Ado About Nothing and Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper discusses how the traditional and nontraditional roles of women are represented in Hero and Bianca, and Be...

Entrepreneur Characteristics

In ten pages entrepreneurship is considered in what special personality attributes and abilities are necessary to become an entrep...

Technology Teaching on the Internet and Student Characteristics

In sixteen pages this paper examines technology instruction in the Internet such as Java programming language teaching and conside...

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...

Epic Hero Transformation in Greek Literature

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

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...

Romance and Epic Characteristics

individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...

Overview of the Battle of New Orleans

troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...

Achilles and Odysseus in A Modern Comparison

In this paper of six pages a broad comparison of thes classic heroes considers how they would fare in the contemporary world. The...

Okonkwo was to Blame in Things Fall Apart by Achebe

In a paper consisting of five pages an assessment regarding Okonkwo's responsibility for his own tragedy is discussed through an e...

Tragic Hero Assessment of John Proctor as Portrayed in the 1996 Film Version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...

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...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

Istanbul's Tourism Characteristics

In forty one pages this literature review of Istanbul as a tourist destination is discussed with a SWOT analysis included. Twenty...

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...

Tragic Heroes Prince Hamlet and Willy Loman

In six pages this paper examines the tragic heroes represented by William Shakespeare's title protagonist Hamlet and Willy Loman i...

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 ...

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...

Cinema and Heroes

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

Authority Compliance as a Dangerous Social Characteristic

In 3 pages the human nature experiments of Stanley Milgram are examined in a consideration of the negative impacts of blind author...

Tragic Figure of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In 5 pages the concept of tragic hero as defined by Aristotle is examined within th context of the novel by Gustave Flaubert and c...

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...