Essays 691 - 720
I fear death, and now roam the wilderness-- I will set out to the region of Utanapishtim, son of Ubartutu, and will go with utmost...
in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...
of the youth that generate that this assessment, that is, his pleasant smile, his eyes, etc. There is a allusion to Narcissus, who...
An analysis of stanzas XIV and XV of this anonymous poem are consider in terms of their significance particularly regarding the re...
were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...
This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...
In eight pages this paper examines the code hero of Ernest Hemingway in the characterizations of Robert Jordan and Frederic Henry....
This essay consisting of four pages considers how the protagonist satisfies the tragic hero criteria as defined by Aristotle offer...
In three pages this African literary epic is examined in terms of its themes of kingship and society with topics including artisti...
This 6 page paper argues that Milkman Dead, a character in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, can be described as a classic hero. Th...
In six pages the sensitive heroes Stephen Daedalus in Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man and Marlow in Conrad's Heart of...
In five pages this paper evaluates whether or not there was a Fall in the biblical interpretation presented by John Milton in his ...
In three pages this paper discusses Milton's reasons for writing this epic poem and the sympathy generated for Adam and Eve that r...
In five pages this paper analyzes the characterization as Satan in the epic poem Paradise Lost as a reflection of the righteous co...
In three pages this persuasive and personal essay examines the reasons why this protagonist qualifies as a hero. There is no bibl...
In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...
In ten pages this paper discusses how Christian virtue is reinforced through the pagan villain in this Medieval epic. Two sources...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...
In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...
In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...
evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...
In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...
In eleven pages this paper critically analyzes Tchaikovsky through Marxism, feminism, and Freudian perspectives to support the arg...
This paper consists of five pages and considers Pancho Villa, hero of the Mexican Revolution and examines his impact upon the earl...
What was established as the first recognized law came from the fact that revenge played a big role in societys unruliness. As it ...
The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...
This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...
In a paper consisting of four pages the ways in which Willy Loman and his struggles represent the definitive tragic hero are explo...
In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...