Essays 121 - 150
An analysis of stanzas XIV and XV of this anonymous poem are consider in terms of their significance particularly regarding the re...
specific word. For example, the English word "chair" is translated as "la silla" in Spanish, but neither the English nor the Spani...
the reader is the consumer. A writerly text is at the other end of this spectrum, as in these texts the reader is also a co-produc...
that spans generations. This observation also implies that there is no easy fix. In some way, Martins views on cultural wealth ar...
a preview of what was to become a major theme in Camera Lucida: In the final analysis, what I really find fascinating about photo...
aspects of the people from whom it is spawned. Barthes views on the evolution and purpose of myth are echoed...
The writer compares and analyzes the Song of Roland and Beowulf, two epic poems. The main focus of the paper is the death of the r...
surrounded by Arabs who believed in God at the time, but things were strained. He saw a great deal of turmoil and destruction. Of ...
Barthes was addressing "the trivia" of society in a serious way; we would be surprised to see how some of these same themes appear...
women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...
is a serious offence. But Ganelon, the man who is held, has a friend who challenges his accuser to a match and the friend loses. T...
In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...
are added to language everyday. It helps to note also that fashion designers often take new trends from the street--such as the ba...
Indian proxies, and traitors to each side were hanged, it was known that "regular troops on both sides almost universally observed...
would have no doubt preferred. She stays and makes a life for herself and Pearl as a seamstress and though her scarlet letter def...
the globe, to armchair inquiry into such things as films, television and music of contemporary urban life. While anthropology may ...
But, we find that this is only a trick. It was such realities as these that often led the Crusades against other nations. Of cours...
attitude. In trying to evaluate society with a myriad of insights, several culturalists can help to provide these. They too look a...
jurists find that the letter of the law does not fit the case in question; as such, the jurist must settle disputes that are unabl...
In eight pages this paper discusses the chivalric code of honor and a knight's pursuit of financial gain within the context of the...
In five pages this paper examines Song of Roland in terms of courage ideals, archetypes, plot, and characterization analysis. The...
In five pages these epic war tales are examined in a heroic contrast and comparison of Roland and Achilles. Three sources are cit...
In five pages the cultural attitudes reflected in John McMurtry's 'Kill'em, Crush ‘em, Eat ‘em Raw' and Roland Barthes...
In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...
long before it was ever written down. To use Si!r Philip Sidney phrase pertaining to the oral traditions of epic poetry, it was ...
In eleven pages this paper contrasts and compares the political worldviews and ideologies that are represented in Zhang Yimou's fi...
This paper consists of five pages and includes a biographical sketch of Ernest Hemingway, details on his work including frequent t...
In five pages this paper presents a World Wildlife Fund as it regards possible extinction of elephants due to the ivory trade in a...
In nine pages this paper examines the leadership of characters depicted in 'The Moviegoer' by Percy, 'Shooting an Elephant' by Orw...
In six pages this paper discusses the problems the World Wildlife Fund have encountered regarding the practice of poaching elephan...