Essays 121 - 150
In five pages this paper examines jimson weed indulgence and lotus eating in this consideration of how substance abuse is represen...
a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...
In five pages this paper examines Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' in its portrayal of Homeric warfare in a consideration of ...
In five pages this paper discusses the maturation Odysseus underwent throughout the course of 'The Odyssey.' Three sources are ci...
to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...
This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...
In five pages this paper discusses how the classical hero definition applies to Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey. There are no ot...
In five pages this tutorial examines how classic works of literature, the Bible, 'The Aeneid,' 'The Iliad,' and 'The Odyssey' port...
In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...
far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy" (Homer The Odyssey PG). The Odyssey was written in 800 B.C. and woven in...
The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...
In 7 pages this paper discusses the similarities between 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' of Homer and Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' in a...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...
This research report examines customs, events, and for example meanings of the Phaeacians' games. Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aen...
In 5 pages the heroic quest is analyzed within the context of Cervantes' Don Quixote, Dante's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'The Odyssey.'...
see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...
In 2 pages this paper examines how in Books IX through XII of 'The Odyssey Odysseus becomes mature enough to embrace his destiny w...
This paper contrasts and compares how women's rights are depicted in The Bible, 'The Odyssey' by Homer, and The Thousand and One N...
A 5 page comparison of the characters in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. The author contrasts qualities such as heroism and humanism. ...
to his position, he represents all the virtues and flaws of a man, in spite of the fact that he is only part human. But it is the...
In five pages this paper considers Odysseus' heroic tale as described in Homer's poetic epic 'The Odyssey.' There are no other so...
allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...
a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Poetry is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays...
rested for two days, then sailed on again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the la...
among all the Gods have renown for wit (metis) and tricks" (The Museum of the Goddess Athena). As one can see, Athena does not lov...
also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...