Essays 271 - 300
In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...
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...
the examples of the main characters, a certain amount of wit and common intelligence is necessary to possess as an essential work ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...
This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...
In three pages this persuasive and personal essay examines the reasons why this protagonist qualifies as a hero. There is no bibl...
This essay consisting of four pages considers how the protagonist satisfies the tragic hero criteria as defined by Aristotle offer...
The writer compares and contrasts the Old English poem Beowulf with Sundiata, which is an African epic. The writer argues that whi...
Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...
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...
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 seven pages these two works are contrasted and compared regarded the differing perspectives on heroes, rebellion, and war each ...
In eight pages this paper examines the code hero of Ernest Hemingway in the characterizations of Robert Jordan and Frederic Henry....
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...
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 ...
In five pages this paper discusses the text's description of individuals who have felt compelled to perform public service and how...
In four pages this paper discusses the achievements of Second World War hero, Swedish diplomat Raul Wallenberg. Five sources are ...
troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...
In this paper of six pages a broad comparison of thes classic heroes considers how they would fare in the contemporary world. The...
Both of the primary mail characters are fundamentally powerless, as are the narrators of the stories. Ironically, a great deal of...
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...
In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...
In five pages this paper discusses how the classical hero definition applies to Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey. There are no ot...
In six pages this paper examines cultural myths and the portrayal of heroes in this comparative analysis of the works by Virgil an...