Essays 211 - 240
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...
theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...
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...
In six pages this paper examines the tragic heroes represented by William Shakespeare's title protagonist Hamlet and Willy Loman i...
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 ...
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...
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...
In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...
In a paper consisting of five pages an assessment regarding Okonkwo's responsibility for his own tragedy is discussed through an e...
the weak and defender of his territory and do whatever he must in the name of survival. A ravenous Odysseus is described by Homer...
In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...
Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...
In 7 pages the hero mythology is applied to the society of the United States in a consideration of 3 concepts from The Power of My...
In this paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which concepts of morality contributed to the deaths of these tragic heroes is ...
In six pages Hamlet, his mother Gertrude and stepfather Claudius are analyzed within the criteria Aristotle established regarding ...
This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...
In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...
typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...
assumptions came to predominate Western cultural thought (Olson 18). Prior to this era, during the medieval period, the proper a...
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...
In five pages the classical hero is examined in a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist between King...
In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In five pages Byronic hero is first defined and then examined as it is reflected in Lord Byron's Manfred and Mary Shelley's Franke...