Essays 61 - 90
The writer presents a creative essay written in iambic pentameter, describing the journey Teiresias commanded Odysseus to make aft...
A 5 page essay comparing Odysseus from Homer's The Odyssey with Kevin Spacey's character Verbal Kint. There are many parallels in ...
In five pages this paper examines the concepts of icons and heroes and defines hero along with providing a human example. There a...
In eight pages the romantic 'Don Juan' is contrasted and compared with the hero's poetic satirist, Lord Byron. Five sources are c...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
In five pages this paper examines how the concept of hero is defined and how both Dante in The Inferno and Sir Gawain in Sir Gawai...
In a paper that consists of eight pages the definition of hero throughout the course of cultural history is considered in support ...
to his mother, he has been depicted as a solitary creature, not unlike the hombres in Sergio Leones "spaghetti" Westerns, who walk...
ultimate control, where there could be no arguments. Although all power was concentrated in the hands of a single ruler, Roman c...
In eight pages this paper examines the popular movie character in terms of the qualities he embodies as a popular mythological her...
In four pages the concept of the hero's journey as it manifest itself in these classical works of literature is examined. There i...
The writer compares and contrasts Achilles, a hero from Greek mythology, with Beowulf, the hero of the Old English epic poem. The ...
In nine pages this paper presents the argument that the 'world' of the asylum that is featured in the novel represents a real worl...
as his hero. Achilles Achilles is the greatest of the Greek heroes fighting against the Trojans. As the poem begins, the war ha...
In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...
can have genuine depth. Both while their relationship is still comparatively superficial, and later when it becomes truly meaningf...
A 10 page analysis of the tragic hero as he manifests in these two classic plays. Twists of events affect these heroes differentl...
In five pages this research paper applies Christopher Vogler's 'hero's journey' concepts to Fictions of Business by Robert Brawer....
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...
heroes (or heroines) epic journey in self-discovery and personal awareness and understanding of the world in which he or she exist...
In 7 pages this paper applies Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell to the novel Prisoner of Azkaban in an analysis of how...
the path to order by bringing structure to the process of understanding. The classical hero was one who was brave, honest, pious ...
of his own family. Clementes natural athletic gifts were apparent at an early age, and by 17, "Momen," as he was called by family...
and jockey, till his fine reputation for strength and good character finds him at age seventeen working as a footman to Lady Booby...
still just one being who is in constant struggle with his own existence. When determining who truly exercises power in an a...
in order to acquire knowledge, and to demonstrate bravery or quick-wittedness while they are dealing with unfamiliar situations or...
self-worth" (xi). It is culture which not only links modern-day people, but also connects contemporary man to his primitive ances...
a bit. When it appears that his warriors are no match against this monster who has taken on a craven for human flesh, Herorot r...
In five pages this paper examines how the tragic hero's journey is thematically portrayed in these plays. Three sources are cited...
In five pages this research paper examines how the author illustrates principles of management through the use of classic literatu...