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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 six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

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 five pages this paper discusses the text's description of individuals who have felt compelled to perform public service and how...

Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...

In five pages this paper examines the delays in Odysseus's return to Ithaca and how the hero is at fault for them. There are no o...

In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

This paper discusses why Shakespeare's protagonist sufficiently qualifies as being a tragic hero in a consideration of the charact...

In ten pages this paper discusses how the traditional and nontraditional roles of women are represented in Hero and Bianca, and Be...

In nine pages this paper analyzes the tragic hero aspects of Hamlet's character in a consideration that also includes Shakespeare'...

contradictions of his character. Certainly, Brutus is strong. Even his name conveys strength. He is idealistic, and at least in...

becomes more and more obvious. Their words, which appear to be that demonstrating disdain, are words spouted by lovers who are con...

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 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 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...

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....

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...

In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...

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...