YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Overview of the Epic Poem Beowulf
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In five pages this paper discusses the author Dante Alighieri and his fictional alter ego Dante the poet in his epic in terms of t...
In five pages this paper explores the homosexual or bisexual tendencies as revealed in his relationship with Enkidu in the Epic of...
In five pages this paper examines the moral truth representation of the pentangle in an analysis of the 'Sir Gawain and the Green ...
In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...
author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...
quoted as saying: "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persua...
In 8 pages these different literary texts are compared in terms of how they satisfy the epic definition in nation and character po...
This paper examines how society's goals are met by the journey undertaken by Gilgamesh in this essay on Epic of Gilgamesh consisti...
In five pages this paper discusses Gone with the Wind in an analysis of its epic film production. Four sources are cited in the b...
In 5 pages this paper examines themes of quest and identity as they are represented in Homer's epic and how they enable Odysseus a...
Two characters from each of Homer's epics are compared in five pages in order to ascertain which is the most heroic of the charact...
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 five pages this paper considers Odysseus' heroic tale as described in Homer's poetic epic 'The Odyssey.' There are no other so...
was also a master of trickery. Odysseus would often hesitate before taking action. This was not out of cowardice. It was his way...
In twn pages this paper discusses the symbolic significance of references to the color green in the Medieval epic 'Sir Gawain and ...
In five pages the influence Marlowe received from writers of ancient Greece and Rome are considered as reflected in this poetic ep...
This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...
individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...
In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...
In 5 pages this paper considers the significance of the Great Flood story retelling in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the Book of Ge...
were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...
In eight pages this paper analyzes 'The Iliad' in a consideration of the relationships between males and females and humans and go...
This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...
This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...
I fear death, and now roam the wilderness-- I will set out to the region of Utanapishtim, son of Ubartutu, and will go with utmost...
the criminal justice system, some designed to help inmates, others to keep track of them. This paper discusses a program called "E...
on "what all human beings should do if they want to be moral: They should always act in their own self-interest" (Thiroux 37). Ad...
of the gods in these works appears to be more focused on generating chaos than introducing peace and tranquility to the universe. ...
The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...
oral tradition, which makes the tales uniquely alive and constantly changing. This paper briefly compares two such epics, the Sund...