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Humbaba the Terrible. Enkidu has encountered Humbaba and continues to try to dissuade Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is stubborn and listens...
student researching this topic has indicated that no additional sources should be used. In writing your own paper, drawing upon th...
millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...
In four pages this paper examines how violence and war are portrayed in such Indian classical epics as The Ramayana. Three source...
In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...
Gawain and the Green Knights text persona is what separates the character from the other two representations. Would you grant me ...
In five pages these epics are contrasted and compared in terms of the similarities and differences in their themes and messages. ...
The writer discusses Bertolt Brecht's play The Threepenny Opera and explains its significance to twentieth century theater. The wr...
King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Regardless of the permutation in which the story appears, it always carries with ...
leader, Hector (son of King Priam), he kills in single combat. The poem closes as Achilles surrenders the corpse of Hector to Pria...
In eight pages this paper analyzes 'The Iliad' in a consideration of the relationships between males and females and humans and go...
In five pages the difficult decisions Aeneas had to make in Vergil's epic 'Aeneid' are explored. There are 3 sources cited in th...
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...
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 five pages this argumentative paper analyzes the 1997 epic film by director James Cameron based upon its infamous 1912 sinking....
In a paper consisting of four pages the ways in which Pope mocks feuding families, the ancient Greek epic, and the aristocracy wit...
This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...
look at the example of Odysseuss wife Penelope. This queen is pictured as not only being desirable, but she is also pictured as be...
In five pages Homer's poetic epic is examined in a consideration of the significance of the armor worn by Achilles and the effects...
In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...
In five pages these epic war tales are examined in a heroic contrast and comparison of Roland and Achilles. Three sources are cit...
In five pages the religious views of the Sumerians as represented in the Epic of Gilgamesh are contrasted and compared with contem...
The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...
In six pages this paper examines how Telemachus grows and develops throughout the course of Homer's epic. There are no other sour...
These two classic epics are contrasted and compared regarding the perspectives on death and immortality in the afterlife contained...
we will discuss two stories involving journeys -- the ancient Babylonian story of Gilgamesh, and Voltaires Candide. Written abou...