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The writer compares and contrasts the Old English poem Beowulf with Sundiata, which is an African epic. The writer argues that whi...

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

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

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

In four pages this historical Native American hero is discussed as he is portrayed in [The] Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue L...

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

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...

In six pages this paper examines cultural myths and the portrayal of heroes in this comparative analysis of the works by Virgil an...

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 refers to Timothy Corrigan's Film Terms and Topics the text edited by Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan entitle...

Both of the primary mail characters are fundamentally powerless, as are the narrators of the stories. Ironically, a great deal of...

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...

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 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...

In five pages this paper considers the autobiography of a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War and son of a Second World War hero i...

In this paper of five pages two classical heroes are contrasted in terms of the older and noble Odysseus and the young and volatil...

traced back to the rather lurid sensationalism of ecclesiastical writers of that period (Magnusson 10). Since monasteries were fre...

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

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

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 eleven pages this paper examines the societal pros and cons of hero worship with professional athletes including OJ Simpson, Dw...

In eight pages this paper considers the phenomenon known as hooliganism and how this antisocial and violent conduct can manifest i...