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Orpheus Vision in the Poetry of John Milton

towards his music. Perhaps what Orpheus is best known for his ill-fated marriage to the nymph Eurydice. Soon after the wedding...

Reality of George Orwell's Futuristic Vision in 1984

13 years past 1984, did any of Orwells other warnings for society come to pass? I think that in one way, we are very close to that...

Comparing Mary Shelley's Creature and Dostoyevsky's The Underground Man

In six pages this essay compares the similarities and differences between these two characters featured in Shelley's Frankenstein ...

'Ultimate' Russian Poet Velimir Khlebnikov

of the century the first Russian Futurists, Matyushin, Guro, Kamnesky, the Burliuks, Kruchenykh, Mayakovsky, and Khlebnikov felt t...

Illusion and Don Quixote

What is the nature of illusion? That is the question contemplated as Don Quixote is examined in depth. The vision of the author is...

The Republic by Plato and 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

Fact versus fiction is the focus of this analysis of theses classical texts in an essay consisting of two pages. There are no oth...

Why the Tragic Hero Label Applies to Oedipus

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Motifs of the Sea and 'Seeing'

In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...

'The Odyssey,' 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' Violence and Heroism

This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...

Musical Evolution from Baroque to Classical

through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...

Character Analysis/Singin' In The Rain

This essay offers a character analysis of the two major characters from the film classic Singin' In The Rain, specifically Don Lo...

Apocolypse Now Film by Director Francis Ford Coppola

In five pages this paper considers the film's parallels with Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and also discusses influences of T...

Verbal Kint from The Usual Suspects Verses Odysseus

A 5 page essay comparing Odysseus from Homer's The Odyssey with Kevin Spacey's character Verbal Kint. There are many parallels in ...

Rainbow Importance in the Native American Poem 'The Vision'

to Literature. 11th ed. Eds. Barnet, Sylvan, et al. New York: Longman, 1997. 723-724. RESEARCH OWNED & PUBLISHED GLOBALLY BY THE P...

Overview of Evolution

In five pages evolution is examined in terms of theoretical basics that include classical and creationism approaches. Five source...

Analysis of the Essenes

In five pages this research paper discusses the Essenes in an analysis that includes the Qumran vision of history, the Dead Sea Sc...

Defending God's Existence Philosophically

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

Life and Death Concepts as Perceived by Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...

The Soul According to Plato and Aristotle

inseparable from its body, or at any rate that certain parts of it are" (Aristotle "On the Soul" 21). Aristotles view of the soul...

Slavery as Viewed by Aristotle

and subvert purpose in ways deemed dysfunctional. The nature of the slave is slavish and subservience the natural consequence. A...

Postmodern World, Modern, and Classical Philosophy

In eight pages classical and modern philosophers are consulted regarding their thoughts on the postmodern world in order to determ...

Portrayal of Women in Merchant of Venice and As You Like It by William Shakespeare

of Orlando sets in motion the complex maneuverings that form the core of the plot (Kinney 299). The poems of Orlando are a mirror...

Ancient Greece Essays

In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...

Classical Sociology and the Value Free Imperative

the structure of the value-free imperative, values are defined as statements of moral direction that assist in the perception of t...

Argumentative Essay Writing

In nine pages this paper considers various styles of argumentative essay writing including Rogerian and Toulmin in a consideration...

Heroes and Heroines in the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

gained on the Italian front. Although Hemingway delicately avoids telling us precisely where the wound is, we know it is around hi...

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

In four pages this paper provides an overview of the play and a character analysis of the self involved title character. There ar...

The Rite of Spring by Composer Igor Stravinsky

In six pages this radical 1913 Russian musical ballet is examined in terms of its composer's revolutionary vision and the extreme ...

Sumerian and Classical Mythology's Similarities and Differences

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares Classical and Sumerian mythology in terms of its similarities and differences. The...

Revolution and Men

In five pages this paper discusses the revolutionary Eduard Dune and Vaclav Havel in an examination of the revolution concept and ...