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Telemachus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In two pages this essay provides a character analysis of Telemachus in an assessement of his maturity. There are no other sources...

Divine Power and 'The Iliad' by Homer

on Mount Olympus, where the gods lived. As the Iliad opens, the Trojan War has actually been going on for nine years, but the figh...

Comparison of 'History of the Peloponnesian War' by Thucydides and 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper compares these two works in terms of wartime reality portrayals. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Violence and How It is Glorified in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In eight pages this paper discusses the epic's glorification of violence in an analysis that also considers gender roles, human na...

Book Twenty Four of 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages the epic's final chapter is analyzed with the banquet scene and its significance thoroughly considered....

Heroism in 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In four pages the concept of the hero's journey as it manifest itself in these classical works of literature is examined. There i...

Achilles' Shield in 'The Iliad' by Homer II

In five pages this paper examines how the epic represents Achilles' shield in a consideration of what its importance symbolizes....

Warfare Ideology in 'The Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Iliad' by Homer

In 8 pages this paper contrasts and compares how warfare is ideologically presented in each classical work. There are no other so...

Males and Females, Humans and Gos in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In eight pages this paper analyzes 'The Iliad' in a consideration of the relationships between males and females and humans and go...

War in 'The Iliad' by Homer

rage of Achilles is evident throughout the poem. He sought revenge for his best friends death. The reader can see an outcry agai...

'The Iliad' by Homer Book IX

In five pages this essay examines Ulysses' argument to Achilles and his response to it as described in Book IX of 'The Iliad.' Th...

Portrayal of Women in Griselda by Boccaccio, Brothers Menaechmus by Plautus, and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...

Homer on Life and Death by Jasper Griffin

example, he describes the heart-rending scene in which Andromache sees the dead body of her husband Hector being dragged behind Ac...

'The Iliad' of Homer and its Modern Significance

the world changed forever on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when Osama bin Ladens al-Qaeda terrorist network invaded ...

Relationship Between Man and the Gods in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...

Patroklos' Death and Bearer of Blame in 'The Iliad' by Homer

(2) which struck the coup de grace" (Floyd ucla13.html). As we can see, although Hektor obviously killed Patroklos, he was just on...

Mankind, Life, and Tragedy in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In a more recent translation we note a great deal of anger and a powerful sense of revenge, as we see in the following excerpt fro...

Epic Works of Homer

that allows the poem to celebrate or immortalize its national culture (Epic Poetry). The distinguishing characteristics of Homers...

'Rocket Boys' by Homer Hickam

of resignation which sent young mind after young mind into the coal mines, but there were a few who hoped to change that statistic...

Comparison of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Iliad' by Homer

are not primarily about war. The love element is significantly greater. In exploring Virgils Aeneid, it is perhaps the metamorpho...

Views of World War I

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

Rousseau v. Wordsworth/Neo-Classical v. Romantic

offers reasonable, logical analysis in order to justify his political views that inequities in European society were not based on ...

Hoffman and Rodriguez on Bilingualism

in the form of dialogues that she has between her English self, Eva, and her Polish self, Ewa. One gathers from the context of the...

Jenkins and Barthes on Rereading

consumers who become "fans" of a certain film, TV series, or book and subsequently reread it multiple times. Rather than lose inte...

Rawls and Nozick on Equality

traditional theory of the social contract" (Rawls 514). According to Rawls, there should be a "veil of ignorance" in regards to ...

Cognitive View of Psychology

involved "between stimulus/input and response/output" (McLeod, 2006). The principal areas of interest in cognitive psychology are ...

Capitalism: The Views of Marx and Weber

instinct (Marx as cited in Tucker, 1978). Here, the point of alienation is emphasized. The drive which is within man is truly rema...

Political Views on National Infrastructure, Space Exploration, 2008 Political Candidates, and Foreign Policy

despite the value infrastructure holds in this country in terms of the quality of life, industry, and national security. Ob...

Rhoads' The Economist's View of the World

flexibility in economics, and again, he includes a blend of other social sciences, demonstrating that economics is inextricable wi...

Ethical, Legal Views on Healthcare

expanded upon, specifically, in the Nurse Practice Acts that govern nursing in the individual states. New understanding relations...