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Book of Kings in the Old Testament

In six pages this essay discusses gods laws, obedience, rewards and punishments as they pertain to 2 Books of Kings in the Old Tes...

Training Dion II of Syracuse to be a Philosopher King in The Republic by Plato

In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe...

Philosopher King, Utopia, and The Republic by Plato

In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...

The King as Seen by Aristotle and Aquinas

The duties of a king to his subjects and their duties to him were viewed somewhat differently by St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle....

A Sociopolitical Analysis of Authority

In eight pages the relationship that exists between social class and political ideology is considered in terms of conservatism, li...

Just Law, Unjust Law, and the Perspectives of Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr.

In six pages this paper examines how just law and unjust law are conceptualized in 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luthe...

Law That is Just and Unjust in the Writings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau II

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how just law and unjust law are depicted in 'Civil Disobedience' by Thoreau and 'L...

Justice According to King and Thoreau

In six pages this paper examines the government intervention positions represented by Thoreau and King. Four sources are cited in...

Social Reform and Karl Marx

In six pages this paper compares the social reform theories of Karl Marx with those of Nancy Chodorow, Simone de Beauvoir, and Mar...

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

In six pages various Arthurian legends are compared with The Once and Future King by T.H. White in terms of time period and the ch...

Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

In five pages this research paper examines 2 critics' views of Malory's text on the death of King Arthur and an examination of the...

Contrasting and Comparing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

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

Factual or Fictitious King Arthur Legends?

In eight pages this essay assesses whether or not King Arthur was an actual living figure or if he was a fictitious creation by au...

Medieval Literature and the Portrayals of Kingship

In seven pages this paper discusses how the relationship between warriors and their king is symbolically depicted as that of sons ...

Guinevere, Legendary Wife of King Arthur

In ten pages this paper charts the evolution of the Guinevere myth considering its Celtic origins and the contributions of Thomas ...

Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

Tragic Hero Oedipus in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...

Citizen Example of Oedipus

In five pages this essay discusses the complexities involved with the citizen example served by Oedipus the King in Sophocles' pla...

Comparative Analysis of Phaedra and Jocasta

a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...

Hospitality in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In four pages the significance of the hospitality theme in 'The Odyssey' is discussed in examples of King Alkinoos', Melenaus', an...

Early Greek Theater and Ritual

In eight pages this paper discusses Greek theater's traditions, rituals, and ceremonies with Oedipus the King among the topics cov...

Mythology and Contemporary Violence

In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...

The Uncommon Man's Tragedy and Aristotle

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

Sophocles' Oedipus the King versus The Book of Job

In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...

Power According to Antigone and Oedipus

the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...

Messages of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Compared

primary source. It was not known at the time of publication, however, that the autobiography would create such a furor over its r...

Child's Point of View in Susan Hill's I Am the King of the Castle

so that when he dies, it is all the more a shock to the reader. The point of view, though it is told by an omniscient narrator is ...

Literature and Violence

has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...

Effective Weapon of Nonviolence and Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the factors that fueled the civil rights movement including 'Jim Crow' laws and the Supreme Cour...

Two Literary Examples of Colonial Attitudes Towards Natives

An essay comparing and contrasting colonial attitudes towards natives in both Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would be King and Edga...