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Cinema and Heroes

typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...

Folk Legends and Outlaws

In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...

Why Hamlet Would Have Been Loved by Aristotle

In six pages Hamlet, his mother Gertrude and stepfather Claudius are analyzed within the criteria Aristotle established regarding ...

A Consideration of Romeo and Juliet as Tragic Heroes

This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...

Lindbergh Falls From Grace After Many Years Aloft

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...

Harry Potter's Adult World

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 ...

Tragic Heroes Prince Hamlet and Willy Loman

In six pages this paper examines the tragic heroes represented by William Shakespeare's title protagonist Hamlet and Willy Loman i...

Heroism and Sports

that no two people define heroism in just the same way. Merriam-Webster defines a hero as a person who is admired for his achieve...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

Visual Images in Last Action Hero Film

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

Heroic Storyteller Huck Finn

he was gone he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and ...

The Role Models of Athletes

In six pages the ways in which professional athletes have emerged in society as role models are examined and considers if athletes...

Critically Evaluating the Hero in 'Beowulf'

In a paper containing three pages the discussion of whether Beowulf should be considered a pagan or Christian hero is presented. ...

Comparative Analysis of 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how heroes are defined in these ancient epics. There are no other sources listed....

A Review of Fields of Fire

A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....

Mahabharata and the Heroes Karna and Arjuna

In a research paper consisting of sixteen pages the heroes of the epic Indian saga are examined in a comparative analysis that als...

Tragic Heroes in Death of a Salesman and Oedipus

This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...

Contemporary World, Heroes, Gods, and Joseph Campbell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...

The Red Badge of Courage, 'The Iliad,' Heroism and Heroes

In seven pages these works by Stephen Crane and Homer are examined within the context of the tragic hero and his combat motives. ...

Aristotle's Poetics and Oedipus

In five pages this paper examines how a tragic literary hero is defined by Aristotle in Poetics and then applied to Oedipus. One ...

Ancient Greece's Tragic Heroes Agamemnon, Achilles, and Hector

their lives? These are some of the questions we will consider as we look at these men in action in Homers Illiad. Tragedy Accord...

Romantic Relationships and the Humanism of the Renaissance

In eight pages this paper discusses the gender and sociopolitical implications of the romantic relationships depicted in The Faeri...

Tragic Hero Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...

Poetry and Different Romantic Modes of Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Lord Byron

In eight pages this research paper discusses the romantic modes featured by Shelley's 'Platonic love,' Keats' 'doctrine of art,' a...

Comparative Analysis of Heroes Hector and Achilles in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper presents a contrast and comparison of the heroes Hector and Achilles as featured in the epic poem 'The Il...

Achilles and Odysseus and Their Mythic Journeys

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the heroes Achilles and Odysseus, and their development as they move through their advent...

A Comparison of the Song of Roland and Beowulf

The writer compares and analyzes the Song of Roland and Beowulf, two epic poems. The main focus of the paper is the death of the r...

The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht

The writer discusses Bertolt Brecht's play The Threepenny Opera and explains its significance to twentieth century theater. The wr...

Classification of a Tragic Hero and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In five pages this research paper discusses the tragic hero classification as applied to Arthur Miller's Willy Loman common man pr...

Second U.S. President John Adams

a transformational leader. According to Burns, Burns, transformational leaders are change agents, they take more risks than others...