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in his way. For Coreli, the obstacle is nationality versus love, duty to country and duty to mankind. For Levi, it was duty to fai...
into the dissipations of Moscows high society, which he candidly recorded in his diary with vows to reform" (Anonymous About Leo T...
In 8 pages this paper contrasts and compares how warfare is ideologically presented in each classical work. There are no other so...
are not primarily about war. The love element is significantly greater. In exploring Virgils Aeneid, it is perhaps the metamorpho...
In six pages this paper compares these two classical works in terms of plot, characterization, setting, thematic portrayals of war...
given notice (Tolstoy 1). As this illustrates, this opening passage accomplishes several purposes. It immediately announces the ...
and Anna is propelled in the middle of a controversy. The passage noted provides a great deal of information that is rather unusua...
and the American religious sect Society of Friends (Quakers), Tolstoy espoused nonviolence and strongly lobbied for the dissolutio...
In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....
reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...
In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...
An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...
In three and a half pages this paper argues that the criticism of this 1886 literary work by Leo Tolstoy that describes it as 'a p...
In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...
In twelve pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot in order to de...
of their husband and friend. Tolstoy wrote of Ivan and his co-workers, "He had been ill for some weeks with an illness said to be...
facts" (Manley 55) which leads to the realization that there are also "no true biographies...about this very ancient Greek poet" (...
In three pages this paper examines Turnus and Aeneas as they represent the Roman concept of heroic ideals depicted in The Aeneid b...
to travel to consult with his father who has gone before. The way is hidden and mysterious, but it is nonetheless accessible to t...
values that had defined Homers story of the war to capture Troy. Aeneas reluctance to leave his native city is therefore both "a ...
17). While this image is certainly chilling, the overall tone of the poem is one of "civility," which is actually expressed in lin...
in the story when Aeneas has arrived in the realm of Turnus. Turnus was engaged to marry a woman but the womans mother has chosen ...
the contest because she bribed Paris by offering him Helen of Troy, the fairest of mortal women, which is the basis for the confli...
Carthage queen, to fall in love with Aeneas. The entire story of Dido and Aeneas brims with fire imagery that demonstrates both Di...
which the individual is supposed to pass, the doctors are usually good at predicting whether a dying person has a few days or a fe...
Levin fears the worst, but both Kitty and their son are safe. At that moment, Levin undergoes an epiphany of understanding and rea...
at first but find increasing happiness and fulfillment as their relationship deepens over time. The desperation and despair of one...
The choices which Anna and Vronsky make are disastrous for both. Through these choices, however, Anna will come to recognize the ...
victory, not a French one" (Bell 221). Undoubtedly, Tolstoys anger was also influenced by the fact that he had recently been fight...
can one accept that time runs out and that everyone will die someday? After all, time is of the essence. How does one love, be hap...