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Dramatic Tragedy and How It Has Evolved

did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...

Free Will and Phaedra

in two pages this paper examines how Aphrodite's power over Phaedra robbed her of free will and contributed to her death. There i...

Life, Moral Judgments, and 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...

Death, Beyond, and Dreaming

In eight pages this paper examines what is revealed about death and beyond through dreaming with various psychological and theolog...

Blame and the Function of Religion

An insightful discussion of the expectations imposed on human behavior by religion. The writer also addresses the issue of Christ ...

Sonny Boono and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

In a paper consisting of five pages the ancient Roman scholar Boethius's philosophy is applied to Congressman Sonny Bono's untimel...

Islamic and Hindu Religions on Death and Dying

In eight pages the ways these religions deal with dying and death through ritual and corpse disposition are compared and contraste...

Life After Death and Roman Catholicism

live out eternity in blissful spiritual peace, while those damned to Hell will live out eternity in misery as punishment for disob...

Socrates' Choice to Stay in Prison in Crito by Plato

in violation of the law and acknowledged that he should be punished accordingly. His "apology" was not a request for forgiveness,...

Death as Viewed by Plato

In seven pages this paper examines Plato's Phaedo and The Republic in terms of how it portrays the philosopher's perspectives on d...

Analysis of Socrates' Trial and the Death of the Philosopher

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

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...

Morality, Relationships, and Motivations in Works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In five pages a comparison between these two authors and the depiction of morality, relationships, and motivations are considered ...

The Concept of the Best Society

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

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...

The Aristotelian Tragic Form

expect of him. Based on these criteria we will examine the tragic characters in Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, The Stranger an...

Home in Works by Arthur Miller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Pat Conroy

In eight pages this paper examines the importance of home in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel...

Europe and the Black Death

This paper consists of six pages and examines the Black Plague or Black Death that had a catastrophic impact upon 14th century Eur...

Bubonic Plague and Its Resulting Social Changes

In six pages this paper discusses the Bubonic Plague of Europe that not only brought with it death and devastation but also profou...

Family Impact of SIDS

In ten pages this paper discusses the family effects, most notably the parental impact of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Six sourc...

Communication Lacking in the Fiction of Eudora Welty

son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...

'Shiloh' by Bobbi Ann Mason

In six pages the problems surviving parents have following a child's death are examined with topics of communication deficiencies,...

Terry Williams' Refuge A Story of Adaptation to Disaster

In five pages this paper compares the death of the author's mother to the natural disaster of wildlife refuge flooding. There is ...

Duality and Death in Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

In sixteen pages this paper discusses how duality and death are represented in the characterizations of Septimus Smith and Clariss...

The Medic in World War II, An Interview

young lady? (I nod, encouragingly, I hope.) Well, say the fella had an arm or a leg that was , well, missing. Id slap on a tourniq...

Examining Three Plays by Arthur Miller

This 5 page paper discusses three plays by American playwright Arthur Miller. The three are Death of a Salesman, After the Fall an...

Arthur Miller's Plays and Women

In forty pages this paper examines how Miller does little with regards to female character development in such plays as Death of a...

Manhood, Nature, and Death in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In nine pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its symbolism and portrayal of themes including the nature of manhood, life, and ...

May Family Farm in 'Greenleaf' by Flannery O'Connor

In five pages the short story is examined in terms of family order and the fate of the May family's farm following Mrs. May's deat...

Plague Theme in 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...