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Homer's 'The Odyssey' Goddess Athena and Hero Odysseus

In five pages this epic goddess and hero are examined in terms of their similarities. There are no other sources cited....

Tragic Hero Analysis of William Shakespeare's Richard the Second and Prince Hamlet

which we, the reader or viewer, can relate to. We see them as noble individuals who demonstrate weakness, yet still battle against...

English Football and Hooliganism

In eight pages this paper considers the phenomenon known as hooliganism and how this antisocial and violent conduct can manifest i...

Gilgamesh, 'The Odyssey' and Heroic Epics

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

Comparing Princess Diana and Beowulf

honorable in offering to protect them. But, it is to say that, as a warrior, he maintained a sense of arrogance in regards to his ...

Redcross in Spenser's The Faerie Queene

In five pages this paper considers how the hero Redcrosse in Spenser's The Faerie Queen represents Christianity and justice. Two ...

Heroism in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

Homeward Journey of Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In five pages this paper examines the delays in Odysseus's return to Ithaca and how the hero is at fault for them. There are no o...

Motifs of Ancient Greek Literature and Superman

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

Heroic Native American Paul Bernal

In four pages this historical Native American hero is discussed as he is portrayed in [The] Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue L...

Heroic Comparison of Hector and Achilles in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...

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...

'The Odyssey,' 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' Violence and Heroism

This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...

The Way in Which Sundiata and Beowulf Present Heroism

The writer compares and contrasts the Old English poem Beowulf with Sundiata, which is an African epic. The writer argues that whi...

Milkman Dead as a Classic Hero in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper argues that Milkman Dead, a character in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, can be described as a classic hero. Th...

Sophocles' Antigone, Oedipus, and Heroes

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

Prince Hamlet of Denmark and King Oedipus of Thebes

In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...

Tragic Heroes King Oedipus and King Lear

In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...

Hero Justification of Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

the examples of the main characters, a certain amount of wit and common intelligence is necessary to possess as an essential work ...

Protagonist Cyrano De Bergerac

In three pages this persuasive and personal essay examines the reasons why this protagonist qualifies as a hero. There is no bibl...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's 'Journey To The End Of The Night'

In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...

Heroes, War, and Rebellion in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

In seven pages these two works are contrasted and compared regarded the differing perspectives on heroes, rebellion, and war each ...

Heroes in Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms

In eight pages this paper examines the code hero of Ernest Hemingway in the characterizations of Robert Jordan and Frederic Henry....

Heroic or Villainous Tchaikovsky?

In eleven pages this paper critically analyzes Tchaikovsky through Marxism, feminism, and Freudian perspectives to support the arg...

Heroes in 3 Stories by Ernest Hemingway

In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...

Sensitive Heroes in Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In six pages the sensitive heroes Stephen Daedalus in Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man and Marlow in Conrad's Heart of...

Robert Coles' The Call of Service

In five pages this paper discusses the text's description of individuals who have felt compelled to perform public service and how...

Saving Jewish Lives by Raul Wallenberg

In four pages this paper discusses the achievements of Second World War hero, Swedish diplomat Raul Wallenberg. Five sources are ...

Hero of the Mexican Revolution Pancho Villa

This paper consists of five pages and considers Pancho Villa, hero of the Mexican Revolution and examines his impact upon the earl...

Darl as a Tragic Hero in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...