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Tablets IX to XI of 'Epic of Gilgamesh' Analyzed

finally reaches his destination (Young-Mason 347). Gilgamesh eagerly encourages Utnapishtim to share with him this timeless secre...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and its Tragic Hero Willy Loman

a tragic character as he remembers events from his past and why things went wrong. Through this process, he seems to be losing tou...

Epic Poem 'Beowulf' and Elements of Style

that Beowulf meets Grendel, but out of family ties and vows of allegiance to the Queen. Even Grendels mother gets into the act. T...

Characterization of the Lonely Hero in T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice

the stern discipline of an active career" and these characteristics "had taken over the office of modeling these features. Behind ...

Athena's Selective Assistance to Heroes

(Pallas Athena, Goddess Of Wisdom). Mans first instinct is to provide for his - or her - own preservation, to tend to his...

'Jerusalem Delivered' by Torquato Tasso

the aid of Fortune herself as a guide, travel to the Fortunate Islands. There, they scale a mountain, fighting a dragon and a lion...

Can Willy Loman, Hamlet, and Oedipus Be Considered Tragic Heroes?

His pride, which leads him to attempt to save Thebes from a devastating plague by exposing the murderer of his predecessor, King L...

Spectator in Alfred Hitchcock's Film Rear Window

action shot at a car race. To rely on an old clich?, he is "bored to tears." He spends most of his convalescent time sitting at th...

Classic Literature and Its Social Functions

all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...

Past and Present Definitions of Hero

rap artists came to be regarded as heroes by many. With the tragic events of September 11, 2001, however, we have once again com...

The Concept of Kings in Ancient Mesopotamia

were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...

Song of Roland: Analyzing Laisses XIV and XV

An analysis of stanzas XIV and XV of this anonymous poem are consider in terms of their significance particularly regarding the re...

Oedipus Tragic Hero or Pervert

were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...

Their Journeys, Gilgamesh and Beowulf

This essay pertains to the epics of Gilgamesh and Beowulf and their respective life journeys to maturity. Seven pages in length, s...

Mythology and Iliad, Aeneid

This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...

"Troy" (2004) and Homer's Iliad

This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

Gilgamesh, Genesis: Comparing Floods

This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...

Warriors Across Time

granted authority" (Knox, 1990, p. 33). Hector is a man of peace born into a time of war, and therefore forced to fight (Knox, 1...

The Kebra Negast and the Sundiata

oral tradition, which makes the tales uniquely alive and constantly changing. This paper briefly compares two such epics, the Sund...

Homer, The Iliad and Death

original adventure stories; Indiana Jones has nothing on Odysseus, Achilles, Ajax and the rest of the characters who struggled on ...

The Phantom’s Secrets

Seger explains why people respond strongly to characters in film when those characters go on a journey that touches the audience. ...

Criminal Justice and the EPICS Program

the criminal justice system, some designed to help inmates, others to keep track of them. This paper discusses a program called "E...

Brutus and Bilbo Two Different Types of Hero

cape and superpowers? Someone who follows the dictates of his conscience? Or perhaps someone who overcomes his fear to rise to per...

Myths From Ancient India and Mesopotamia

The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...

Political Theme in Zhang's Hero

film Hero, released in 2002 and costing $30 million to produce, is the most expensive film in the history of the Chinese film indu...

Hero and Leander/Marlowe

of the youth that generate that this assessment, that is, his pleasant smile, his eyes, etc. There is a allusion to Narcissus, who...

The Warrior Culture of Beowulf

it clear that the most important societal relationship is between a warrior, the "thane," and his liege lord (Donaldson 32). This ...

Environmental and Abortion Ethics

on "what all human beings should do if they want to be moral: They should always act in their own self-interest" (Thiroux 37). Ad...

King Gilgamesh's Epiphany

I fear death, and now roam the wilderness-- I will set out to the region of Utanapishtim, son of Ubartutu, and will go with utmost...

Ibsen and Shakespeare/Doll's House and Much Ado About Nothing

in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...