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Attainment Failure of Gilgamesh, Its Spiritual and Psychological Ramifications

any further for Gilgameshs psychological implication than his unyielding ambition to attain what he hoped for on his journey after...

Heroism and the Life Example of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

into insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In h...

'War is Kind' and 'A Mystery of Heroism' by Stephen Crane

in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...

The Heroism of Beowulf

turbulent in respect to British history ("Angelcynn" PG). It was a time when England was first created, and the time of King Arth...

Heroism in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

obviously keenly intelligent, and it is clear that, if he applied himself, he could have achieved any goal to which he might have ...

Greco Roman Literary Works and Heroism

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

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. ...

The Heroism of Beowulf

The writer argues that Beowulf can be seen as an archetype of the ideal hero, and that his deeds have come to be considered as a m...

Poetry of Homer and Heroism in 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad'

the weak and defender of his territory and do whatever he must in the name of survival. A ravenous Odysseus is described by Homer...

Virgil's The Aeneid and Heroism

In three pages this paper examines Turnus and Aeneas as they represent the Roman concept of heroic ideals depicted in The Aeneid b...

Shakespeare and Sophocles, Tragedy, and Heroism

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

Joan of Arc The Image of Female Heroism by Marina Warner

In eight pages this paper evaluates this biography within a historical context. There are no other sources listed in the bibliogr...

Song of Roland, 'The Iliad,' and Heroism

In five pages these epic war tales are examined in a heroic contrast and comparison of Roland and Achilles. Three sources are cit...

Heroism in 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In four pages the concept of the hero's journey as it manifest itself in these classical works of literature is examined. There i...

An Analysis of Heroism and the Journey in Star Wars

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

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...

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...

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Heroism

In 5 pages this paper examines Cervantes' heroic protagonist and how defies the cynics in his depiction of him. There are 7 sourc...

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 ...

Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Albert Camus' The Stranger, and Heroism

In five pages these heroic protagonists are compared in terms of their differences and how they reflect the authors' quite differe...

The Shape of Heroism

Using examples from literature and from world events, this essay identifies some of the heroes everyone knows and those nobody kno...

'Gilgamesh,' 'Beowulf,' and Leadership

In 5 pages the leadership concept is examined within the context of these 2 Medieval stories. There are no other sources listed....

Oedipus and Gilgamesh Compared

The tragedies these leaders experience that lead them onto a path of self knowledge are the focus of this paper consisting of five...

Comparative Analysis of Gilgamesh and Heracles

cultures. In addition, the kind of difficulties and trials faced by different ancient communities will also tend to be similar. On...

'Gilgamesh,' 'Monkeys,' Beings, and Gods

In five pages these stories are contrasted and compared in terms of their presentation of magical creatures and gods. There are n...

Ovid, Gilgamesh, and Genesis Similarities

In five pages the flood and creation tales are among the similarities discussed in a consideration of these three great works of l...

A Gilgamesh Analysis

a feast of rejoicing, as well as to keep himself clean and well groomed; he is to cherish his children and his wife (Radcliffe PG)...

Gilgamesh, Enuma Elish, and Genesis

of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation i...

Gilgamesh/An Ancient Man for All Seasons

Mitchells translation, Mark Jarman argues that Gilgamesh enlightens the modern reader as to what the ancient Mesopotamians valued ...