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In seven pages this paper examines the epic 'Beowulf' in a consideration of the poetic oral tradition. Seven sources are cited in...
oo well that here was the last of...
In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...
In five pages the flood and creation tales are among the similarities discussed in a consideration of these three great works of l...
In twelve pages this paper discusses Mumia Abu Jamal's 1982 trial as a tragedy worthy of a Greek epic. Ten sources are cited in t...
In a research paper consisting of sixteen pages the heroes of the epic Indian saga are examined in a comparative analysis that als...
In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...
In five pages this paper discusses the chivalric code and heroic conflicts within the context of this epic Medieval poem. Three o...
In five pages this paper discusses the maturation Odysseus underwent throughout the course of 'The Odyssey.' Three sources are ci...
Epic simile and imagery employed by Homer in 'The Iliad' are analyzed in 6 pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how heroes are defined in these ancient epics. There are no other sources listed....
this obvious beast and takes the challenge, severing the Green Knights head, who merely picks up his head, and informs Gawain that...
comes to the aid of Hrothgar: "Thou Hrothgar, hail! Hygelacs I, kinsman and follower. Fame a plenty have I gained in youth! These...
lays dead. No individual has truly come to help him save for one youth, Wiglaf. In these particular lines we note the following: "...
being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...
(2) which struck the coup de grace" (Floyd ucla13.html). As we can see, although Hektor obviously killed Patroklos, he was just on...
Passage to India. However, his creative pinnacle is largely acknowledged to be the wildly successful (both critically as well as ...
is in danger, and perhaps also eager to gain some fame through the process. His character is somewhat innocent, but yet no less wi...
on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...
a rather powerful enemy. Thus, one sees heroic feats on either end, but also, there is Christian love and the love of a parent tha...
into marriage, religion/gods, revenge, rituals, and reputation. Marriage Clearly Ulysses story involves the condition of marria...
(Hunter). She takes him to the River Styx because, "everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remain...
noble role in society, and reflects his attributes and responsibilities. First, there is the pearl, symbolic of natural perfectio...
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)...
home, his palace, his wife, his son, his people. Ogygia Ulysses is trapped on Calypsos island for many years. If it werent for...
of the press, freedom of speech, religious toleration among Protestants, the sovereignty of the people, the power of sovereigns de...
than life and serves as a role model for others to follow; they are brave, smart and good in battle; and, the hero embarks upon a ...
for his own wants as a man. Sir Gawains virtue is tested against the backdrop of religious implication when Bercilaks wife ...
his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...
son Telemakhos, his father Laertes, and even his dog Argos. Throughout his journey in the Odyssey, Odysseus often remarks about t...