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Overview of the Armenians

Armenian people preferred to ignore what happened to them decades ago since they now live in the United States. But the author tra...

'The Odyssey' and 'The Aeneid' Classic Underworld Narrative Parallels

of Dardania, best hope of Troy,/What kept you from us for so long, and where? From what far place, O Hector, have you come, Long, ...

Fantasy Literature and Science Fiction

has its own set of rules, mostly that there are no rules. So perhaps a better paradigm to explore is whether or not, within a giv...

Coelho's The Alchemist and Fate

It is a "lie" that people are controlled by Fate, but at the same time, ones personal destiny is already laid out and what is more...

Elizabethan Social Outsider Status of Othello

black people were considered to be outsiders in the most profound sense of this word as they were associated in the public mind wi...

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor

This essay pertains to the literary features of this short story, focusing on its plot and symbols as the writer describes how the...

Fertility Treatments, Frozen Embryos, Ethical Issues

This research paper pertains to ethical issues that pertain to fertility treatments. The writer focuses on the problem of excess e...

Hamlet, the Influence of Chance and Fate

This essay pertains to the theme of chance and fate and their influence over the chance events that result in much the motivation ...

Social Movements and the Human Heart

Reviewing key quotes from Bell Hooks and Chris Dixon this paper emphasizes the importance of ideologies such as love, loyalty, and...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Free Will

logical for him to wonder. Oedipus was in fact rescued and brought up by the king. Because he does in reality end up killing a ma...

Existentialist Example of Daru's Decision in 'The Guest' by Albert Camus

In five pages this paper discusses how Daru's choice to allow the Arab captive of Balducci to select his own fate serves as an exa...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Responsibility

In five pages this paper presents a plot analysis to determine the fate of Lord and Lady Macbeth and the sisters and what is respo...

Death of Hamlet and its Cause

In five pages this paper discusses the contributing factors that led to the death of Hamlet in a consideration of external forces,...

Sophocles' Antigone and August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

Fates Victimized Oedipus

In five pages Sophocles' Oedipus is examined in terms of the relationship between the fates and the protagonist in a consideration...

Tragic Heroes in Death of a Salesman and Oedipus

This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...

The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus and Virgil's Aeneid

values that had defined Homers story of the war to capture Troy. Aeneas reluctance to leave his native city is therefore both "a ...

Literary and Historical Meaning of Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin

In five pages this report discusses the historical tragedy that was inspired by the ill fated czar of the late sixteenth and early...

Aristotle, Rational Freedom, and Causal Necessitation

In five pages causal necessitation is considered in relationship to moral responsibility and fate and includes Aristotle's work's ...

Virgil's The Aeneid, Free Will, and Fate

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper examines the concepts of fate and free will within the context of Virgil's epic and...

Earth's Fate

conservation of natural resources. Without such consciousness, the fate of the earth and humanity along with it is undeniably ble...

Things Fall Apart and the Death of a Hero

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

Free Will versus Fate in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

heroine in that, even as a child, she rejected the concept of defect within herself. Victorians saw feminine defect, i.e. traditio...

Tragic Flaws in Prince Hamlet's Personality

that the fact that death is common does nothing to diminish Hamlets grief. Hamlet picks up her use of the words "seems," however, ...

Airplane Violence and Intervention Strategies

two planes plunged into the World Trade Center towers, controllers sent a text message to all United Airlines aircraft that told t...

Sophocles' Theban Trilogy and the Themes of Responsibility and Fate

In five pages the Theban plays of Sophocles are examined in a consideration of responsibility, fate, and their power. One other s...

Deities and Fate in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Sophocles' Oedipus the King

Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....

Major Themes of Hamlet by William Shakespeare Analyzed

intensity of a hurricane, which dramatically sets the plays tone. Shakespeare recognized the importance of the ghost, which essen...

Doomed Romance Between Tony Manero and Stephanie Mangano in the Film Saturday Night Fever

2001 Disco, a place where he and his friends are converted from lower-class boys into "The Faces," i.e., masculine dancers who can...

Underlying Themes in 'The Libation-Bearers' by Aeschylus

psychological and emotional loss she withstands. It ultimately comes to pass that Electra begins to plot Clytemnestras death to h...