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'The Noble Lie' or 'Myths of the Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In five pages this paper examines The Republic in terms of what meaning Plato attached to the 'myths of the metals' and considers ...

Student Degredation and Oppression Canon

In five pages this argumentative essay implies that the academic canon represents oppression and degradation for contemporary stud...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Social Values

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

Ancient Works of Art

far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...

Greece and Its Influence Upon Lord Byron

In six pages this paper examines how Greece influenced and inspired Lord Byron in a consideration of his Greek poems and his parti...

Hellenistic Culture, Greeks, and Jews

time when Cleopatra passed away (127). Cleopatra in fact was one of the last to live from that dynasty. What were the relationshi...

Fischer/Washington’s Crossing

action, with red gunports open, batteries run out, and huge white battle ensigns streaming in the breeze" (Fischer 31). He then r...

Comparison of Greek Art: Getty Villa Museum

the colors, whereas the Storage Jar with Achilles and Ajax Gaming is a black figure painting because the figures are in black. Des...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Significance of the Title: “The Sun Also Rises” by Hemingway

great deal around the fiesta, or the action of partying and escaping reality. But, with each step or each sense of hope the charac...

Defining "Crusade" And "Jihad"

The concept of Jihad has long been at the forefront of controversy in its indignation toward government and strong-arm tactics. O...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Artistic Traditions: Egypt and Greece

A 4 page paper which examines the reasons for differences in the artistic traditions of the Egyptians and the Greeks as suggested ...

Antigone/The Female Role in Society

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

The Meaning of Voltaire's Graden References

of a garden. Through all his adventures he finds that the most powerful and most rewarding way to live his life is to physically t...

General Overview of Knowledge Management

modest maiden, and the enemy will open his doors; afterwards be as swift as a scurrying rabbit, and the enemy will be to late to r...

Tragedy That is Not Tragic in 'Night Mother'

forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

Reflection on Matthew 18:3-5

that are coping with "status-seeking, scandal, lapses, reconciliation and forgiveness" (Harrington 887). There are two major secti...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Hannibal Lecter as Hero

a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starl...

The Absurd

philosophers and playwrights, addressed themselves to the reality of the absurdity of life and argued that that its reality should...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Its Meaning to 1950s and Contemporary Audiences

In six pages the play and its meaning are discussed within a contrasting context of what it meant to 1950s audiences and what it m...

Concepts of Insider and Outsider Cultures

In sixteen pages this paper discusses minorities and social mainstream individuals in a consideration of what is meant by 'insider...

'Cinderella' by Anne Sexton

stage for us, with the different levels of meaning of this story at the different times in our lives, when it may have been read t...

Analyzing 'I Am a Catholic' by Anna Quindlen

In two pages Catholicism's traditional meaning is contrasted with the view presented in Quindlen's contemporary interpretation....

Discussion of Jibber Jabber

In five pages this paper discusses nonsensical words with no meaning....

Overview of Jibber Jabber

In five pages things that have no meaning are discussed....

Life and Times of Vlad Tepes, the Original Dracula

out of the hands of Vlad the III. (Vlad 1996) Vlad III eventually did manage to regain the thrown of Walachia by conspiring with...