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Rap and the Rap Culture

The writer discusses the connection between the Old English epic poem Beowulf and today's rap culture. The writer argues that alth...

Homosexual Aspects of Gilgamesh

In five pages this paper explores the homosexual or bisexual tendencies as revealed in his relationship with Enkidu in the Epic of...

Epic of Gilgamesh and its Gendered Text

In 5 pages this epic is discussed in terms of the gender roles that the divine and mortal characters embody and the lack of female...

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...

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 ...

Myths From Ancient India and Mesopotamia

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

Literature and the Epic Nature of "The Iliad" by Homer and "Gilgamesh"

of the gods in these works appears to be more focused on generating chaos than introducing peace and tranquility to the universe. ...

Gilgamesh vs. Odysseus: Epic Dissimilarities

meanings of friendship and death. Gilgamesh was a solitary soul until he encountered the primitive nature man Enkidu, with whom h...

The Four Zoas by William Blake

of them all, the Sumerian Gilgamesh. Its not that Blake copied anyone, but his poem tends to evoke some of the same feelings in a ...

Epic Symbolism in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper examines how the Green Knight is symbolically portrayed as strong, noble, and just. There are no other s...

Common Meaning in 'The Epic Of Gilgamesh,' 'Siddhartha,' and 'Black Elk Speaks'

that was meant to be good in his life. In order to live ones life in purity, Siddhartha believed that these truths were to be clo...

Hector of Troy

but also by the fact that he is the king, and his people protect him rather than urging him onto the front lines as they might a y...

Analyzing a Visual Text of a Cyclops

his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...

Kleos in "The Odyssey" of Homer (Book Nine)

Ithaca and kept him away from his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Cast adrift on a ship with only his crewmembers for compa...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

"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 ...

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...

Males and Females, Humans and Gos in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In eight pages this paper analyzes 'The Iliad' in a consideration of the relationships between males and females and humans and go...

Society's Goals and Epic of Gilgamesh

This paper examines how society's goals are met by the journey undertaken by Gilgamesh in this essay on Epic of Gilgamesh consisti...

'Biographia Literaria' of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In four pages the conformity or nonconformity of Coleridge's prose in this poem is compared with the sonnet's and epic poem's trad...

Revenge in 'The Iliad' by Homer

leader, Hector (son of King Priam), he kills in single combat. The poem closes as Achilles surrenders the corpse of Hector to Pria...

Chivalry and 'Le Morte d'Arthur' by Sir Thomas Malory

King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Regardless of the permutation in which the story appears, it always carries with ...

Religious Comparison Between the Book of Genesis and Epic of Gilgamesh

it. The man proceeded immediately to build an ark" (Noss, 38). Marietta Moskin agrees that many of the earliest Hebrew stories d...