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'The Iliad' by Homer and Realism

of one another which is often the case in families. Hector is a leader and is brave and strong and incredibly able and skilled. Pa...

Bernard Gordon's 'Elia Kazan: Hero or Coward?'

were refusing to speak. They were not going to name any names of people who may have been, or were, communist sympathizers or comm...

Hero or Fool 'Young Goodman Brown'

to be happening is that he feels he is risking his soul. If this is the case then a hero would emerge victorious in some way, havi...

Why Homer Was Murdered by Emily in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

Comparing John Keats and William Shakespeare

demesne" (Keats PG). It is here that religion first crops up in Keats explanation. Further, the entire work is about discovery, op...

Byronic Hero Neo in The Matrix

his control, or often, the hero will choose this separation for himself. Neo lives in a chosen isolation, but he also chooses to f...

Sloop, Nassau by Winslow Homer

at more than those two dimensions. This is achieved through limiting his use of shading and only subtly hinting at it, such as see...

Romantic and Enlightenment Views of Nature

would sweep away the superstitions of the past and replace them with the clear light of reason. Regardless of the discipline in wh...

Comparisons Between A Hero of Our Times by Lermontov and Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

tries to conceal his guilt before hes forced to acknowledge it or go insane (fortunately for him, the love of a good woman "saves"...

Second World War Hero Audie Murphy

Army (Dingus 262). There was nothing about this fresh-faced kid that gave any outward indication he had the heroic stuff Homer an...

Shakespeare's Henry V as a Virtuous Hero

plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...

The Act of Murder in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

Analysis of the Sound Characteristics in the Movie Uing Xiong (Hero)

of these men (Broken Sword, Sky, and Flying Snow). In essence, the central protagonist in the film takes it on himself to find an...

Assessment of the Observation 'Only the Curious Will Learn'

learning, however. It all begins with a question, and there can be no questioning without curiosity driving its origin. Incite to...

Plato, Homer, and Gods

(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and the Character of Homer Barron

townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...

Lord Byron George Gordon and His Byronic Hero Creation

makes it clear that he considered the ideal life to be of adventure and lofty purpose. In the preface to his first two cantos f...

Tragic Hero and Heroine Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...

The Tragic Tragic Hero Aaron Burr

In this paper that contains 20 pages Aaron Burr is given the respect he has been too long been denied through a thoughtful examina...

Cultural Hero Michael Jordan

In seven pages this paper examines the career and social achievements of NBA basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Eight sources a...

David Phillips's 'No Heroes, No Villains, The Story of a Murder Trial'

This is a novel overview in 5 pages that explains how the significance of evidence collecting and the practice of criminal law is ...

Were Robespierre and Amin Heroes or Villains?

These two men and the reign of terror over which each presided are the focus of this research paper consisting of five pages in te...

Fascinating Hero Ernest Hemingway

In eight pages Ernest Hemingway, the larger than life man and his works are considered in this exploration of heroism. Five sourc...

Gothic Hero Edgar Allan Poe in 'Ligeia' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

won, beating out a number of well-known short story writers. Poe needed money badly, and decided to embark on a side career as a s...

Heroes and Heroines in the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

gained on the Italian front. Although Hemingway delicately avoids telling us precisely where the wound is, we know it is around hi...

Comparison of 'The Iliad' by Homer and 'Omeros' by Derek Walcott

In five pages these poetic works are examined in terms of the portrayal of Homer in each. There are 3 sources cited in the biblio...

Tragic Greek Heroes Oedipus and Prometheus

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

Romantic Period Poets John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

pursued, his literary prose are filled with illusions that do not equate with realistic events, but rather, they conjure up sensat...

Childhood Heroes and Athletes

In five pages this research paper discusses the child idolatry of athletes and why this respect is sometimes misplaced in a consid...