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This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...
The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...
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...
This essay pertains to the epics of Gilgamesh and Beowulf and their respective life journeys to maturity. Seven pages in length, s...
and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...
we will discuss two stories involving journeys -- the ancient Babylonian story of Gilgamesh, and Voltaires Candide. Written abou...
In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...
In five pages this paper examines how the quest theme is depicted in these works by Dante and Homer. Three sources are cited in t...
In 5 pages this paper considers the significance of the Great Flood story retelling in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the Book of Ge...
In five pages the teachings featured in these texts are contrasted and compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....
In a paper consisting of five pages the writer argues that the purpose of XXIV is to provide the story with both a summary as well...
In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...
In five pages Circe, the Sirens, Nausikaa, Helen, Calypson, Athena, and Penelope are examined in this discussion of how women's ro...
millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...
In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...
of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...
Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...
among four children in his family. The father was an intelligent, religious man, a hard-working storekeeper and an important leade...
This research report compares Penelope's relationships with that of Odysseus. How the marital relationship comes to fruition and i...
In five pages this paper explores the homosexual or bisexual tendencies as revealed in his relationship with Enkidu in the Epic of...
In five pages this paper examines how the concepts of life and death as regarded by the ancient Mesopotamian peoples are reflected...
author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...
In five pages a comparative analysis of these works is presented in terms of differences and similarities in characterization, plo...
all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...
lost natural state, at which point Shamhat offers to take him to the city where the joys of "civilization shine in their resplende...
As for mankind, numbered are their days/ Whatever they achieve is but the wind!" (Epic of Gilgamesh 8). When Gilgameshs friend Enk...
and craft are clear throughout the narrative, but such episodes as her deceiving of the suitors are not considered in the same lig...
that whatever the customs of good behavior, these people are not observing them. In light of this we would assume that the people ...
contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning." Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. * Life is a tragedy fo...