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Comparative Analysis of Myths in Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, 'The Odyssey' and a Work by Jack London

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the myths featured in these ancient works and also makes a thematic comparison wit...

Christopher Paul Curtis's Literary Style

use of language on the part of his young characters give a warmth and depth to them that is more reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn t...

Human Characteristics and Latin American Literature

Parenting styles differ significantly, therefore, leaving much open to interpretation and inference. Certain aspects, such as nur...

Punishment in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Dante's 'Inferno'

manner in which both people and society are viewed. The very basis of the story is perhaps the biggest symbol, where Hester Prynn...

Sef Destruction in William Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Hamlet

his own power and glory. One of them, Hamlet, is outraged by what he sees as his mothers betrayal of both his father and himself. ...

British Literature and Issue of Class

pride, and vainer ties dissever, / And give herself to me forever" (Browning 1235). According to Professor Gerald McDaniel, the r...

Renaissance and Humanistic Art

intellectualism" of the medieval universities began to give way before the warmth of "Franciscan emotionalism" (Fleming 162). This...

Analysis of 'Desert Places' by Robert Frost

contemporaries, Frost sees no meaning in nature. It is simply emptiness. There is no God there, no Creator, just emptiness. In the...

Various Classifications of Software

companies made machines with digital displays that could be corrected before being committed to - and printed on - paper, and ther...

The Thematic Element in Art

song of Liling is that which provides us with the foundation of the story. Now, of course, the music and the song actually serv...

Ancient Literature and Companionship

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...

Naturalism and Realism in the Literature of the Nineteenth Century

is often an important feature. The individuals portrayed are not depicted as standing outside of their own historical background a...

Society's Influence on Fitzgerald and Williams

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

Journey in Sembene Ousmane's 'God's Bits of Wood' and Cheikh Hamidou Kane's 'Ambiguous Adventure'

obstacles, the people maintain their stalwart conviction to ultimately seek out a better existence. Kanes Ambiguous Adventu...

Injury Control Strategies

Kellermann rerported that "Injuries result in more than 142,000 deaths in the United States each year and permanently disable anot...

Will Ferguson's Generica and Jeremy Narby's The Cosmic Serpent

shamanistic view of life and found that there were significant correspondences between the view of molecular biologists and that o...

Sixteenth Century Literature and Parody

quest as being somehow representative of the times in which he lived. Through the use of exaggeration, Cervantes is basically say...

Survival in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

a man who is aloof to a certain degree to the horrors and less desirable things in life that occur all around them. Atlas (PG)obs...

Ivan Klima's My First Loves and J.G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun and the Incarceration Experiences of Miriam and Jim

the recurring theme throughout Empire of the Sun, a theme so forceful and perceptive that the reader goes away with a distinctly d...

Literature and the Transition from Middle Ages Feudalism to the Industrial Era

is filled with allegorical references to the time of chivalry and has been described as an allegorical epic. As outlined in the i...

Tragic Life of Edgar Allan Poe

good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back...

Pornography, Cosmetic Surgery and Sexual Ethics

This research paper analyzes the manner in which sexual ethics can be applied to issues pertaining to pornography and cosmetic sur...

Literary Realism and Social Problems

a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...

Satire Types

such as "U.S. Urges Bin Laden To Form Nation It Can Attack" (12C). In fact, Bin Laden jokes are beginning to crop up and while peo...

A Review of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

This 6 page paper summarizes this groundbreaking work by one of the first influential black men in the U.S. This paper suggests t...

Issues Involved in Collective Bargaining

this new support for better working conditions and wages was met with great approval, effectively allowing the labor representativ...

Understanding of Spirituality and Popoh Vuh the Bible

When we consider the Popol Vuh we see that this is an ancient Mayan text that has many stories and tales. Further more it...

Journeys and Their Philosophical Meaning in 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

student who is writing about this topic should consider the ways in which the each author develops the philosophical journey of ea...

Theories of Personality Development

The writer considers the theory of personality development from the biological and humanistic perspectives. The writer also examin...

Describing Life in Persia

entitled Gates of Fire, as well as others, one can get a sense of how the Persians lived at the time. In the novel, Pressfield foc...