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"The crews are straining at the oars; the crowd on shore is cheering wildly. Each boat must sail out to sea, swing around...

in government policy-making, for example....

of injury or illness in the ancient world. Therefore, in ancient Greece and Rome, the practice of euthanasia, that is, intentional...

This research paper addresses lessons that the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750), the Holy Roman Empire (814-1806), and the Mongol Empir...

And, in terms of using their sexuality, "They do not share their couches with their husbands but with the other men who happen to ...

of hip-hops cultural meaning (Beletsky, 2008). Rennie Harris returned to Philadelphia with the artistic style that would define h...

after being cast into the water in a basket -- survived and ultimately grew up with the intent to seek revenge against the king (a...

Greek life was impacted in many ways by its art and architecture (Dickinson, 2008). Two of the most visible of these ways were th...

sons leads him to raise them as privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are....

view. The ambitious virtues that Beowulf embodies are representative of the earnest attempts required for such characters of this...

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

in the city in the midst of the excitement (Mary Cassatt biography). When she first arrived in Paris, she exhibited her work at ...

praise and... desire for glory" (McNary 528). Beowulf is strong, courageous and brave in combat, and likes nothing better than to...

Egyptians, whose fantastic death cult gave us some of the greatest monuments on earth. The Egyptians believed in an afterlife that...

complete madness, until at last Elizabeth Proctor, who is completely innocent, is charged with being a witch (Miller, 1952). Not s...

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

In five pages this epic goddess and hero are examined in terms of their similarities. There are no other sources cited....

which we, the reader or viewer, can relate to. We see them as noble individuals who demonstrate weakness, yet still battle against...

honorable in offering to protect them. But, it is to say that, as a warrior, he maintained a sense of arrogance in regards to his ...

In five pages this paper considers how the hero Redcrosse in Spenser's The Faerie Queen represents Christianity and justice. Two ...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the poem that asserts the spiritual themes of the poem are metaphorically portrayed by the trag...

they marry or not, for there have been no grandiose expectations placed upon them to act a certain way. Benedick remarks, "That a...

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

granted authority" (Knox, 1990, p. 33). Hector is a man of peace born into a time of war, and therefore forced to fight (Knox, 1...

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

well he might be, since three of his children died that winter of a fever, within a week of one another (Shaara). He is a good sol...

cape and superpowers? Someone who follows the dictates of his conscience? Or perhaps someone who overcomes his fear to rise to per...

Seger explains why people respond strongly to characters in film when those characters go on a journey that touches the audience. ...

suitors, who grossly outnumber him. Odysseus himself vows that he will fight "while Ive got arrows to defend me", committed to the...

were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...