YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :My Definition of a Hero
Essays 271 - 300
Both of the primary mail characters are fundamentally powerless, as are the narrators of the stories. Ironically, a great deal of...
In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...
troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...
In this paper of six pages a broad comparison of thes classic heroes considers how they would fare in the contemporary world. The...
In 7 pages the hero mythology is applied to the society of the United States in a consideration of 3 concepts from The Power of My...
In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...
In a paper consisting of five pages an assessment regarding Okonkwo's responsibility for his own tragedy is discussed through an e...
In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...
Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...
In six pages analytical, psychodynamic, and personality paradigms are applied to former professional athlete Brian Bosworth as dep...
In five pages this paper considers the autobiography of a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War and son of a Second World War hero i...
In this paper of five pages two classical heroes are contrasted in terms of the older and noble Odysseus and the young and volatil...
In this paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which concepts of morality contributed to the deaths of these tragic heroes is ...
Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...
In five pages this paper examines the delays in Odysseus's return to Ithaca and how the hero is at fault for them. There are no o...
This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...
In three pages this persuasive and personal essay examines the reasons why this protagonist qualifies as a hero. There is no bibl...
In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...
In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...
evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...
In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...
In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...
This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...
In four pages this historical Native American hero is discussed as he is portrayed in [The] Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue L...
traced back to the rather lurid sensationalism of ecclesiastical writers of that period (Magnusson 10). Since monasteries were fre...
In nine pages this paper analyzes the tragic hero aspects of Hamlet's character in a consideration that also includes Shakespeare'...
contradictions of his character. Certainly, Brutus is strong. Even his name conveys strength. He is idealistic, and at least in...
becomes more and more obvious. Their words, which appear to be that demonstrating disdain, are words spouted by lovers who are con...