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Essays 541 - 570
the span of a day comes face-to-face with the realization that the American Dream has become a nightmare of his own making, that t...
His pride, which leads him to attempt to save Thebes from a devastating plague by exposing the murderer of his predecessor, King L...
(Pallas Athena, Goddess Of Wisdom). Mans first instinct is to provide for his - or her - own preservation, to tend to his...
the stern discipline of an active career" and these characteristics "had taken over the office of modeling these features. Behind ...
action shot at a car race. To rely on an old clich?, he is "bored to tears." He spends most of his convalescent time sitting at th...
a tragic character as he remembers events from his past and why things went wrong. Through this process, he seems to be losing tou...
particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...
/ so long as we men of Achaea soldiered on at Troy. / But once wed sacked King Priams craggy city, / boarded ship, and a god dispe...
old families and the nouveau riche, who had made their fortunes in more recent years" (Books and Writers). For the most part this ...
is wildly jealous of Elizabeth (Miller, 2003). Abigail is also the leader of the towns young women, and she and her friends were...
(2000) says that Mother Theresa is a good role model. Yet, there are many others who may be considered good role models. Mendelsoh...
boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...
king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...
In four pages this historical Native American hero is discussed as he is portrayed in [The] Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue L...
In nine pages this paper analyzes the tragic hero aspects of Hamlet's character in a consideration that also includes Shakespeare'...
In eleven pages this paper critically analyzes Tchaikovsky through Marxism, feminism, and Freudian perspectives to support the arg...
This paper consists of five pages and considers Pancho Villa, hero of the Mexican Revolution and examines his impact upon the earl...
In seven pages these two works are contrasted and compared regarded the differing perspectives on heroes, rebellion, and war each ...
In a paper consisting of four pages the ways in which Willy Loman and his struggles represent the definitive tragic hero are explo...
In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...
The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...
This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...
In eight pages this paper examines the code hero of Ernest Hemingway in the characterizations of Robert Jordan and Frederic Henry....
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...
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 ...