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Essays 151 - 180
In three pages this paper emphasizes Aeneas' and Odysseus' differences as reflected in the works by Virgil and Homer. There is no...
though they were in a war. Their life is perhaps not threatened, but they must struggle to become more honorable and noble as they...
father. So, by the end of the story what he has done has given him experience and wisdom to deal with a future as a leader. Tel...
to go home. This particular point in the story is approximately halfway through such dangers and journeys and as such it is halfwa...
guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...
to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...
is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...
in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...
Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...
his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...
not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...
having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...
and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...
Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...
journey of humanity through life. Dantes epic charts a journey of the soul, from the depths of degradation to the radiance of rede...
Telemachus taking his first step towards responsibility and manhood. "Telemachus calls an assembly of the men of Ithaca. It is the...
In five pages this paper examines the Holy Bible's Old and New Testaments, 'The Odyssey' of Homer, and William Shakespeare's Hamle...
This paper contrasts and compares how women's rights are depicted in The Bible, 'The Odyssey' by Homer, and The Thousand and One N...
see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...
In three pages this paper examines the literary relationship between theme and setting in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and 'Circe' by Eu...
In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...
In 7 pages this paper discusses the similarities between 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' of Homer and Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' in a...
In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
to his position, he represents all the virtues and flaws of a man, in spite of the fact that he is only part human. But it is the...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...
a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Poetry is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays...