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Literary Considerations of Greed

typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is someone who today would appear on The Jerry Springer Show. His life has always been dy...

The Tragic Hero of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...

Date and Acquaintance Rape

In this paper consisting of eight pages the increase of acquaintance or date rape along with the factors contributing to this rise...

Education, Testing, Racial and Cultural Bias

In seven pages this paper offers support for the assertions made by Claude S. Fischer in his text Inequality by Design Cracking t...

American Dream of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Prize as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was produced and published in 1949....

Philosophical Perspectives

In 9 pages and 2 parts this paper examines religion, myth, and philosophical contradictions and then also discusses the 4 elements...

Peer Pressure

In eight pages this paper discusses the concept of peer pressure and whether or not is steeped more in myth than in actual fact. ...

Tragic Heroes Prince Hamlet and Willy Loman

In six pages this paper examines the tragic heroes represented by William Shakespeare's title protagonist Hamlet and Willy Loman i...

Umberto Ecos' Myth of Superman and Bruce Willis's Film Die Hard

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the film echos the Superman myth as described by Ecos are considered with box o...

Death of a Salesman By Arthur Miller and the Plot Function of Characters Charley and Bernard

In five pages this paper examines how the neighbors of Willy Loman, father Charley and son Bernard provide an essential plot funct...

Cultural Myths and 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper examines cultural myths and the portrayal of heroes in this comparative analysis of the works by Virgil an...

Myth and its Function

actions of what are called archetypes. An archetype will be the role the character plays within the story. Examples of archetyp...

Analysis of the Death of a Salesman Film

He is someone who today would appear on the Jerry Springer Show. His life had always been dysfunctional and all he ever wanted was...

American Theater and 'Method' Acting Guru Konstantin Stanislavski

In five pages this paper examines the impact of Stanislavski's 'Method' upon American theater in a consideration of playwrights Cl...

Chapter One of Genesis and the Rig Veda Indian Creation Myth

In four pages this paper compares the creation myths found in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis and 'In the Beginning' of t...

2 Different Cultures' Trickster Myths

trees trick the Trickster (Parks 132). The Trickster is a comic figure fragrant of laughter, humor, and irony. Paul Radin ...

Myths and Their Style of Narrative

The Odyssey, contain a series of events which are common to myths of all cultures, phases or events that the hero or heroine of th...

Pre Christian Concept of God and Mystery Cults

In eight pages this paper examines the pre Christian Mystery Cults that emphasized God's 'mysteriousness' and discusses its myths ...

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

Bible and Myths

In five pages this paper examines the Bible's collection of moral fiction, folktales, fables, and myths. Four sources are cited i...

'The Noble Lie' or 'Myths of the Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In five pages this paper examines The Republic in terms of what meaning Plato attached to the 'myths of the metals' and considers ...

Eliade's Ritual and Mythology and Durkheim's Ritual Theory

In six pages Durkheim's ritual perspectives are examined in terms of their implications when applied to Eliade's arguments on ritu...

Mothers on Welfare and Economic Issues

not only helps people survive temporarily, but social programs do provide aid to families which enable them to raise productive fu...

Frankenstein Myth

In four pages this research paper considers the 'Frankenstein myth' and refutes the premise argued by author Mary Shelley. Three ...

Working With Celebrities is Not Fun and Games

In eight pages this paper dispels the myth that working with motion picture celebrities is a pleasant experience. Fourteen source...

A Homelessness Analysis

In eight pages this research paper examines David Snow and Leon Anderson's 1993 text Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Stree...

America and Religion

In ten pages this sociological paper exposes the myth of American multiculturalism through a consideration of religions including ...

Second World War's Mythological Nature

In four pages this paper examines the myths associated with the Second World War in an analysis of Michael C.C. Adams' The Best Wa...

Language Used by Thomas Malory in Morte d'Arthur

In ten pages this paper examines how language is used by the author in this analysis of Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory. Eight so...

Criminal or Detective Sherlock Holmes

In five pages the private eye with a love of cocaine and morphine are considered in this examination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1...