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Myths and Legends Surrounding Vampires

The term "myth", on the other hand, is reserved by anthropologists and folklorists for those stories which deal with the creation ...

Comparative Analysis of Myths in Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, 'The Odyssey' and a Work by Jack London

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the myths featured in these ancient works and also makes a thematic comparison wit...

William Shakespeare's Play Macbeth and 2 Film Interpretations

conscience. Said Macbeth: "One cried "God Bless us! And "Amen!" the other, as they had seen me with these hangmans hands. Listning...

Plagiarism, William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, and Robert Greene's Pandosto

Information). Shakespeare certainly changed the characters names - but made few more changes. Greenes Pandosto, King of Bohemia be...

Cultural Analysis of the Corn Mother Myth

First Mother (PG). Kloskurbeh, the Great Uncle, taught humans what they needed to know, and also taught their children how to sur...

Sororities and the Myths That Surround Them

in danger of being shut down. "People think we are drinking clubs," says Jonathan Brant, executive vice president of the National...

Act Two, Scene Two of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

to address the illusions that nobody else was originally able to see. HAMLETS PSYCHE Indeed, Hamlet was at the end of...

Sef Destruction in William Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Hamlet

his own power and glory. One of them, Hamlet, is outraged by what he sees as his mothers betrayal of both his father and himself. ...

Cinema and Romantic Love

is very orderly and rigid and Harry is quite the opposite. In fact, many other films demonstrate that even people who do not get a...

Poison in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

plants. The use of poison as a means of dispatching ones enemy, or ones rival, exemplifies the underhanded and dishonest dealings ...

Contemporary Influence of the Myth of Pandora's Box

has "opened Pandoras Box." In addition to the nomenclature of Pandoras Box that has entered into todays society as a descr...

Personal Tragedy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this play is evaluated in terms of whether or not Elizabethan audiences would regard it as a personal tragedy or a p...

Graveyard Scene in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

to sum up what has taken place up until now. In addition, we are given a look at perhaps the ridiculousness of the situation in on...

Popularity of Herakles or Hercules

In five pages the enduring popularity of this ancient Greek myth is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Hamlet in Cinematic Cross References Deconstruction

In five pages this report considers how famous literary works such as Shakepeare's plays must be deconstructed in order to be cine...

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

out, therefore, that in the Odyssey there is a great deal of action and movement, such as the sea voyages and the way in which Ody...

Sir Walter Raleigh's Guiana Text

In sixteen pages this paper evaluates this 1596 text by Sir Walter Raleigh in order to determine if it is simply a collection of m...

William Shakespeare's Place and Political Issues

would, therefore, perhaps be useful to look at three of Shakespeares play from the point of view of specific political angles, and...

Fathers in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night's Dream

love and regards them as intrusions between his will and his daughters future. He says that Lysander has Turnd her obedience, whic...

Governance Views in William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Sophocles' Antigone

were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...

William Shakespeare's Othello and Iago's Destructive Motivations

a squadron in the field" (I.i.9-22). According to Iago, Othello has passed him over for the position of lieutenant (or second in ...

Tragic Hero's Journey in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In five pages this paper examines how the tragic hero's journey is thematically portrayed in these plays. Three sources are cited...

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and its Theatrical Staging

play opens, the streets of Verona flash with swords and malice as the ancient vendetta between the wealthy houses of Capulet and M...

Emilia and Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages these two wives victimized by their spouses are examined in a similarities and differences comparison and contrast. ...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Cynicism and Satire in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper examines the language usage in Hamlet in terms of its cynical and satirical aspects. Three sources are c...

Overview of Circadian Rhythms

In six pages this paper discusses the biology of circadian rhythms through definition and the various myths that surround it. Fiv...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

Concepts Relating to Socrates and Plato

In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...