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of Dardania, best hope of Troy,/What kept you from us for so long, and where? From what far place, O Hector, have you come, Long, ...

see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...

observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...

can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...

In five pages this tutorial examines how classic works of literature, the Bible, 'The Aeneid,' 'The Iliad,' and 'The Odyssey' port...

far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy" (Homer The Odyssey PG). The Odyssey was written in 800 B.C. and woven in...

fire, his roar is the roar/of the floodwater; he breathes and there is death (lines 128-129). Gilgamesh perseveres despite the ad...

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Virgil's protagonist Aeneas from 'The Aeneid' with Homer's protagonist Odyssey in ...

This is a longer paper with more details regarding The Aeneid by Virgil and consists of four pages....

that they escaped due to their bravery. Then they both go on to say that there will come a time when they will look back on these ...

If we look to biology the definition of masculine is related to that of male. The male animal has testicles as opposed to ovaries...

souls, and rebirth, a central focus in lifes journey for all cultures and time periods. Mankind throughout history has bee...

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

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...

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

men encounter comrades who were killed and left unburied, meaning that their spirits are doomed to wander. The first thing that st...

In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...

This research report examines customs, events, and for example meanings of the Phaeacians' games. Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aen...

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...

In three pages three student posed questions pertaining to mythical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are answered in a heroic co...

In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...

that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...

in the ideal image of a male hero or warrior. In both cultures the people were founded in a patriarchal way of life, seeing man as...

is killed (Virgil, 2009). Paschalis has done a study of some of the semantics in the poem, and suggests that the name "Galaesus"...

In five pages this paper examines how sense, characters, and event are connected by Edgar Allan Poe through dualism and literary p...

to go home. This particular point in the story is approximately halfway through such dangers and journeys and as such it is halfwa...

it is about a silent film star, Don Lockwood (played by Kelly) making the transition to sound pictures, a leap that not all popula...