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Was Huey P. Long a Villain or Hero?

In five pages the life of Huey P. Long is examined within the context of Glen Jeansonne's biography Messiah of the Masses Huey P....

King Arthur and Classic Heroism

In five pages the classical hero is examined in a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist between King...

1980s' Greatest American Hero Ronald Reagan

voice, Reagan began a career in radio broadcasting, but secretly hoped this avenue of work would somehow lead to the silver screen...

Interchangeability of Homer's Heroic Hektor

In six pages this character analysis of Hektor in 'The Iliad' by Homer reveals how he is a hero who also happens to be human and h...

Myth or Archetype of the Hero

These "myths" satisfy our "hunger for community." The hero embodies the values of a community. May writes: The myth of the home...

Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Compared

In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

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...

Lindbergh Falls From Grace After Many Years Aloft

4 million Americans had thronged the streets of Manhattan to see and used an estimated 7,430,000 feet of newsreel to record just a...

British Writer Dennis Potter and Son of Man TV Movie

In five pages Potter's controversial Son of Man TV movie based upon Jesus's life is examined in terms of the writer's objectives a...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

Heroism and Sports

that no two people define heroism in just the same way. Merriam-Webster defines a hero as a person who is admired for his achieve...

Why Hamlet Would Have Been Loved by Aristotle

In six pages Hamlet, his mother Gertrude and stepfather Claudius are analyzed within the criteria Aristotle established regarding ...

A Consideration of Romeo and Juliet as Tragic Heroes

This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...

Folk Legends and Outlaws

In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...

David Remnick's King of the World Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

an American Hero brings the world of boxing into a sharp focus of anticipated excitement that is the essence of the match. This m...

Harry Potter's Adult World

In 6 pages this paper examines the very adult quest of a hero in the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling. Eight sources are ...

Cinema and Heroes

typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...

17th Century Heroic Scientists

assumptions came to predominate Western cultural thought (Olson 18). Prior to this era, during the medieval period, the proper a...

Morality and Mortality in Hamlet and Achilles

In this paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which concepts of morality contributed to the deaths of these tragic heroes is ...

Tragic Hero King Lear

Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...

Walker, Pearson, Frankl, Miller, and Fromm on Identity and Meaning

In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...

Poetry of Homer and Heroism in 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad'

the weak and defender of his territory and do whatever he must in the name of survival. A ravenous Odysseus is described by Homer...

Tragic Greek Heroes Oedipus and Prometheus

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

Lewis Puller, Jr.'s Autobiography Fortunate Son

In five pages this paper considers the autobiography of a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War and son of a Second World War hero i...

Odysseus and Achilles

In this paper of five pages two classical heroes are contrasted in terms of the older and noble Odysseus and the young and volatil...

Paul Robeson Hero Before His Time by Rebecca Larsen

he could no longer tolerate the outright prejudice. Robesons travels landed him in the Soviet Union, where there was no sign of t...

Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and American Society

In 7 pages the hero mythology is applied to the society of the United States in a consideration of 3 concepts from The Power of My...

Childhood Heroes and Athletes

In five pages this research paper discusses the child idolatry of athletes and why this respect is sometimes misplaced in a consid...

Visual Images in Last Action Hero Film

In six pages this paper refers to Timothy Corrigan's Film Terms and Topics the text edited by Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan entitle...

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...