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In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...

In five pages this paper examines the delays in Odysseus's return to Ithaca and how the hero is at fault for them. There are no o...

The writer compares and contrasts the Old English poem Beowulf with Sundiata, which is an African epic. The writer argues that whi...

Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...

This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...

In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

the examples of the main characters, a certain amount of wit and common intelligence is necessary to possess as an essential work ...

In three pages this persuasive and personal essay examines the reasons why this protagonist qualifies as a hero. There is no bibl...

traced back to the rather lurid sensationalism of ecclesiastical writers of that period (Magnusson 10). Since monasteries were fre...

In six pages analytical, psychodynamic, and personality paradigms are applied to former professional athlete Brian Bosworth as dep...

becomes more and more obvious. Their words, which appear to be that demonstrating disdain, are words spouted by lovers who are con...

In ten pages this paper discusses how the traditional and nontraditional roles of women are represented in Hero and Bianca, and Be...

In seven pages this paper examines the literary interpretations of young love featured in The Hero and Leander by Christopher Marl...

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...

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

In five pages this paper contrast hero weaknesses with the villains in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Othello, Richard II, and...

Both of the primary mail characters are fundamentally powerless, as are the narrators of the stories. Ironically, a great deal of...

troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...

In this paper of six pages a broad comparison of thes classic heroes considers how they would fare in the contemporary world. The...

In five pages this paper discusses how the classical hero definition applies to Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey. There are no ot...

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

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

In a paper consisting of five pages an assessment regarding Okonkwo's responsibility for his own tragedy is discussed through an e...

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

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...

almost all of them are loners. Even when they are surrounded by a large group of people, there is this inner stoicism, this inner ...

action shot at a car race. To rely on an old clich?, he is "bored to tears." He spends most of his convalescent time sitting at th...