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Essays 301 - 330
In five pages this paper examines how democracy is metaphorically depicted in the actions of Achilles and Agamemnon in 'The Iliad'...
the student works on this project, he or she will want to consider the ways in which the story deals with legendary events that ma...
and Achilles argue over who has the "rights" to one of the "spoils of war," which in this case is a person, a girl who has already...
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...
allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...
individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...
quoted as saying: "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persua...
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...
In 7 pages this paper discusses the similarities between 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' of Homer and Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' in a...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
their lives? These are some of the questions we will consider as we look at these men in action in Homers Illiad. Tragedy Accord...
In five pages this paper presents a contrast and comparison of the heroes Hector and Achilles as featured in the epic poem 'The Il...
as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...
"Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh...
of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...
In a more recent translation we note a great deal of anger and a powerful sense of revenge, as we see in the following excerpt fro...
Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...
but also by the fact that he is the king, and his people protect him rather than urging him onto the front lines as they might a y...
of the gods in these works appears to be more focused on generating chaos than introducing peace and tranquility to the universe. ...
only by the military might of his chief Trojan rival Hector. Achilles courage was unwavering perhaps due in part to his connectio...
granted authority" (Knox, 1990, p. 33). Hector is a man of peace born into a time of war, and therefore forced to fight (Knox, 1...
as Achilles, this is the good life. He is not a character who seems to desire times of peace or quiet but rather a man who is happ...
great deal of loss and death in his wake. But, he is not the power, the real power, behind the war and he really only seems to ser...
the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...
its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...
This 3 page paper discusses the role women play in "The Iliad" when it comes to marriage and sexual relationships; it also discuss...