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The Way in Which Sundiata and Beowulf Present Heroism

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

Contrasting and Comparing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

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

Epic Heroism of King Gilgamesh

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

'The Odyssey,' 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' Violence and Heroism

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

Protagonist Cyrano De Bergerac

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

Heroism in Antigone by Sophocles

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

Homeward Journey of Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

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...

Motifs of Ancient Greek Literature and Superman

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

Heroic Native American Paul Bernal

In four pages this historical Native American hero is discussed as he is portrayed in [The] Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue L...

Heroic Comparison of Hector and Achilles in 'The Iliad' by Homer

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

Sophocles' Antigone, Oedipus, and Heroes

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

Hero Justification of Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

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

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's 'Journey To The End Of The Night'

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

Contemporary World, Heroes, Gods, and Joseph Campbell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...

John Gardner's Grendel and Epic Beowulf

oo well that here was the last of...

Comparing Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet

in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...

Heroic Storyteller Huck Finn

he was gone he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and ...

The Role Models of Athletes

In six pages the ways in which professional athletes have emerged in society as role models are examined and considers if athletes...

Mahabharata and the Heroes Karna and Arjuna

In a research paper consisting of sixteen pages the heroes of the epic Indian saga are examined in a comparative analysis that als...

Heroes Beowulf and Hamlet

In five pages Joseph Campbell's definition of a hero is applied to Beowulf and Hamlet in a comparison and contrast of these two ep...

The Aeneid by Virgil and 3 Archetypes

the thing / With timber braces, towering to the sky, / Too big for the gates, not to be hauled inside / And give the people back t...

Homer's Heroes Patroclus and Achilles

In this essay consisting of five pages the argument is presented that the friendship between these heroes in Homer's 'The Iliad' s...

Shakespeare's Villains

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

Hamlet's Treatment of Women in William Shakespeare's Play

in the famous "closet scene," in which he accuses his mother of being a sexual predator, declaring, "In the rank sweat of an ensea...

Annotated Bibliography of Literary Young Love

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

Beowulf as an Epic Hero

The writer argues that Beowulf can be considered a hero, not only because he does heroic deeds, but also because of the way in whi...

Colin Powell's 1995 Text My American Journey

and judging the enemy. I therefore advised Cheney to accept Norms (Schwarzkopf) recommendation." What he is referring to in this ...

Duino Elegies by Rainer Rilke and The Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

In five pages this paper examines these two poems in terms of Rilke's presentation of the hero and child relationship and Kinnell'...

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...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Lord Byron's Manfred as Byronic Heroes

In five pages Byronic hero is first defined and then examined as it is reflected in Lord Byron's Manfred and Mary Shelley's Franke...