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The 20s and 30s and Literature

out at this particular time were truly offering up new visions, realistic visions, and modern visions of life. In looking at some...

The Civil War

fought to keep independence on the other. The American Civil War, from the perspective of the North and President Lincoln, was f...

Slavery and the Civil War

at the time of the Civil War, as suggested by the fact that it only had one slave by 1840 (MacLeod, 2008). It is perhaps also impo...

Healing after the Vietnam Experience

Healing in the Aftermath of War Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. by Janice Vincent, 4/27/10...

Terrorism and Globalization

and Iraq today definitely constitutes a terrorist threat and a major challenge to the war on terrorism. Of course, it should be ...

Germany During World War II

began long before 1939, it began in Germany turning German against German. Hitler, however, offered hope, perhaps even after he be...

The War in Iraq

reason to go to war with the country. Then it was clearly Saddam who was the culprit, although interestingly enough, "Bin Laden an...

The Trojan War

It should be noted that the legend of Paris begins with his birth when his sister, Cassandra, a woman of great power and vision, t...

Why Do We Fight Wars?

need or desire for war, aside from any economic or resource or religious gain. Human beings, perhaps first and foremost, are soc...

Post-Cold War Policies to Facilitate “One Europe”

be issued an invitation" (Krahmann, Terriff and Webber, 2001). Despite the opposition, the U.S. position won the day (Krahmann, Te...

WHY THE U.S. JOINED WORLD WAR I

1917. The overt, and simple, explanation for Americas entry into the European conflict was the May, 1915 sinking of the Bri...

The Causes of the Second World War

The writer argues that the basic cause of World War II was World War I. The paper also argues that the Great Depression did not ca...

The Korean War and The Cold War

first and second worlds, or the free world and the communist bloc. Many equated the U.S. as a major force of the first world and...

Warfare Technological Change and Sociological Impacts

There are many points of comparison between wars. This is certainly true of the Jacobin phase of the French...

Warriors Across Time

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...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Achilles and Socrates

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

Supplication in "The Iliad"

its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...

The Relationship of Thetis and Achilles in “The Iliad”

Achilles is well aware that he is mortal and that his life will be brief, and Thetis recognition of his mortality "contrasts sharp...

Women in Ancient Literature and Now

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

Two Passages from “The Iliad”

book, Ares is battling Diomedes; he thrusts at him but Athena knocks his spear away and Diomedes stabs the god. Ares flies up to O...

Epic Literature and Heroes

In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...

Classical Literature Compared

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

Ancient Literature and Companionship

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...

Mythology and Iliad, Aeneid

This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...

"Troy" and "The Iliad" - A Comparison

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at "The Iliad" and the 2004 film, "Troy". The changes in the latter are explained throu...

Epic Works of Homer

that allows the poem to celebrate or immortalize its national culture (Epic Poetry). The distinguishing characteristics of Homers...

War Poems of Wilfred Owen

obviously take the most tragic of subjects and place the words in a way that would make us, the reader, want more, and yet cause u...

Churchill/The Gathering Storm

describes how and why the disastrous ramifications of the Treaty of Versailles set up the conditions that generated continued conf...

Client Wars And Surrogate Armies

was a client war, which is defined as a war where two sides fight in a third country. In Korea, the U.S. fought directly against t...