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In eight pages this paper considers the phenomenon known as hooliganism and how this antisocial and violent conduct can manifest i...

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

destroy Sigurd. She says that she has a favor to ask and makes the king promise that he will keep his word. He does, and asks her ...

the every day people who live, work and form the community, from stay-at-home moms who mold their families, to fire-fighters, who ...

hero may have incredible moral fiber, but have a tendency to love women he can never have. Tragic flaws, if one looks at any story...

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

given a task to perform and in doing so derives some sort of personal meaning from it. He may meet with a great series of misfortu...

Philosophy "Hero" as used by Campbell (1990) is androgynous, and he underscores this fact by using the pronouns "he" and "s...

they are also alike in that there are ties of friendship and devotion between the various characters that threaten the pairings as...

The writer analyzes the 1942 classic film Casablanca, and argues that Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, is the archetypal re...

a transformational leader. According to Burns, Burns, transformational leaders are change agents, they take more risks than others...

and not caring in the night, sure that this was all and all and all and not caring" (Hemingway 13). There is little said about Fre...

turbulent in respect to British history ("Angelcynn" PG). It was a time when England was first created, and the time of King Arth...

praise and... desire for glory" (McNary 528). Beowulf is strong, courageous and brave in combat, and likes nothing better than to...

In five pages this epic goddess and hero are examined in terms of their similarities. There are no other sources cited....

we have a man who is essentially being tossed with the tides. He is not nearly as determined or as confident as Odysseus. This is ...

story revolves around an American news correspondent, Jake Barnes, who lives and works in Europe, as well as his assorted friends"...

killed, Betty gets involved in a con game run by a transvestite named Raulito and takes the Rosalies place as a porno queen. Bert,...

The mad hero Before comparing the two heroes of each story, it helps to discuss the background and plot of each work....

series of misfortunes, but the hero endures, because it is this constant facing of death that defines life. The code hero makes ...

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...

This 6 page paper argues that Milkman Dead, a character in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, can be described as a classic hero. Th...

In six pages the sensitive heroes Stephen Daedalus in Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man and Marlow in Conrad's Heart of...

In seven pages these two works are contrasted and compared regarded the differing perspectives on heroes, rebellion, and war each ...

In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...

In eight pages this paper examines the code hero of Ernest Hemingway in the characterizations of Robert Jordan and Frederic Henry....

This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...

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