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In three pages life and death as they are thematically represented by the Trojan war and the city of Troy are examined in this ana...

This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...

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...

reign of government. He is simply a warrior and that is what he does. With Aeneas he is fighting for his Rome, his people, his lan...

of one another which is often the case in families. Hector is a leader and is brave and strong and incredibly able and skilled. Pa...

bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his ...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are ...

all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. The problem is Odysseuss only son, who is the natural successor to the throne...

journey of humanity through life. Dantes epic charts a journey of the soul, from the depths of degradation to the radiance of rede...

note his passion for such in the following lines when Hamlet responds to the facts presented by the ghost: "Haste me to knowt, tha...

the long journey is not necessary, but that does not mean that the odyssey as a concept was not necessary years ago. Indeed, in th...

In six pages this paper assesses the spouses featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer in order to determine which displays the most cons...

In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...

In three pges this paper contrasts and compares the characterizations of Penelope in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Desdemona in Othel...

The writer presents a creative essay written in iambic pentameter, describing the journey Teiresias commanded Odysseus to make aft...

In five pages this paper examines the Holy Bible's Old and New Testaments, 'The Odyssey' of Homer, and William Shakespeare's Hamle...

see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...

In three pages this paper examines the literary relationship between theme and setting in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and 'Circe' by Eu...

a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Poetry is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays...

In five pages this essay considers the audience and poet relationship as represented in 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante and 'The Odys...

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...

guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

a hero in strength and abilities, not in actions and deeds. With Enkidu, however, he finds a soul mate. He no longer seeks out the...

is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...

not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...

Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...