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Penelope, Katherine, and Dido

by the man she loves. The only thing that saves this play from being a soppy mess is that Petruchio loves Katherine as much as sh...

Claudius's Character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...

Analyzing Othello

a larger than life figure. He is perfect. He is a leader as well as a handsome and delightful mate for Desdemona. Because Othello ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Relationships Both Natural and Unnatural

Hamlets touch with reality begin to influence him very strongly. This is first seen through Ophelias words of her encounter with h...

Women of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...

Aeneas and Achilles

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...

Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer on Happiness and Erotic Love

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...

Augustus' Rule and the Pessimism of 'The Aeneid'

only needs to find his way to the underworld so that he might see and confer with his father. Sybil replies that the path to the ...

'The Odyssey,' The Aeneid and the Themes of Star Crossed Lovers

banquet. Aeneas begins to talk to Queen Dido. Dido becomes enamored with Aeneas, something not unprovoked by the gods and goddess...

Virgil in Dante's Inferno

fit their sin. As these people never committed themselves to anything, they chase an elusive banner for all eternity. Virgil expla...

Athena and Juno in Homer and Virgil

that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...

The Inferno and its Classical Influences

Comedy", Europe was in the midst of a transitional period. The Christian church was already well established, but many of the most...

St. Augustine and Dante: Partners in the Spiritual Journey

engine of aesthetic development throughout Western Europe for much of history. This can be seen in the patronage of artists by Chr...

The Writings of Virgil, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Diodorus

on certain players, who were central to the role of the Greeks above all others. "There was a literary consequence to this omissi...

William Shakespeare and the Authors Who Influenced Him

In four pages this paper discusses how the Bible and authors such as Seneca, Virgil, Chaucer, and Marlowe influenced William Shake...

'Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey' Number II

In three pages this paper emphasizes Aeneas' and Odysseus' differences as reflected in the works by Virgil and Homer. There is no...

Public Life versus Private Life in The Aeneid, The Odyssey, and Oresteia

In four pages this paper compares and contrasts how the authors depict private life and public life in these ancient literary work...

Lord Byron, Alexander Pope, and the Poetic Influences of the Classics

In eleven pages this paper examines the classical influence of Virgil, Ovid, and Homere on 'Don Juan' by Lord Byron and 'The Rape ...

Classical Literature and the Portrayal of the 'Faustian Bargain'

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

Western Classical Literature and Women

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...

Virgil The Aeneid Book XII

the character Hektor was a great Trojan warrior. He was adored by the people of Troy. Achilleus was his archenemy. His parents ...

Virgil and Dante's 'Inferno'

In four pages the Virgil character is examined within the context of 'Inferno' and also considered as he actually existed as an ac...

Visions and Dialogues of the Dead in Works by Virgil, Plato, and Homer

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

Father's Joy and Irritation in 'Inferno' by Dante

the skills he needs to continue with his journey, much like an infant does not have the skills they need to survive alone. Thus, i...

Virgil and John Milton's Poetic Portrayal of the Future

In six pages this paper compares and contrasts how Virgil and John Milton offer glimpses of the future in their poems 'Aeneid' and...

Piety of Aeneas in 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

In five pages this paper discusses 3 piety actions undertaken by Aeneas in 'The Aeneid' by Virgil. There is no bibliography inclu...

Depiction of King Richard the Third in Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey and The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare

In four pages this paper considers how Richard III is depicted in a contrast and comparison of these works which points out the re...

Hewlett Packard

the market. This sums up the strategy of a company which wishes to be a leader rather than a second mover in...

Homer and Virgil

men encounter comrades who were killed and left unburied, meaning that their spirits are doomed to wander. The first thing that st...

Virgil as Dante's Father Figure in the Divine Comedy

This 9 page paper gives an overview of the book The Divine Comedy by Dante. This paper includes examples form the test to explain ...