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Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht

spectator into the action, Brechts goal was to place the spectator outside the action as an observer, but one who is actively invo...

An Analysis of the Opening Passage of Anna Karenina

given notice (Tolstoy 1). As this illustrates, this opening passage accomplishes several purposes. It immediately announces the ...

Wordsworth & Hardy/Perspectives on Nature

First and foremost, the Thrush is seen by this Romantic poet in heroic terms, as a male facing the storm of the public world in or...

Milton/Satan in Paradise Lost

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

Two Poems, Childhood Memories of Father

This essay discusses Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz," and Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays." Both poems pertain to...

Four Poems on Grief

focuses on four poems that all deal with grief. In "Stairway to Heaven" by Joaquin G. Rubio; "Dont Forget About Me!" by Jenny Gord...

Significance of Telemakhos in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

father. So, by the end of the story what he has done has given him experience and wisdom to deal with a future as a leader. Tel...

Classic Literature and Its Social Functions

all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Refuge

wish to take any chances, yet knows he must rest. The place he found to hide is described as follows: "he crept beneath two shoots...

Epic Works of Homer

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

Epic of Gilgamesh's Historical Importance and Themes

Humbaba the Terrible. Enkidu has encountered Humbaba and continues to try to dissuade Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is stubborn and listens...

Enkidu and Gilgamesh's Friendship

woman), the two became inseparable friends/lovers. From that point forth, Gilgamesh never abused his power again. In te...

Speech Development and Characters of Andromache and Nestor in Homer's 'The Iliad'

being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...

Patroklos' Death and Bearer of Blame in 'The Iliad' by Homer

(2) which struck the coup de grace" (Floyd ucla13.html). As we can see, although Hektor obviously killed Patroklos, he was just on...

Lawrence of Arabia by Filmmaker David Lean

Passage to India. However, his creative pinnacle is largely acknowledged to be the wildly successful (both critically as well as ...

Imagery and Epic Simile in 'The Iliad' by Homer

Epic simile and imagery employed by Homer in 'The Iliad' are analyzed in 6 pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

A Discussion of the poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost

the Berlin wall. And we also know that there will be just a "touch" of whimsy about the poem, when it begins with "something ther...

Placing a Historical Value on 'The Iliad' by Homer

be regarded as a historical document. There is very little certain about the poem itself or its author, who was supposedly a blin...

Similarities Between Two Works By Ferlinghetti and Frost

thinks of the woods as property, more then as just a part of the vast natural world. To him, this lovely wood is part of the man-m...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Symbolism of the Olive Tree

In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...

Song of Myself

Walt Whitmans Song of Myself is a poem that is not necessarily about any one particular thing, not possessed of one single theme o...

The Flea vs. To a Coy Mistress

Donne takes a similar view in that he feels the ladys insistence on being concerned about honor is highly illogical, but he goes a...

Males and Females, Humans and Gos in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In eight pages this paper analyzes 'The Iliad' in a consideration of the relationships between males and females and humans and go...

Longfellow, Whitman and Dickinson

A 5 page paper which examines one poem from Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. The poems examined are The poets, and their poems,...

Poetic Analysis of Jane Kenyon's 'Happiness'

appreciate what it means to feel happy? The two most vivid images in this poem are religious in nature and are quite significant ...

Reitz’s Heimat and World War II

mayor. Lucie begins to fulfill her ambitious dreams. Episode 4, "The New Road, 1938" and Episode 5, "Up and Away and Back, 1939," ...

Analysis of Symbolism Homer's 'The Iliad'

In seven pages with a Roman numeral outline of one page also included this paper analyzes how symbolism is used to thematically po...

'Beowulf' and King Hrothgar's Character

In three pages this essay analyzes the Medieval epic and argues that the most human character is Hrothgar. There is no bibliograp...

Analysis of Titanic

In five pages this argumentative paper analyzes the 1997 epic film by director James Cameron based upon its infamous 1912 sinking....

William Wordsworth's Poetry and the Themes of Grieving and Death

the first place, and what do his "fond regrets" concern? He does not tell us, but merely goes on describing his walk with...