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A Comparison of Film and Print for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

a strong and masculine man, though perhaps not too intelligent, or so Ichabod thinks. One night at a party people are telling s...

Comparing Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

the nephew of King Arthur, a brave young man who is eager to demonstrate his physical prowess. His antagonist is a mysterious str...

'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' Analyzed

the intent of the writer. Might he have an agenda hidden under the ghost story? At the same time, this is a classic supernatural t...

Conspiracy and the Death of Reggae Legend Bob Marley

government (Conally Bob Marley and the CIA). The plan was succeeding, and by the mid-70s, violence and drugs were so rampant, mar...

Social Contributions of Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson

In eight pages this Brooklyn Dodger is considered for not only his professional accomplishments but for the social contributions h...

Factual or Fictitious King Arthur Legends?

In eight pages this essay assesses whether or not King Arthur was an actual living figure or if he was a fictitious creation by au...

Legends of the Apollo Greek God

the serpent 2 and with his arrows, dispatched the serpent Python. The serpent Pylon had been possessed of a gift of prophecy and ...

The Legends of the Baal Shem, Hasidism and the Modern Man and Jewish Philosopher Martin Buber

In five pages this report examines the relationship between God and the individual within the context of these writings by Martin ...

The Legend and Impact of Babe Ruth

From the time Ruth made it to baseball, the story became purely an American tale . . . some John Steinbeck, a bit of William Faulk...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and Humor

In five pages the ways Washington Irving employed humor in his famous story are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

American Immigration Paradoxes

will explore the ramifications of these paradoxes, focusing primarily on the experience of Puerto Rican immigrants. Silvia Pedra...

Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

Shaw’s Pygmalion, Euripides’ Medea

expert, Henry Higgins, makes a wager with a friend that he can masquerade a lower-class girl, Eliza, as a member of the upper clas...

Barriers Between Readers and the Other

West, who defined the native American tribes as "savages"; and by so doing, made it possible to justify killing them (in self-defe...

Northern California Myth

up there" (Rigsby). However, while David admits that the days of the pioneers are over, "like many myths," he supposes that ther...

The Power of Myth: The Monomyth

of achievement and experience" (123). They are individuals who have ultimately given themselves to something that is larger than t...

Role of the Feminine in Ancient Creation Myth

males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...

Sexuality and Aging

or physical concerns. Although it is true that health does often enter the picture as it respect sex, sexuality is more than just ...

The Right Stuff & Technology

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...

Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

Ramayana and King Arthur Myths

the Protector, one of the three great gods of the Indian pantheon, and Sita is the avatar of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosp...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

Oedipus Myth and D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

all the necessary stages in that development would be as futile as Oedipuss attempts to challenge the Fates....

Levi Strauss' Myth Analysis by Applying Ferdinand de Saussure's Structural Linguistics

but an anthropologist and he made use of the theorist in his studies, including kinship and myths. The idea of Saussures t...

Creation Myths of the Navajo and Chinese

China). This was too much for the earth and it burned and cracked (A Creation Story from China). The rivers became dry and the peo...

Sexuality in the Elderly

the amount of semen is reduced, the testicles "do not rise as much as in the young man," ejaculation is not as powerful, and "the ...

Middle Age of Human Development Myths and Reality

a great deal of study of late due to the fact that there are so many "baby boomers" coming of middle and elderly ages, pushing asi...

Dispelling Police Investigation Myths

In three pages this paper exposes the false myth that all crimes are investigated by law enforcement officials. Three sources are...

Myth and Reality: Abraham Lincoln

against injustice and for the downtrodden. One author notes that, "However successful he may have been, Lincoln the young attorney...