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Tennessee Folklore: The Ghost Lights of Chapel Hill

his lantern, as he searches for his lost head" (Brown). In addition to the lights, some people have reported UFOs in the sky; oth...

Studying Creation Myths

studying it in the same way we study language (Csapo, 2005, p. 220). His theory puts more emphasis on the meaning of myth rather t...

The Phantom’s Secrets

Seger explains why people respond strongly to characters in film when those characters go on a journey that touches the audience. ...

Washington Irving’s Worldview

(Irving [1]). The author indicates that if he were left alone he would have been very happy doing nothing for his entire life. Thi...

Mythology in Advertising

image South African-ness. The markets of this iconic South African beer would often refer to it as the peoples beer (Talotta, 2000...

Agamemnon and His Many Faces

a major figure in each of these works. Based upon the legendary king of Mycenae, Agamemnon in the Iliad is depicted as the command...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Scarlet Letter Compared

Crane was followed by a mysterious headless horseman, he does not return to marry Katrina. She in turn marries someone else. The s...

The Importance of Religious Stories

investigation of the dhamma, energy, rapture or happiness, calm, concentration, and equanimity" (Thera, 2009). The story entitle...

Monteverdi’s Orfeo

divisions.vi For twelve years he wrote music as a member of the court of the Duke of Mantua, before being appointed as choirmaster...

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...

Education and Women in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

and, indeed, inferior in learning only to the parson" (Irving). Interestingly enough, this also brings into play women, for the na...

The Modern Vampire

nails and fangs that are in the middle of his mouth like a rodents, instead of on the sides like on a Halloween mask" (Ebert). For...

Hannibal Lecter as Hero

a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starl...

Lenovo; Marketing Strategy Analysis

takeover of the PC division would have on the existing consumer base. Lenovo understood the two is key to keep that consum...

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 ...

Comparing Greek and Roman Gods, Goddesses

Greek goddess Aphrodite, who is the "goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture" (Lindemans "Aphrodite"). As with Aphrodite, Venus...

URBAN LEGENDS AND HOW THEY SPREAD

Though urban legends have always been around, thanks to the Internet, theyre easier to spread these days. According to college pro...

‘Sports Night’: An Exciting and Memorable Experience

with my pen and autograph book, I was ready to meet these larger-than-life sports figures I had heard and read about my whole life...

Values and Lives of Protagonists in Legends of the Moor and Young Goodman Brown Compared

As he hauls water through the village he is greeted by many who know him. Some of course treat him like a servant but by and by...

Media Plan for Legends Golf Club

20 miles of each other, and the highest per capita rate of PhDs in the country. Central to the three cities is Research Triangle ...

"Lanval" - Subversion of Gender Norms in Arthurian Legend

of masculinity. As the poem opens, Lanval, a noble knight in the service of Arthur, is overlooked during a feast at which Arthur g...

I am Legend/Matheson

scientific research, as part of his effort to understand the vampires and he discovers the bacterial cause of the vampire plague. ...

Excalibur, A Cinematic Representation of Arthurian Legend

his sword and kneels commanding that his enemy should knight him. Overcome with Arthurs bravery, as the noble could just as easily...

Comparing Themes in Medea and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

lament: "Of everything that is alive and has a mind, we women are the most wretched creatures. First of all, we have to buy a hus...

Parallels Between Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and The Legend of Prometheus

and mother. At the age of 17, she eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, already a married father of two. She didnt rea...

Musical Theater Legend Chita Rivera

her stunning performance in Call Me Madam, many other notable roles followed. She continued to earn an outstanding reputation in ...

Urban Legend or Zeitgeist Myths

still believe that they will get cancer by overuse of their cell phones. By and large, this is not a bad urban legend in that it m...

Criss Cross Album of Jazz Legend Thelonious Monk

for Columbia in the 1960s have generally been considered to be somewhat of a disappointment when compared to his early work for Bl...

Mahatma Gandhi's Legend and the Role of India in its Creation

the caste system at the time. There are basically four divisions to the caste system. At the top of the group are the Priests and...

Richard III England's Black Legend by Desmond Seward and The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

particular emphasis upon Richard III. A relevant phrase within the literary world that relates to the overall concept of good and...