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In a paper containing three pages the discussion of whether Beowulf should be considered a pagan or Christian hero is presented. ...
In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...
of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...
Gawain and the Green Knights text persona is what separates the character from the other two representations. Would you grant me ...
olive branch, proving that there is land above water once again. A rainbow appears in the sky as a sign that God will not...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
In eight pages this paper discusses the gender and sociopolitical implications of the romantic relationships depicted in The Faeri...
In eight pages this research paper discusses the romantic modes featured by Shelley's 'Platonic love,' Keats' 'doctrine of art,' a...
In four pages this paper examines how violence and war are portrayed in such Indian classical epics as The Ramayana. Three source...
In five pages these epics are contrasted and compared in terms of the similarities and differences in their themes and messages. ...
In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In five pages Byronic hero is first defined and then examined as it is reflected in Lord Byron's Manfred and Mary Shelley's Franke...
In five pages this paper discusses Hemingway's life and then examines how heroes are interpreted in the novel The Sun Also Rises a...
In five pages this paper discusses the viewpoint of Grendel's mother as featured in the poetic epic 'Beowulf.' Four sources are c...
In three pages these characters featured in Homer's epic poem are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and diffe...
millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the heroes Achilles and Odysseus, and their development as they move through their advent...
In five pages this research paper discusses the tragic hero classification as applied to Arthur Miller's Willy Loman common man pr...
Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...
In 7 pages the hero mythology is applied to the society of the United States in a consideration of 3 concepts from The Power of My...
In six pages Hamlet, his mother Gertrude and stepfather Claudius are analyzed within the criteria Aristotle established regarding ...
This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...
author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...
quoted as saying: "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persua...
emphatically Christian as in a tone mildly so" (125). John Niles has written that "Attempts to show a specific correlation betw...
In five pages this 1985 text is examined in terms of its family epic characteristics. There are no other sources listed....
long before it was ever written down. To use Si!r Philip Sidney phrase pertaining to the oral traditions of epic poetry, it was ...
In 5 pages the concept of tragic hero as defined by Aristotle is examined within th context of the novel by Gustave Flaubert and c...
In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...