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Essays 271 - 300
on "what all human beings should do if they want to be moral: They should always act in their own self-interest" (Thiroux 37). Ad...
oral tradition, which makes the tales uniquely alive and constantly changing. This paper briefly compares two such epics, the Sund...
it clear that the most important societal relationship is between a warrior, the "thane," and his liege lord (Donaldson 32). This ...
An analysis of stanzas XIV and XV of this anonymous poem are consider in terms of their significance particularly regarding the re...
This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...
This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...
into marriage, religion/gods, revenge, rituals, and reputation. Marriage Clearly Ulysses story involves the condition of marria...
home, his palace, his wife, his son, his people. Ogygia Ulysses is trapped on Calypsos island for many years. If it werent for...
of the press, freedom of speech, religious toleration among Protestants, the sovereignty of the people, the power of sovereigns de...
(Hunter). She takes him to the River Styx because, "everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remain...
than life and serves as a role model for others to follow; they are brave, smart and good in battle; and, the hero embarks upon a ...
for his own wants as a man. Sir Gawains virtue is tested against the backdrop of religious implication when Bercilaks wife ...
his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...
comes to the aid of Hrothgar: "Thou Hrothgar, hail! Hygelacs I, kinsman and follower. Fame a plenty have I gained in youth! These...
being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...
(2) which struck the coup de grace" (Floyd ucla13.html). As we can see, although Hektor obviously killed Patroklos, he was just on...
Passage to India. However, his creative pinnacle is largely acknowledged to be the wildly successful (both critically as well as ...
is in danger, and perhaps also eager to gain some fame through the process. His character is somewhat innocent, but yet no less wi...
on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...
a rather powerful enemy. Thus, one sees heroic feats on either end, but also, there is Christian love and the love of a parent tha...
son Telemakhos, his father Laertes, and even his dog Argos. Throughout his journey in the Odyssey, Odysseus often remarks about t...
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...
given a task to perform and in doing so derives some sort of personal meaning from it. He may meet with a great series of misfortu...
twenty-five hundred years. Many scholars date the time and place of the recording of Job to the age of the Babylonian Exile, which...
the defeat of Troy and it is about the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and throughout his travels, the story "provides a pi...
lays dead. No individual has truly come to help him save for one youth, Wiglaf. In these particular lines we note the following: "...
this obvious beast and takes the challenge, severing the Green Knights head, who merely picks up his head, and informs Gawain that...
the tale. In fact, it seems that one of the general ways in which each character is depicted is a quick rundown of their lineage. ...
the chariot that Hector bought. . . . Each row was a divan of furred leopardskin. . . . te...
ignorant about its history. He is also a simple fisherman. The conflict in the story predominately revolves around Achille and Hec...