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In five pages this essay considers the audience and poet relationship as represented in 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante and 'The Odys...

This paper discusses the elements necessary to creating a heroic character in literature. The author examines heroic protagonists...

boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...

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 ...

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...

In four pages this paper examines evaluates the acceptability of the protagonists' actions in these classic literary works by Virg...

Agamemnon's actions led to his demise at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. While Aeschylus shows her as a strong woman who exac...

In five pages this paper examines a 'trunk theater' rural school production of Medea, the Greek tragedy by Euripides....

very opposing forces. There is an evident duality to Herakles. On the one hand, he has a compassionate side that truly wants to ...

cultures. In addition, the kind of difficulties and trials faced by different ancient communities will also tend to be similar. On...

a great deal of art, was incredibly reflective of what was considered the good life. There was a change in the society at that tim...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

is very advanced and demonstrates once again a close connection, in the ancient Greeks works, between mathematics and philosophy. ...

As such one could clearly argue that the basic design of the Epidauros influenced the design and construction of the Colosseum. Th...

many as he can. If his own life is destroyed in the process, then that intrinsically establishes him as both a stellar leader and...

of the gods in these works appears to be more focused on generating chaos than introducing peace and tranquility to the universe. ...

original adventure stories; Indiana Jones has nothing on Odysseus, Achilles, Ajax and the rest of the characters who struggled on ...

be regarded as a historical document.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

Aspects of Homer's epic poem are analyzed in this paper that contains five pages. There are no other sources listed in the biblio...

The fates of death or destruction could be explored in a dramatic structure, and how the protagonist elected to face his destiny, ...

is somber (tragic). "...In great works of art all levels in which interpretation can be pursued fruitfully probably remain in som...

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

how all true tragic heroes apply the same principle: by purging his sins in exchange for forgiveness from nature and the gods. He...

the student works on this project, he or she will want to consider the ways in which the story deals with legendary events that ma...

this late hour / To save our army from these howling Trojans. / Think of yourself, of the regret you will feel / For harm that wil...

the world changed forever on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when Osama bin Ladens al-Qaeda terrorist network invaded ...

provoke me, she with her shrill abuse. Even now in the face of the immortal gods, she harries me perpetually, Hera charges me that...

In a more recent translation we note a great deal of anger and a powerful sense of revenge, as we see in the following excerpt fro...

Achilles grief offends the gods. Hera argues that since Achilles is the son of the a goddess, he deserves more honor than Hector,...