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In ten pages this paper discusses how violence is portrayed in the heroic epics of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia. Six sources ar...
In five pages this paper examines this revolutionary price that traces the metaphorically hellish journey of the narrator. Seven ...
In three pages this paper discusses an epic in terms of characteristics and how thee are expressed in literature and on film in a ...
In five pages this essay examines what is revealed about ancient Greek history in Homer's poetic epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odysse...
In five pages the religious views of the Sumerians as represented in the Epic of Gilgamesh are contrasted and compared with contem...
In five pages dreams are discussed and the dream featured in Gilgamesh is interpreted. There is no bibliography included....
The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...
This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...
These two classic epics are contrasted and compared regarding the perspectives on death and immortality in the afterlife contained...
we will discuss two stories involving journeys -- the ancient Babylonian story of Gilgamesh, and Voltaires Candide. Written abou...
In a paper consisting of six pages these three African novels written by Fa Digi Sisoko, Flora Nwapa, and Chinua Achebe are compar...
In 5 pages this epic is discussed in terms of the gender roles that the divine and mortal characters embody and the lack of female...
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 five pages this paper examines how the concepts of life and death as regarded by the ancient Mesopotamian peoples are reflected...
individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...
In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...
In six pages this paper considers the text's description of how to overcome adversity triumphantly. Five sources are listed in th...
author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...
In 8 pages these different literary texts are compared in terms of how they satisfy the epic definition in nation and character po...
it. The man proceeded immediately to build an ark" (Noss, 38). Marietta Moskin agrees that many of the earliest Hebrew stories d...
In five pages this paper discusses Gone with the Wind in an analysis of its epic film production. Four sources are cited in the b...
In five pages this paper examines the relationship between order and chaos within the context of these two classical literary work...
This paper examines how society's goals are met by the journey undertaken by Gilgamesh in this essay on Epic of Gilgamesh consisti...
intent of colonialism as an example of divinely inspired imperialistic politics and unabashed expansionism. Arguing with Evans "Im...
boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...
who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...
quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...
the criminal justice system, some designed to help inmates, others to keep track of them. This paper discusses a program called "E...
Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick, and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans? ...
meanings of friendship and death. Gilgamesh was a solitary soul until he encountered the primitive nature man Enkidu, with whom h...