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A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and a Heroic Assessment of Nora

as "little skylark twittering." Her husband calls her "little featherbrain," "little scatterbrain," "squirrel sulking", and "song ...

Demonstration of the Epic Qualities Imitated by Aristotle in 'The Odyssey,' 'The Epic of Gilgamesh, 'Beowulf,' and 'Romeo And Juliet'

previous approached, inasmuch as the components of courage, strength, power and physical prowess have as much to do with social im...

Comparative Analysis of the Heroic Code in The Book of Job and in Homer's 'The Iliad'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how the heroic code is represented in these two works. There are no other sources...

Homer's Heroes Patroclus and Achilles

In this essay consisting of five pages the argument is presented that the friendship between these heroes in Homer's 'The Iliad' s...

Parzival/Honor in the Middle Ages

honorable combat and murders Ither by throwing a javelin into Ithers eye (Ash). A true knight would never have indulged in such a ...

African Epics of Africa

In five pages the African epics Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge by Molefi Kete Asante and Sundiata An Epic of Old Mali by D....

Analysis of 3 Plots in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

of self-centeredness. The problem is simple: Mankind has completely lost his reverence that once existed toward one another, an e...

Forrest Gump and the Epic Genre

Forrest gave us a clear view of the concepts of loyalty and honesty between friends regardless of the turns of circumstance or the...

The Epic “Beowulf”

present Beowulf as a young hero, who is called upon by his fathers old friend King Hrothgar of Geatland, to defend his subjects ag...

Comparative Analysis of the Strengths and Weaknesses of Adam from the Book of Genesis and Gilgamesh

created by God, given free will and essentially left to tend to all that God had created. God later created a woman for him, which...

A Gilgamesh Analysis

a feast of rejoicing, as well as to keep himself clean and well groomed; he is to cherish his children and his wife (Radcliffe PG)...

Comparative Analysis of Gilgamesh and Heracles

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

Comparative Analysis of Myths in Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, 'The Odyssey' and a Work by Jack London

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the myths featured in these ancient works and also makes a thematic comparison wit...

An Analysis of Homer's Epic Poem, The Odyssey

of the Muse to introduce its tale: "Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story / of that man skilled in all ways of contendin...

Comparative Analysis of the 'Poem of the Cid' Epic and Anthony Mann's 1961 Film El Cid

In three pages this paper discusses an epic in terms of characteristics and how thee are expressed in literature and on film in a ...

An Analysis of The Epic Poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

noble role in society, and reflects his attributes and responsibilities. First, there is the pearl, symbolic of natural perfectio...

The Angels That Followed Satan in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

of the press, freedom of speech, religious toleration among Protestants, the sovereignty of the people, the power of sovereigns de...

Epic Heroes in 'The Iliad, 'The Odyssey,' 'Beowulf,' 'The Aeneid,' and 'The Ramayana'

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 ...

'The Odyssey' by Homer Content Analysis

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...

The Culture of the Beowulf Poem

faith primarily in their thane and in "wyrd," which is a pagan reference to fate or destiny, according to Abrams, et al (1968). ...

Analyzing a Visual Text of a Cyclops

his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...

Song of Roland: Analyzing Laisses XIV and XV

An analysis of stanzas XIV and XV of this anonymous poem are consider in terms of their significance particularly regarding the re...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Women's Role

IN three pages this paper discusses how Homer depicted women in the epic 'The Odyssey' with Penelope being the primary focus of an...

Epic Filmmaking and 1939's Gone with the Wind

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...

'Beowulf' and the Grendel Character

In 5 pages this paper presents a character analysis of Grendel as featured in the epic 'Beowulf' and how he is intended to be repr...

Ancient Greece's Tragic Heroes Agamemnon, Achilles, and Hector

their lives? These are some of the questions we will consider as we look at these men in action in Homers Illiad. Tragedy Accord...

Pentangle's Symbolic Meaning in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper examines the moral truth representation of the pentangle in an analysis of the 'Sir Gawain and the Green ...

Mahabharata and the Heroes Karna and Arjuna

In a research paper consisting of sixteen pages the heroes of the epic Indian saga are examined in a comparative analysis that als...

Gladiator Compared with 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...

Book XXIV of 'The Iliad' by Homer

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