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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...

through his loving he begins to see the fragile condition of life itself. However, these ultimate realizations take their time in ...

all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...

the aid of Fortune herself as a guide, travel to the Fortunate Islands. There, they scale a mountain, fighting a dragon and a lion...

for "The Story of Rama" chronicles the heroic saga of Sri Rama, who along with his three siblings Laksmana (or Lakshmana), Bharata...

contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning." Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. * Life is a tragedy fo...

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...

fire, his roar is the roar/of the floodwater; he breathes and there is death (lines 128-129). Gilgamesh perseveres despite the ad...

Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

(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 ...

being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...

this obvious beast and takes the challenge, severing the Green Knights head, who merely picks up his head, and informs Gawain that...

ignorant about its history. He is also a simple fisherman. The conflict in the story predominately revolves around Achille and Hec...

king, but not necessarily a good king. Such a man demands fear from his subjects, oppressing them and insisting on his selfish exp...

However, supernatural strength is indicated when he finally does stand. Sundiata instructed that a heavy iron rod should be brough...

an employee of the Company who has become erratic, and bring him home. In so doing, Marlow has to face his own "heart of darkness"...

could live. It was on the broad shoulders of this classical hero upon which the security of society rested. While the hero walke...

to go home. This particular point in the story is approximately halfway through such dangers and journeys and as such it is halfwa...

(Tablet XI). As this indicates the Babylonian myth does not associate the disaster of the floor with any sort of immorality. Lik...

II). Through this imagery, Dante suggests that the human soul is naturally inclined to journey towards the light and to wish to as...

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

into marriage, religion/gods, revenge, rituals, and reputation. Marriage Clearly Ulysses story involves the condition of marria...

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...

home, his palace, his wife, his son, his people. Ogygia Ulysses is trapped on Calypsos island for many years. If it werent for...

involves not only examining the authors words for literal meaning, but also considering the meanings behind symbolism and imagery....

journey from the court to the Green Castle, illustrating how the travels are obviously a metaphor for the journey from childhood t...

Epic of Gilgamesh. Who was Gilgamesh? According to Biblical scholars who have researched ancient scrolls, Gilgamesh was a ...

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...