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In six pages this paper assesses the spouses featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer in order to determine which displays the most cons...

(Thorburn 370). This is the custom that plays a prominent role throughout the Telemachy and the Odyssey as a whole. The Telemach...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

rested for two days, then sailed on again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the la...

that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...

not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

sees the development of his character because this is the focus of the story and his journey. One reads as Odysseus moves through ...

is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...

guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...

If we look at this simple statement and think about comedy we do not necessarily envision comedy as something that preaches. And, ...

he is bound to a stake at the center of a seated multitude, walled in by four thousand people who have come to watch him be burned...

at the individuality of creatures and how pure and noble a dog can be in the face of humanity that is cruel, perhaps speaking of h...

strategic outposts for expanding trade with Latin America and Asia, particularly China" (History of the United States, 1865-1918, ...

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

In seven pages this paper examines the crimes of slavery and racial discrimination within the context of this novel by Mark Twain....

In five pages this report discusses the 'pale face' or 'redskin' literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth century with the 'pal...

is the well read that appear to succeed in life, they have a broader base of knowledge from which to make judgements and decision....

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

we are offered the changing nature of that American Dream as it turned to something far more materialistic and powerful in a capit...

are cordially welcome to it. I have a lurking suspicion that your Leonidas W. Smiley is a myth -- that you never knew such a perso...

legitimately enslaved. Roxy gives birth to an infant son on the same day that a son is born to her white master. Twain emphasizes ...

books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...

must play. Edward Tudor, a real character, is the Prince of Wales and the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. His exchange with To...

skinned and easily passes for white. This simple premise presents us with the curious question of whether or not this boy will e...

shows how the Huck was socialized by his culture to look on slavery as an economic and moral necessity, not as an evil. In so doin...

This 4 page paper is a detailed explication of Thomas Hardy's poem Convergence of the Twain, which describes the Titanic sinking....

In six pages this paper examines how industrialization and technology are assailed by Mark Twain in this novel. Six sources are c...

on "the Boss," as everyone begins to call Hank, who begins reorganizing the kingdom. Hank explodes Merlins castle and is heralded...

In six pages American literature and its establishment are considered in a discussion of various authors from Mark Twain to Carl S...