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Authority in Homer and Sophocles

in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...

Odysseus: A Flawed Hero

/ so long as we men of Achaea soldiered on at Troy. / But once wed sacked King Priams craggy city, / boarded ship, and a god dispe...

Anger and Fear in the Workd os Chinua Achebe and Homer

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...

Trojan War and 'The Iliad' by Homer

were arranged on three concentic terraces that focused on the royal residence ("New..." 33). Recent excavation has discovered that...

Classical Literature Identity Questions

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

The Iliad and The Aeneid

Homer's and Virgil's works are compared and contrasted. This research report suggests that various trends for each of these works....

Greek Mythology, Women, and Warriors

In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...

The Anger of Homer's Achilles

In five pages anger as a motif and character motivation in Homer's 'The Iliad' is explored. There are no other sources listed in ...

Two Very Different Heroes Aeneas and Achilles

ultimate control, where there could be no arguments. Although all power was concentrated in the hands of a single ruler, Roman c...

Penelope of 'The Odyssey' vs. Desdemona of Othello

In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...

The Early Christians and the Ancient Greeks Comparing Their Gods

Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

A Chronology of Odysseus's Travels Outlined

the more noteworthy events can, however. A brief outline of these events is as follows: 1. Odysseus leaves...

Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Compared

In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Accomplishments of US Grant

The accomplishments of Ulysses S. Grant are celebrated in five pages with the Civil War and slavery among the issues discussed. F...

Alfred Lord Tennyson and His Poems on Death

In five pages Tennyson's views of death are considered with an examination of his poems 'Charge of the Light Brigade' and 'Ulysses...

A Sense of Place in James Joyce's 'Araby,' 'A Return to Araby,' and John Updike's 'A and P'

In five pages the importance of setting to these stories is discussed in this comparative analysis. Two sources are cited in the ...

Analyzing Twelve Poems

remains rigid. This poem presents us with a rhyme on every line, further adding to the structural content. We note the first fe...

Assessment of Ulysses Grant

According to numerous reports Grant was a plain, unassuming man of few words. He is reported to have once answered a query, "This ...

4 Poetry Classics and Their Meanings

really saw his last wife as a person in her own right, but rather regarded her just one more beautiful "object" that he owned and ...

Life Reflected in the Art of Henry James

In seven pages this paper examines how Henry James's real life was reflected in his works of fiction. Six sources are cited in the...

Nineteenth Century Childhood in the Works of Henry James

In eight pages this paper examines how 19th century childhood is reflected in James's What Maisie Knew and The Turn of the Screw. ...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Character Comparison in The Aspern Papers by Henry James

In five pages this paper compares the characters of Miss Tita and James as they are depicted in this psychological tale by Henry J...

February 13 through 16 1862 Fall of Ft. Donelson During the Civil War

In seven pages this paper examines the fall of Ft. Donelson, Tennessee in this consideration of the Civil War and how this along w...

Scandalous Presidency of Ulysses Grant

he was seventeen his father, evidently sensing the need for a change in direction, enrolled him in the military academy at West Po...

Scandal and the Presidential Administration of President Ulysses Grant

In four pages the Whiskey Ring and Credit Mobilier debacles are some of the scandals that marred the administration of US Presiden...

Democracy Views of C.L.R. James and Alexis de Tocqueville

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...

Assessment of the Performance of 5 U.S. Presidents

In eight pages this paper examines the characteristics, differences, and consequences that impacted upon the decision making of Am...

Major Characterizations in Daisy Miller by Henry James

In five pages this paper examines the characters of Frederick Winterbourne and Daisy Miller as they are presented in James's novel...

Jean Edward Smith's Grant

miles off" (Smith 23). When he was seventeen his father informed him that he would be attending West Point. In essence, accordi...