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King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

Life and Death Views of Woolf, Eiseley, and Dillard

to shape a justification for death. Recognizing that life and death are so closely linked that the single bit of a water beetle c...

Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

In five pages this research paper examines 2 critics' views of Malory's text on the death of King Arthur and an examination of the...

A Review of the Film, My Life

This paper analyzes thematic elements of the film, My Life, which stars Michael Keaton as a young man facing death from cancer. T...

Manhood, Nature, and Death in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In nine pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its symbolism and portrayal of themes including the nature of manhood, life, and ...

Plague Theme in 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...

Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

In ten pages this paper considers the speculation surrounding Poe's death and concludes that his premature passing may have been t...

Capital Punishment or Life in Prison

executed in the United States in 1995, the most since 1957. With more than 3000 inmates on death row nationwide -- more than any t...

Community's Citizens and Life Expectancy Estimation

In seven pages calculating the life expectancy of a citizens within a community is considered in an analysis of death records and ...

Dying and Death

1993). The issue of longevity and lifespan has long fascinated poets and perplexed gerontologists (scientists who study the c...

Media's Role in the Divorce and Death of Princess Diana

In fourteen pages this paper considers the question 'Where does responsible journalism end and dangerous exploitation begin?' with...

Life, Moral Judgments, and 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...

An Overview of the Life of Augustus Caesar

(Wigader, 1993). Augustus remained intent on his goal, total control of Rome. The two-thousand year-old words of Tacitus recount...

Ivan Ilych versus 'Slave Girl' Linda Brent

In one page this paper compares the characters Ivan Ilych from Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and Linda Brent...

Sigmund Freud's Text Civilization and Its Discontents

In five pages Civilization and Its Discontents is discussed as it pertains to Freud's perspectives on civilization structure and c...

Four Questions on God, Man, Life and Death and Religious Philosophy

In six pages this research paper examines the philosophies of the world's most influential religions and how each answers these 4 ...

Evidence in P. Winter's Paranormal Phenomena

In ten pages this paper discusses the essays featured in this text constructed in such a way that readers must make their own deci...

An Analysis of Robert Frost's Stopping By Woods

This paper analyzes one of Frost's most famous works, which many critics interpret as Frost's own longing for death. However the ...

Lost Speech Symbolism in Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami

In five pages this text is compared in terms of similarities and symbolism with Arabian Nights' tales and the loss of speech is eq...

Life After Death According to Philosophers Heidegger, Ducasse, and Scheler

In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...

Russian Revolution and Bolshevik Role of Leon Trotsky

In 5 pages this paper discusses Trotsky's life, achievements, his revolutionary role, and why he was not Lenin's successor after h...

Seamus Heaney's Poetry and Ghosts of the Earth

four and five provide additional support for this hypothesis; the boys father, who usually "takes funerals in stride" is "crying"....

Life or Death and Cost Effectiveness

This research paper adresses the fact thaty it is far more costly to house and feed criminals for life than it is to sentence them...

Viewing Steingerd's Kormac's Saga from the Life and Death of Cormac the Skald

In this paper consistingn of five pages the nature of societies and the roles of women are presented in a consideration of values,...

Short Stories by Jack London and Edgar Allan Poe on Death

In seven pages this paper examines how the theme of death is handled in London's short stories 'The Law of Life' and 'To Build a F...

The Hour of the Star, Issues of Life and Death

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector offers a perspective on life and death. This paper is a critical analysis of that novel....

Elvis Presley's Last Days

of the causative factors that determined the singers death. The late 1950s and 1960s marked the most significant and valued porti...

Life and Business Dealings of Robert Maxwell

In seven pages this paper discusses Robert Maxwell's life, business transactions, and mysterious 1991 death. Four sources are cit...

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

Themes in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In three pages life and death as they are thematically represented by the Trojan war and the city of Troy are examined in this ana...