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1980s' Greatest American Hero Ronald Reagan

voice, Reagan began a career in radio broadcasting, but secretly hoped this avenue of work would somehow lead to the silver screen...

Dante's 'Inferno' Explanationa and Detailed Structural Analysis

In five pages a poetic explication of Dante's poem is presented in terms of explanation of betrayal as a more punishable sin than ...

Forms of Art Technology During the Renaissance

In seven pages this paper examines the technology that was developed to create the Renaissance period's sophisticated maiolica cer...

Depiction of Merlin, Monmouth, and Briton by Geoffrey Monmouth

In ten pages this paper discusses national identity within the context of Geoffrey Monmonth's heroic tale and includes the nationa...

Epic Poem Beowulf and the Heroic Code

In six pages this paper analyzes the epic Beowulf in terms of its interpretation of the heroic code both in characters and in deed...

A History of Jews in America

She corresponded with Grace Aguilar, a Jewish British theologian; Fanny Kemble, a British actress; Catherine Sedgwick, an American...

Place in Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather

In five pages the representation of place with regards to the time period's social hierarchy is discussed and includes an explorat...

Late Medieval Literature and Art and Human Body Rediscovery

his right hand in blessing toward the Virgin, who raises both palms in what is obviously intended to be surprise. The overall ef...

1990s' American Economy

of falling prices always followed these periods of inflation associated with war, so that price levels were quite stable (PG). How...

Egypt's Burial Rites and Homer's 'The Iliad'

In three pages this paper examines the events presented in Homer's epic in comparison with the burial rituals of Egypt in a consid...

Gothic Cathedrals of 1100 to 1500 A.D.

a major representative example and therefore more widely reviewed. Following subsections discuss the changes in cathedral constru...

Home Quest in Ulysses by James Joyce

feminist critics charge that this work frames women in houses that the men in the story avoid. "Throughout Ulysses women often rem...

'The Odyssey,' 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' Violence and Heroism

This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...

Comparing Daisy from The Great Gatsby and Amanda from The Glass Menagerie

quicksand. Daisy hide a deeper meaning to her character, and that character is evil due to the unthinking nature of her superficia...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...

William Shakespeare Plays Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, and Journeys

In five pages the heroic journeys presented in each of these plays by William Shakespeare are analyzed in terms of their significa...

Western Monasticism's Rise and Spread

In five pages this paper examines a period from the earliest days of Christianity to the Reformation period in a consideration of ...

Defense of Socrates in Plato's Apology

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

Italy During the Renaissance Era and the Roles Played by Nonelites and Women

result, court mistresses commonly took on the role of both lover and confidant, creating a lineage through childbearing that suppo...

Song of Roland, 'The Iliad,' and Heroism

In five pages these epic war tales are examined in a heroic contrast and comparison of Roland and Achilles. Three sources are cit...

The Aeneid by Virgil

In three pages a character analysis of the protagonist Aeneas in Virgil's 'The Aeneid' focuses upon his heroic characteristics. I...

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 ...

'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer Compared

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

The Architectural Features of Notre Dame and St. Etienne

generally viewed as a precursor of the Gothic style of church architecture, which began in 1140 with the re-building of St. Denis ...

'The Iliad' and 'Ramayana' Compared

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

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis, Mark and Jane

to study ideas. His greatest shortcoming in this respect is that he is rather obtuse and it is quite difficult for him to have an...

President Abraham Lincoln's Role in the US Period of Reconstruction

Eric Froner Consider Reconstruction a Failure? The reasons for the failure of reconstruction are itemized in the article....

Shakespeare's Henry V as a Virtuous Hero

plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...

Literature from the Heian Period

anthologies until the appearance of renga" (Miyake, 2002). In addition, though looking at Heian literature we find that "Althou...

Lord Byron George Gordon and His Byronic Hero Creation

makes it clear that he considered the ideal life to be of adventure and lofty purpose. In the preface to his first two cantos f...