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Essays 271 - 300
heroic ideal of the young and noble combatant who appears to be destined to die at an early age on the battlefield. Achilleus is ...
"Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how the heroic code is represented in these two works. There are no other sources...
In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....
In seven pages with a Roman numeral outline of one page also included this paper analyzes how symbolism is used to thematically po...
In this paper containing four pages Achilles and Hektor are compared and it is determined that while Hektor's tragedy is synonymou...
In six pages this paper considers classical and contemporary examples of war literature. There are 3 sources cited in the bibliog...
quoted as saying: "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persua...
although portrayed by many in a sympathetic light Homer see her as a wicked woman who brings shame on herself and her society thro...
which the argument that arises between the Greek heroes, Achilles and Agamemnon. The poem begins roughly ten years into the war an...
the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...
of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...
withdraws from the battlefield, refusing to fight. This quarrel typifies how the Greeks valued personal honor above all other cons...
of mortal men exceeding fair" (18.490). The image of "two cities" mirrors the basic plot of the Iliad, which is a ten-year-long ...
fatal wrath that consumes Achilles is responsible for pushing him to the edge of sanity, for his very existence hinges upon the le...
states, "Up, then, and late though it be, save the sons of the Achaeans who faint before the fury of the Trojans. You will repent...
a whole. According to Hector, Paris has brought ruin on his people and has allowed his lust for women to drive him to insane actio...
being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...
our lives" homer-dr.htm). He further illustrates that "Homers painting - in its composition and technique shows that we can feel t...
in the following: "Oh be it ours to come to Theseus famous realm, a land of joy! Never, never let me see Eurotas swirling tide, ha...
This paper discusses the argument between Achilles and Agamemnon from a political perspective. Three pages in length, two sources ...
This essay answers three question. The first pertains to the arguments presented to Achilles on why he should fight, the second li...
In a paper of two pages, the writer looks at themes in "Paradise Lost". The primary themes in question are those of destiny and jo...
America in the 1920s" (Gibb 96). Gatsby is, in many ways, the epitome of new growth and renewal and thus of a metaphorical landsca...
more joyful than creation itself. Then he adds: "Light out of darkness! full of doubt I stand, / Whether I should repent me now of...
of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...
repulsive in appearance and Satan was transformed by his own evil, becoming increasing ugly as the poem proceeds. As this suggests...
is seen as a simple woman as well, a woman who loves her husband, is perhaps desiring of sexual relations with him, and ultimately...
differ. But we are not interested here in the themes of the work but in its imagery. Further, as is well-documented, many readers...
one down. It is a story of hope in a world where there is hunger and darkness. It is an uplifting book because Oliver goes through...