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A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and the Theme of Illusion

same as if it were a dolls house, it is built on illusion and fantasy. Within the dolls house Nora become the doll, possibly livin...

Corporate Governance Perspectives and Agency Theory Application

In a paper consisting of seven pages maximizing profits in a business management perspective is understood through an overview of ...

The Relationship Between African Americans and Jews in Baltimore

This 10 page paper considers the views of a number of theorists, including Ernest Burgess, Homer Hoyt, Georg Simmel, Louis Wirth a...

Romantic Period Poets John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

pursued, his literary prose are filled with illusions that do not equate with realistic events, but rather, they conjure up sensat...

Relationship Between Theme and Setting

In three pages this paper examines the literary relationship between theme and setting in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and 'Circe' by Eu...

Comparative Analysis of Underworld Visits in the Works of Homer and Virgil

see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...

Ancient World and Rights for Women

This paper contrasts and compares how women's rights are depicted in The Bible, 'The Odyssey' by Homer, and The Thousand and One N...

Cultural Myths and 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper examines cultural myths and the portrayal of heroes in this comparative analysis of the works by Virgil an...

Medical Ethics and Disclosure of HIV

In five pages the issue of HIV disclosure is examined from the perspective of medical ethics in a consideration of the perspective...

Bernard Malamud's The Natural and Classical Allusions

In 5 pages this novel is examined in terms of the classical allusions of the Arthurian Grail cycle, Aristotle, Homer, and Dante it...

Audience Relationship Enjoyed by Homer and Dante

a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Poetry is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays...

Audience and Works by Dante Alighieri and Homer

In five pages this essay considers the audience and poet relationship as represented in 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante and 'The Odys...

An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

This 6 page essay examines author Miguel Leon Portilla's "The Broken Spears : The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico&quo...

Literature and Free Will v. Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

Canada's Global Views on Foreign Policy

problem that too affects North America. In January of 2000 U.S. Customs Service commissioner launched a Northern Border Security I...

Literary Classics and Human Nature

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...

Crossing Racial Lines in Relationships

even passive bigotry totally unacceptable to anyone who isnt a kind of a professed Neanderthal. Its changed the sexual culture com...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...

Ethics of Capital Punishment Case Study

The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...

Black American Perspectives on Death and Dying from a Religious View

traditions carried down through the generations (Ruark, 2003). Dr. Ronald K. Barrett has spent many years studying how African Am...

Crime and Punishment in The Odyssey

growing stronger and more defiant with every passing episode. "...Homer certainly recognizes the notion of intention, and in many...

Odysseus' Journey Mirrored in a Student's Life Narrative

though they were in a war. Their life is perhaps not threatened, but they must struggle to become more honorable and noble as they...

The Act of Murder in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

Quest and the Works of Dante and Homer

journey of humanity through life. Dantes epic charts a journey of the soul, from the depths of degradation to the radiance of rede...

Significance of Telemakhos in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

father. So, by the end of the story what he has done has given him experience and wisdom to deal with a future as a leader. Tel...

Character Analysis of Telemachus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

Telemachus taking his first step towards responsibility and manhood. "Telemachus calls an assembly of the men of Ithaca. It is the...

October Sky Film and Rocket Boys Text Comparison

Creek Missile Agency as an homage to their hero Dr. Werner von Braun of the Army Ballistic Agency and built their first missile ou...

Odysseus Compared with Genesis' Jacob

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and the Gods' Role

Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...

Odysseus, Hamlet, and the Supernatural

note his passion for such in the following lines when Hamlet responds to the facts presented by the ghost: "Haste me to knowt, tha...