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Principles of Democracy and the Autocratic State

differences that exist between these two governmental styles and the autocratic government style. Fortunately, there are ...

Death Confrontation in Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

Considering What Makes a Classic with Virgil, Tolstoy, and Homer

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

Penelope's Suitors and Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

He gains allies and waits for the right opportunity to enact justice. This also allows Homer to thoroughly document the wrongs per...

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Gods, and Odysseus

journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are ...

'Goodness' of Odysseus

a good person or a bad person, only that he is religious. In another section, much further along in the story, we see Odysseus t...

Literature, Identity and Character Revelations

And, yet, it has been many years. She wars with her reason which offers her the explanation that she just wants this stranger to b...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Females, Mortal and Divine

all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. The problem is Odysseuss only son, who is the natural successor to the throne...

Middle East, Africa, and Democratic Peace Theory

stable world, one with less aggression between countries and the more democracies there are in the world, the more peaceful the wo...

Homer and the Old Testament

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

Ancient Greek Civilization Aspects Glimpsed in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

the defeat of Troy and it is about the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and throughout his travels, the story "provides a pi...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and the Character Cyclops

instead decides they should be dinner. According to Odysseus, "He clutched my companions / and caught two in is hands like squirm...

Analyzing the Tribute by Augustine to Monica, His Mother

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

Administrative State and Democracy

in the issue of democracy and the administrative state. Both of these issues rely on the people of this country and both of these...

UK and Democracy

cruel autocrats; guarantees citizens certain fundamental rights that non-democratic systems are unable to grant; insures citizens ...

2 Articles on Homer's 'The Odyssey'

and speaking Homer" discusses the different translations and interpretations of the Homer classic "The Odyssey". Using Robert Fagl...

Timing and Disguise in 'The Odyssey' Stories

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

Democracy as a Political Science Discipline

to be aware of the impacts ones actions have upon the rest of society. THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY The emphasis placed upon material w...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and the Characters of Nausicaa and Calypso

a mortal man, and live with him in open matrimony" (Book V). She illustrates how she found him after all alone and shipwrecked and...

Relationship Between Capitalism and Democracy

on to say that "Democracy and capitalism are like a lion and a bull pulling a sled together" (Wallace, 1996). It is a precarious c...

Citizenship, Democracy, and the Effects of Taxation

operations. The imposing of taxes on individuals may appear to be a limitation to personal freedoms and a quelling of efforts tow...

Forms of Athenian Government

Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy in Greece, 2002). He also claimed the authority of a monarch (Anonymous Monarchy, Aristocracy ...

Capitalism and Democracy

unleashed a joining together of the people so that new economic and political ideas could be shared in a way they had not been bef...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' as a Time Period Behavioral Manual

into marriage, religion/gods, revenge, rituals, and reputation. Marriage Clearly Ulysses story involves the condition of marria...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Paradises

home, his palace, his wife, his son, his people. Ogygia Ulysses is trapped on Calypsos island for many years. If it werent for...

Prospect of Global Democracy

by critics, encouraging readers to conjure up huge armies divided by race, language and religion, moving forward across thousands ...

Democracy and its Forms

turns on anything and everything that is not ethnically "pure" (Ignatieff, 1993). This can quickly lead to war. What happens is...

Comparing Democracies That Are Developed and Developing

In eight pages the U.S. and Indonesia are compared in a discussion of an older democracy with an emerging example of a developing ...

Literary Analysis of Existentialism

The first task at hand in our study is the provision of a historical explanation of existentialism. A concise explanation is prov...

An Analysis of Homer's Epic Poem, The Odyssey

of the Muse to introduce its tale: "Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story / of that man skilled in all ways of contendin...