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The Heroic Qualities of Odysseus

suitors, who grossly outnumber him. Odysseus himself vows that he will fight "while Ive got arrows to defend me", committed to the...

Prison Overcrowding, as a Flaw in Criminal Justice

This paper focuses on prison overcrowding as an ethical issue that affects the American criminal justice system Three pages in len...

The “Tragic Flaw” of Honesty in “King Lear”

keep him out of their clutches: "Because I would not see thy cruel nails / Pluck out his poor old eyes, nor they fierce sister / I...

The Flaw in Utilitarian Theory

is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...

Odysseus: A Flawed Hero

/ so long as we men of Achaea soldiered on at Troy. / But once wed sacked King Priams craggy city, / boarded ship, and a god dispe...

'Beowulf' and Its Representation of Heroic and Christian Traditions

a rather powerful enemy. Thus, one sees heroic feats on either end, but also, there is Christian love and the love of a parent tha...

Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant and How It is Flawed

lives. If a knife is to someones throat, should he or she lie in order to save his or her life? Many people would say yes, but to ...

Heroic Moses

Philosophy "Hero" as used by Campbell (1990) is androgynous, and he underscores this fact by using the pronouns "he" and "s...

'The Epic of Gilgamesh' Heroic Analysis

which features the exploits of a heroic protagonist, is used. Although it was Homer who popularized this literary form with his p...

Antigone and the Tragic Flaw of Antigone and Creon

will ultimately cause her her life. Antigone pleads and does whatever she can possibly think of to get an honorable burial for ...

Correcting Flawed Surgery Sites and Wrong Site Amputations

hospitals are not required to report mistakes that have been made to any sort of overseeing agency (Inskeep and Neighmond, 2004). ...

Heroic Old Man in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages the heroism of the old sailor Santiago is examined within the context of Hemingway's short novel. Seven sources are...

Bell Curve Negation and Flaws in IQ Testing

entitled "Does Welfare Bring More Babies?" All of these works caused a stir and there was an appropriate backlash. One of Murray...

Heroic Storyteller Huck Finn

he was gone he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and ...

Gilgamesh, 'The Odyssey' and Heroic Epics

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Flawed Freedom

line of work, or even work at all. The government does demand allegiance and can draft members of the society if a war thus demand...

Le Chambon's Heroic People and Pastor Andre Trocme

In five pages the struggles of these villagers and their French Protestant minister as chronicled in Lest Innocent Blood be Shed b...

Heroic Peter Tchaikovsky

In five pages this research paper discusses Peter Tchaikovsky's life, music, and the influence exerted by his homosexuality. Four...

Heroic or Villainous Tchaikovsky?

In eleven pages this paper critically analyzes Tchaikovsky through Marxism, feminism, and Freudian perspectives to support the arg...

Heroic Native American Paul Bernal

In four pages this historical Native American hero is discussed as he is portrayed in [The] Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue L...

Heroic Comparison of Hector and Achilles in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...

Heroic Natty in Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

In three pages this paper examines the American values represented by the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's novel. Two sourc...

Heroic Characterization of Satan in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

In six pages this paper argues that Satan is heroically depicted in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton. There are no other sources li...

Heroic or Villainous Christopher Columbus?

This paper exposes Italian explorer Christopher Columbus as a villain in six pages. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

Heroic Odysseus

In five pages this paper discusses how the classical hero definition applies to Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey. There are no ot...

Heroic Greek Definition in 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' of Homer

In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....

17th Century Heroic Scientists

assumptions came to predominate Western cultural thought (Olson 18). Prior to this era, during the medieval period, the proper a...

Heroic Dante and Sir Gawain

In five pages this paper examines how the concept of hero is defined and how both Dante in The Inferno and Sir Gawain in Sir Gawai...

Heroic Myth in Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

In 7 pages this paper applies Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell to the novel Prisoner of Azkaban in an analysis of how...

African American Writers/On Each Other

"this beautiful/and terrible thing," which human beings find as "needful a air" and as "usable as earth," will finally belong to b...