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Analyzing 'The Iliad' from Achilles' Point of View

(Hunter). She takes him to the River Styx because, "everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remain...

Religion in 'Beowulf' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

for his own wants as a man. Sir Gawains virtue is tested against the backdrop of religious implication when Bercilaks wife ...

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...

Odysseus and Don Quixote

The mad hero Before comparing the two heroes of each story, it helps to discuss the background and plot of each work....

Achilles' Perspective in 'The Iliad' by Homer

how all true tragic heroes apply the same principle: by purging his sins in exchange for forgiveness from nature and the gods. He...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Mythical Monsters

means by which to punish him for past indiscretions. Mans first instinct is to provide for his own preservation, to tend to his o...

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...

Linkage Between Chapter Ten of Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

seventeenth century in his impressive text of nearly 800 pages entitled, Religion and the Decline of Magic. Thomas demonstrated h...

1982 Trial of Political Activist Mumia Abu Jamal

In twelve pages this paper discusses Mumia Abu Jamal's 1982 trial as a tragedy worthy of a Greek epic. Ten sources are cited in t...

Mahabharata and the Heroes Karna and Arjuna

In a research paper consisting of sixteen pages the heroes of the epic Indian saga are examined in a comparative analysis that als...

Gladiator Compared with 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...

Ancient Greece's Tragic Heroes Agamemnon, Achilles, and Hector

their lives? These are some of the questions we will consider as we look at these men in action in Homers Illiad. Tragedy Accord...

Comparative Analysis of 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how heroes are defined in these ancient epics. There are no other sources listed....

First Act, Third Scene of Gotterdammerung by Richard Wagner

In seven pages this paper discusses the placement of Gotterdammerung's Act I, Scene III as it fits into the epic scheme of 'Ring o...

A Modern Viewpoint on Beowulf

The writer considers how we might learn about Beowulf's society by considering what sort of society might have developed if it had...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Substance Abuse

In five pages this paper examines jimson weed indulgence and lotus eating in this consideration of how substance abuse is represen...

Chivalry, the Heroic Conflict, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

In five pages this paper discusses the chivalric code and heroic conflicts within the context of this epic Medieval poem. Three o...

Ancient Greece and Medieval Societies Compared

In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...

David McCullough The Great Bridge

over 276 feet above the high water; and weighed an overwhelming 14,680 tons (Wright 616). For anyone who had the opportunity to s...

The Last Emperor Film by Bernardo Bertolucci

related to this period, and some of the socio-political reasons for wanting Pu Yi to take the throne within the constructs of the ...

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'

much. In a sense, he is the quintessential manly man. Odysseus in a way is a caricature. While there are a lot of traits he posses...

Characters of Athene and Poseidon in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In five pages these characters as they are featured in Homer's epic are examined in terms of how they contribute to the tale overa...

Types of Theater

The writer discusses the difference between postmodern theatre and the epic theatre of Bertolt Brecht. The paper is seven pages lo...

Anglo Saxon Dramatic Society and Burton Raffel's Beowulf

In five pages this paper examines how Anglo Saxon dramatic society has been reflected in Burton Raffel's New Historicist interpret...

Coen's Film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

Comparing Translations of Beowulf

In six pages this paper compares Seamus Heaney's and Lucien Dean Pearson's translations of the Medieval epic tale. There are thre...

Virgil's The Aeneid, Free Will, and Fate

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper examines the concepts of fate and free will within the context of Virgil's epic and...

Beowulf's Pride

In five pages this paper examines the pride of Beowulf and its impact upon his actions and outcomes of the epic tale. There are n...

Book XXIV of 'The Iliad' by Homer

is somber (tragic). "...In great works of art all levels in which interpretation can be pursued fruitfully probably remain in som...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Dante's 'Inferno'

hes writing" (Steinberg inferno.htm). It is the Canto which presents us with the innocent and frightened Dante. He is just beginni...