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Divine Power and 'The Iliad' by Homer

on Mount Olympus, where the gods lived. As the Iliad opens, the Trojan War has actually been going on for nine years, but the figh...

Authority and Its Historical Challenges

This five pages this paper examines how authority was challenged by Socrates, Antigone, and Jesus Christ and how each suffered tra...

Okonkwo was to Blame in Things Fall Apart by Achebe

In a paper consisting of five pages an assessment regarding Okonkwo's responsibility for his own tragedy is discussed through an e...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and the Themes of Choice and Fate

In ten and a half pages the themes of fate and choice as they impacted upon the deaths of the young lovers are analyzed. Three so...

The Hinge of Fate by Winston Churchill

In eleven pages this research paper presents an analysis of The Hinge of Fate by Winston Churchill. Six sources are cited in the ...

Fate in 'An Appointment In Samarra' and 'To Build A Fire'

could fall to the snow, the spittle crackled. He knew that at fifty below spittle crackled on the snow, but this spittle had crac...

Various Social Classes and How They Were Treated on the Titanic

In three pages this paper on the Titanic considers the treatment of all the social classes that were on the ill fated 1912 voyage....

Imperial Russia's Decline

In five pages this paper considers Imperial Russia's decline, whether it was simply unfortunate or ill fated as covered in James C...

Fate and its Importance in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

This paper consists of four pages and discusses how fate was responsible for Willy Loman's life station. There are no other sourc...

Courage in Tellez and Hemingway as 'Comfortable Inaction'

In 4 pages free will and fate as it summons moral courage are considered in this comparative paper that includes a discussion of H...

Trees Symbolism in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

This paper consisting of five pages examines the symbolism of trees in terms of the family's fate in this famous Flannery O'Connor...

May Family Farm in 'Greenleaf' by Flannery O'Connor

In five pages the short story is examined in terms of family order and the fate of the May family's farm following Mrs. May's deat...

'Book of the Duchesse' Poem by Geoffrey Chaucer

In seven pages the chess symbolism presented in the description of the game in lines 618 to 678 are considered particularly as the...

Film Adaptation vs. Text of Silas Marner by George Eliot

with Satan. Eliot is quick to establish the basic goodness of Silas Marner through basic details. His face was "trusting and sim...

Author's Philosophies in Candide by Voltaire

In two pages, 2 essays analyzing Candide by Voltaire focus on the author's philosophies regarding concepts such as fate and God. ...

President Bill Clinton's Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

In seven pages this research paper focuses upon the anticrime bill passed during the first term of President Bill Clinton in an ov...

A Social Crime Analysis of Carlito's Way

This five page essay examines the film by Brian DePalma in reference to the social crime theories of Walter B. Miller. This film ...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Responsibility

In five pages this paper presents a plot analysis to determine the fate of Lord and Lady Macbeth and the sisters and what is respo...

Daewoo Motor Company's Fate

In ten pages this company's ups and downs are assessed in a consideration of what its fate should be and its sociopolitical ramifi...

Death of Hamlet and its Cause

In five pages this paper discusses the contributing factors that led to the death of Hamlet in a consideration of external forces,...

Existentialist Example of Daru's Decision in 'The Guest' by Albert Camus

In five pages this paper discusses how Daru's choice to allow the Arab captive of Balducci to select his own fate serves as an exa...

Fate in Romeo and Juliet

progress, the use of word-play reiterates what is fated, and even though we might wish to change the outcome of fate, we begin to ...

Comparative Analysis of Hyundai and Yugo Automobiles

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares these automobile types in order to determine why Hyundai lasted while the Yugo was ...

Russia and the Downfall of Communism

In four pages this paper discusses Russia and the downfall of communism and argued it was doomed to meet such a fate. Five source...

Calvinist Perspective on Determinism and Free Will

In some way, Calvinism gave them comfort. They were living a certain way, but it was Gods influence so it was okay. In many ways, ...

Romeo and Juliet and Fate in Elizabethan England

In 6 pages Elizabethan concepts of fate are examined within the context of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and ...

Elective Affinities by Johann von Goethe and Otto's Role

In 5 pages the symbolic role the ill fated child Otto plays in Johann von Goethe's Elective Affinities is analyzed. There are no ...

Fate and Ancestry in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles

In three pages this paper discusses the role of ancestry upon the fate of Tess which led to her killing Alec d'Urberville and beco...

Literary and Historical Meaning of Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin

In five pages this report discusses the historical tragedy that was inspired by the ill fated czar of the late sixteenth and early...

The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus and Virgil's Aeneid

values that had defined Homers story of the war to capture Troy. Aeneas reluctance to leave his native city is therefore both "a ...