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Carlito's Way and High Sierra both feature tragic, doomed anti-heroes and the path that led to their destruction. This research pa...
In ten pages the various experiences involved in the American religious condition are examined in a consideration of the firsthand...
The writer argues that Beowulf can be considered a hero, not only because he does heroic deeds, but also because of the way in whi...
oo well that here was the last of...
in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...
In five pages this paper discusses gender perceptions in Japan in a consideration of the traditional images of women and recent ch...
its consequences (Hegel as cited in ODair 215). Hegel further argues that all tragic heroes must encounter a pattern of nobilit...
in the famous "closet scene," in which he accuses his mother of being a sexual predator, declaring, "In the rank sweat of an ensea...
In this paper consisting of five pages the ways in which American prose reflects the issues and the times in which it was composed...
The writer discusses Bertolt Brecht's play The Threepenny Opera and explains its significance to twentieth century theater. The wr...
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the heroes Achilles and Odysseus, and their development as they move through their advent...
In five pages this research paper discusses the tragic hero classification as applied to Arthur Miller's Willy Loman common man pr...
The writer compares and analyzes the Song of Roland and Beowulf, two epic poems. The main focus of the paper is the death of the r...
In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In five pages Byronic hero is first defined and then examined as it is reflected in Lord Byron's Manfred and Mary Shelley's Franke...
In five pages this paper discusses Hemingway's life and then examines how heroes are interpreted in the novel The Sun Also Rises a...
In five pages this paper presents a contrast and comparison of the heroes Hector and Achilles as featured in the epic poem 'The Il...
In seven pages this paper examines the increased incidences of violence in schools and considers how the environment can be improv...
In six pages this character analysis of Hektor in 'The Iliad' by Homer reveals how he is a hero who also happens to be human and h...
These "myths" satisfy our "hunger for community." The hero embodies the values of a community. May writes: The myth of the home...
In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages the classical hero is examined in a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist between King...
In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...
In six pages Hamlet, his mother Gertrude and stepfather Claudius are analyzed within the criteria Aristotle established regarding ...
This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...
under an imposed patriarchal structure" (Osburn 10). Arranged marriages and unions born out of convenience were not an unus...
assumptions came to predominate Western cultural thought (Olson 18). Prior to this era, during the medieval period, the proper a...
typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...
In 5 pages the concept of tragic hero as defined by Aristotle is examined within th context of the novel by Gustave Flaubert and c...