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Understanding the Theme of Great War in The Iliad by Homer (906 words, 1 pages)

Understanding the theme The Great War, Foreshadowed Although most today refer to the great battles between 1914 and 1917 as "World War One" (WWI), those who lived through the turmoil referred to it as "The Great War." "The Great War" stands as a great warning to how one can basically ... Read More

An Introduction to the OSI Model (664 words, 3 pages)

I will try to explain how the OSI model works so that it is easier to understand for those that have trouble with the concept. Think of communications in terms of people. Each person that you talk to is like a computer with its own capacity to compute and or ... Read More

Helen of Troy: Beauty and Evil (583 words, 1 pages)

Helen of Troy has always been looked upon as the prototype of classic beauty. Known as the face that launched a thousand ships, Helen was known as the most beautiful woman in the world in Greek legend. These poems present a contrasting yet fascinating manner in which two people view ... Read More

The Best Warriors in Homer’s The Iliad (768 words, 2 pages)

'Don't offer me mellow wine, mother, not now-you'd sap my limbs, I'd lose my nerve for war.' (VI, 179-180) Like all the other men of their time and culture, both Hector and Achilles knew that their most important duty was to fight wars. In the Iliad, by Homer, war was ... Read More

An Examination of the Character of Happy Loman in the Play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (583 words, 1 pages)

Happy Loman has grown up to be a well-adjusted man of society. He has developed from a follower to a potentially successful businessman. Throughout his childhood, Happy always had to settle for second fiddle. Willy, his father, always seems to focus all his attention on Happy's older brother Biff. The ... Read More

An Analysis of the Necklace By Guy De Maupassant and The Rocking Horse Winner By D.H. Lawrence (1375 words, 2 pages)

The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant and The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence have two women in these stories that show no care or concern for anyone but themselves. Hester and Mathilde both had families that they truly did not love. And they were only involved with them for ... Read More

An Analysis of David’s Prayer of Repentance (681 words, 2 pages)

PSALM 51 PRAYER OF REPENTANCE Background This is a prayer of confession of David. We all know David. David was a man close to God, yet he sinned gravely. Once he saw a beautiful woman bathing, named Bathsheba. Bathsheba was already married to Uriah. Nevertheless David took her in and ... Read More

An Analysis of Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe (3546 words, 5 pages)

Israfel An Analysis "Israfel" is a mesmerizing poem, the beginning of which was first set down by Poe during his days at West Point College.(Allen 233) The poem itself is a direct contrast to Poe's usual poetry, which usually deal with death and dark thoughts or other melancholy, Gothic ideas. ... Read More

Analysis of The Uses of Enchantment, Essay by Bruno Bettelheim (1007 words, 2 pages)

In Bruno Bettelheims essay, The Uses of Enchantment, he explains the fairy tale of Snow White in a way which makes the reader think critically. He makes the reader explore their mind to better understand a tale in a way, which they have not explored. This essay begins with Bettelheim ... Read More

An Analysis of the Aeneid by Virgil (715 words, 1 pages)

Throughout The Aeneid, Aeneas takes an epic journey to attain his goal of finding his homeland of Italy. During his adventure, he faces many hardships and obstacles but in the end manages to lead the Trojans home to victory and triumph as a hero. In the beginning, Aeneas faces several ... Read More

Revenge and Pride of Achilles in Homer’s The Iliad (741 words, 1 pages)

In Homer's The Iliad, the reader is introduced to a very famous warrior. He did not achieve this status easily, though. He is known to be barbaric and cruel, especially when he is angry. This warrior's name is Achilles. This essay will demonstrate the depths that his character will sink ... Read More

The Secret Life of Empress in China’s Dynasties (1265 words, 2 pages)

In 1852, a Manchurian girl, Orchid, clan name Yehonala, was summoned to be viewed by the Emperor of China. On the twentieth day of the sixth moon, the last Empress of China was chosen. By right, her cousin, Sakota, was the Emperors consort, but she gave birth to a girl. ... Read More

A Comparison of Roy Hobbs to King Arthur in the Natural by Bernard Malamud (507 words, 1 pages)

The Natural, a story bases on a man by the name of Roy Hobbs. This story reminds me of a book I once read a little while ago. Roy Hobbs is (to me) a King Arthur. Iris is his Guenevere- in this story and then the rest of the characters ... Read More

Marriage and Marrying for Money in Pride and Prjudice by Jane Austen (680 words, 2 pages)

- - 19th century England had some serious social problems left over from the heyday of Royalty and Nobility. One of the most significant of these was the tendency to marry for money. In this basic equation, a person sought a spouse based on the dowry receivable and their allowance. ... Read More

The Myth of a Goddess:Evolution of an Image (1290 words, 2 pages)

?Women may appear as dangerous and evil in the myth of Pandora, but this is simply an extension of the roles of Gaia and Rhea, whose maternal allegiances regularly turn them against their husbands.? This quote possesses a spectrum of interpretations, yet in my opinion contains both precision and falsity. ... Read More

A Biography of Maya Angelou a Poet (3392 words, 5 pages)

Maya Angelou -- From Innocence to Experience As we review the works of renowned author and poet Maya Angelou, the passion, power and extraordinary life experiences of one of the greatest writers of our time comes shining through. She is best known for a series of autobiographical novels beginning with ... Read More

A Discussion on Ghosts and the Paranormal (1000 words, 2 pages)

Have you ever had the feeling you werent alone? Have you ever felt a cold breeze in a room with no windows? Have you ever heard voices or footsteps when you thought you were alone? What would be the cause of these mysterious situations? Would it be your imagination, a ... Read More

A Study of Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth” (1006 words, 2 pages)

In the book, The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton, the characters are extremely interesting in how they choose to present themselves. There is one social group in which they are all rich upper class Americans, with an aura of snobbishness surrounding them. Then there is one woman who ran ... Read More

Characteristics of Cupid, the God of Love (272 words, 1 pages)

Cupid in Myth Cupid was the god of love in Roman and Greek mythology. The name Cupid is a variation on Cupido which means desire, and this god was also known by the name Amor ("love"). It was commonly believed that Cupid was the son of Venus - the Roman ... Read More

A Comparison of Greeks and Humans (389 words, 1 pages)

Jon Similarities between GREEKS AND HUMANS As we take a look back into Greek mythology, we see that gods and humans are not so different. We see that neither of them not only interact with each other but look and talk the same. Gods and Humans also share something that ... Read More

The Fairy Tradition Around the World (750 words, 3 pages)

FAIRIES ARE EVERYWHERE! Fairies are magical creatures, usually very much like human beings. But they can do many things that humans cannot do. Most fairies can make themselves invisible. Many can travel in an instant anywhere they want to go, even very great distances. Some can change their shapes they ... Read More

An Analysis of the Candie’s Shoe Advertisement in Spin Magazine (1247 words, 2 pages)

Devil With Some Blue Shoe's On It must be dandy to slip into a pair of Candie's. In an October 2001 edition of Spin magazine, I came across an advertisement for Candie's shoes where Jenny McCarthy is standing in a commodious bathroom showing just how sexy a pair of royal ... Read More

Beauty in Edgar Allan Poe’s Poetry (407 words, 1 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe's view on poetry is that all poems must be a "rhythmical creation of beauty". In his eyes, melancholy and sadness is beautful. He thinks that the death of a young beautiful woman is itself full of beauty. In both "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven", Poe writes about ... Read More

A Review of Jackie Chan’s Action Comedy Movie City Hunter (1173 words, 2 pages)

The City Hunter is an action comedy movie starring international superstar Jackie Chan. This movie was made in Hong Kong in the early 90s. In this movie Jackie Chan played Hunter, a private detective with a good sense of humor and deadly kung fu skills. The story started out with ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Cane in Cane by Jean Toomer (452 words, 1 pages)

Character Analysis Jean Toomer's Cane CANE A character is an extended verbal representation of a human being, the inner self that determines thought, speech, and behavior. In the book Cane author Jean Toomer expresses each character in a different unique way. The author uses different literary poems to give you ... Read More

An Analysis of Roger Chillingworth (521 words, 1 pages)

Roger Chillingworth A character sketch by Lindsay Rucker Chillingworth is the old, ugly, cruel, deformed, and demented husband of Hester Prynne. He is presented as a scholar and physician, who has traveled to distant places before deciding to settle in America. His lack of sensitivity is shown in his choosing ... Read More

An Opinion That the Media of Today Plays the Peddler of Stereotypes (1255 words, 2 pages)

A Stereotypical Media The media of todays society plays the peddler to the stereotypes that plague our country. However, the media is not solely to blame. Susan Sontag states in her essay The Image World Through being photographed, something becomes part of a system of information, fitted into schemes of ... Read More

An Analysis of Love Relationships in White Oleander by Janet Fitch (1562 words, 4 pages)

By definition a white oleander is a poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub having fragrant, hite, rose, or purple flowers and whorled leaves. White Oleander by Janet Fitch is about the weakness of love, the unsteadyness and untrustworthyness, and the disease of love that has come to run and ruin Astrids life. ... Read More

Nathaniel Hawthorne's two stories, "The Birthmark" and "The Scarlet Letter", have very similar themes and plots. The two stories were written in the 1800's when Europeans, that practised the Puritan religion, started to move to America. The two stories share similar themes of sin and desire with underlying Puritan values. ... Read More

The Mask of Zorro: A Movie Offering a Great Deal of Excitement and Adventure (760 words, 1 pages)

Zorro, the swashbuckling hero of the undertrodden, was introduced to the world in 1919 when he debuted in the pages of Johnston McCulley's serialized novel, The Curse of Capistrano. Within a year, the masked man had appeared in a film, the silent The Mark of Zorro. Over the next eight ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013