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ad Iliad essaysCharacter of Achilles in Homer’s IliadThe Iliad may be seen as an account of the circumstances that irrevocably alter the life of one man: Achilles, one of the greatest warriors. Throughout the course of the poem Achilles goes through many ordeals that change his character immensely. Starting with his quarrel with Agamemnon and…

Another enjoyable Howard Days has come and gone, and it is safe to say that any who attended were glad they did.  The number of attendees on June 10th and 11th seemed to be a bit above average, reflecting a trend toward straining the capacity of current venues and program formats.  The panel audiences are…

Long ago, in the desert of Egypt, Hebrew slaves known as Israelites escaped from the tyranny of the pharaoh. This story has a common theme that an unlikely hero leads people out of a wasteland and into a place of new life. The Israelites heroes’ name was Moses. There are several attributes that his quest…

John Knowles wrote a captivating novel called A Separate Peace (1960) which depicts the coming of age of Gene and Finny during World War II at an all boys school in New England. The novel explores the theme of jealousy and its impact on friendship, maturity, and mortality. The plot revolves around Gene’s jealousy, which…

Analysis of the James Joyce’s ‘Araby’ and William Faulkner’s ‘Barn burning’ using details from the authors’ biography INTRODUCTION             The works of James Joyce and William Faulkner are considered to be among the greatest of the modernist tradition. In this paper, the lives of these two authors will be used in the analysis of one…

Topdog/Underdog is a fated play in which all Americans instantly know the fate of the two main characters Booth and Lincoln; the emphasis becomes how Parks will go about portraying this death with African American characters. Parks’ main tool is the “rest” taken from a jazz influence to portray a structure in which African Americans…

The following essay which were I am comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities of the movie The Matrix and Plato’s and Descartes articles. The similarities that all three has is they are all asking is the world we live in is it real or is it a figment of our imagination and someone is…

Mary Catherine Bolton (afterwards Lady Thurlow) (1790-1830) as Ophelia in 1813, opposite John Philip Kemble’s Hamlet While it is known that Richard Burbage played Hamlet in Shakespeare’s time, there is no evidence of who played Ophelia; since there were no professional actresses on the public stage in Elizabethan England, we may be certain that she…

1.      Genre of Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree”: Children’s Literature – Fiction 2.      Recommended Age Group: 2-7 years old 3.      Setting: Forest or garden where the Giving Tree is located 4.      Plot: A tree and a boy shares a loving relationship with the tree being very generous to the boy and the boy who just…

Death is one of the main reoccurring themes in the book The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman by Ida Pruitt. Death is a catalyst for change, the focus of familial ritual, the result of the Japanese occupation, and the outcome of diseases that had no cure. The consequences of death provide answers to the…