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The beautiful Helen of Troy has been the subject for many poems and artists over the centuries.  Her fabled beauty created a war that collapsed one ancient civilization and renewed the conflicts among the gods of Olympus.  Many writers have attempted to characterize her both physically and mentally, and from all of these the reader…

The myth comes from the Blackfoot tribe and is titled The Orphan Boy and The Elk Dog. It tells the story of Long Arrow, a deaf orphan boy, and his sister. Despite being shunned by the villagers, Long Arrow is cherished by only his sister, who eventually gets adopted by a family from another village,…

Euhemerization is a process that human being figuratively changes into a god with time while reverse euhemerization according to Chinese scholars, is a procedure through which a mythological creature or god changes to a historical figure, believed to have existed before. Reverse euhemerization happens to people occupied with history than mythology. Euhemerization is a theory…

In Greek mythology a hero was originally a demy-god, the offspring of a deity and a mortal. Hero (male) and heroine (female) came in to characters that, in the face of adversity and danger or from a position of Achilles’ heel, display bravery and the spirit for self-sacrifice, what you call heroism, for some greater…

Define and describe the three viewpoints on the meaning of life presented in our text. Throughout the book there has been three viewpoints presented on the meaning of life. The first meaning of life that was presented in our text is the theistic answer. Philosophers such as Leo Tolstoy, David F. Swenson, Louis P. Pojman,…

  Introduction – The collection of poetry that the world has seen is storage of the creations of the different states and stages of a man’s mind, and there are times when the poem captures and freezes the myths and its leading man so that the world has a way of remembering some of the…

            Rudolfo Anaya’s novel Bless me, Ultima falls within the tradition of Chicano literature in America. The hero, Antonio Marez is a child who grows up in a confusing environment, where cultural and religious influences pour on him from various sources. However, Anaya’s novel does not focus on the clash between the American culture and…

Hero’s Joy Rene: Separation: Hiccup (the male protagonist) begins his journey to heroism right from the first scene. In this scene he is seen as a useless child and he is sent away from all the action of hunting dragon to repair the weapons of the other Vikings. Hiccup disobeys his father’s orders and he…

Prometheus Steals Fire From HeavenAuthor – Shortened, Simplified version of real story. Author UnknownI. Setting:The setting for the story Prometheus Steals Fire From Heaven is Inheaven, Earth, Olympus, and Mt. Caucasus. The time period is that of when therewere only the (Greek) gods, and no men on earth, and none of the animals seemedworthy to…

“Love and Deception”: There are several literary works that exhibit multiple themes. Medea, a tragedy by Euripides, serves as a prime example. The story explores themes of betrayal, love, revenge, and women’s rights. Euripides skillfully raises these ideas to highlight the power of women. The theme of betrayal is prominent in this story as Medea’s…