Papers On Ancient, Classic, & Medieval Literature
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Comparison of Gladiators with Homer's The Odyssey
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This 5 page paper compares the 2000 film Gladiators with Homer's The Odyssey. Odysseus and Maximus are compared and contrasted. No additional sources cited.
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Comparison of the Gods; The Ancient Greeks and the Early Christians Perceptions;
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This 5 page paper looks at the way the gods are portrayed in two very different belief systems trough two literary works. By using Homer's 'The Iliad' and Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' the representational similarities and differences are discussed and explained. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEgreekg.wps
Concepts in Dante's Inferno and Boccaccio's Decameron
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This 7 page paper looks at a variety of issues, but in particular fate and divine justice, and focuses on how they are conveyed through the two infamous works. Various issues of religion and philosophy are explored. Concepts of fate and divine justice are defined and discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA208fte.rtf
Connections Between “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” and Chapter 10 of Keith Thomas’s “Religion and the Decline of Magic”
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A 6 page paper which considers connections between the Medieval poem and Thomas’s consideration of “Astrology: Its Practices and Its Extent.” Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: TGgawmag.rtf
Considering Society and Times in Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"
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A 5 page paper which examines how the two plays serve as commentaries about their respective times and societies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGotktgm.wps
Convincing Someone to Stay Alive Even When they See the Point
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This four page paper
presents a discussion on the Canto 9, Book One in the Fairy Queen by Edmund Spencer.
The suicide discussion and refusal between Despair and Redcrosse are examined.
Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: CWDespai.wps
Cost of the Roman State/Aeneid
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A 6 page essay that explores the cost of the Roman state against the sufferings of the Trojan wanderers in Virgil's Aeneid. Citing specifically the story of Dido and Aeneas, as well as the Trojan women attempting to torch the fleet, the writer argues that by exploring Virgil's use of fire imagery, it becomes evident that Virgil portrays action that distracts Aeneas and his men from their destiny as antithetical to society. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khrsaen.rtf
Courtesy and Code in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Miller's Tale"
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A 5 page paper which discusses how courtesy and the so-called code of honor are used
in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Miller's Tale." The paper discusses
whether the courtesy and code are used righteously, or used for selfish and snobbish
reasons. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgreenmller.wps
Critical Analysis of Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
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This is a 4 page critical analysis of Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” reveals a 14th century character and tale of a woman considered as one of the first feminists. The Wife of Bath is portrayed as an independent woman who, having been widowed five times already still has a desire as to what she and any woman would want in another marriage. Contrary to beliefs at the time, the Wife also feels that she has learned most of her knowledge about marriage by experience and not the Church. Also through her own tale-within-a-tale she reveals that what women want are young, virile men who give their wives love, respect and sovereignty of the household. For her, men who do not fulfill these requirements and are disrespectful to their wives only desires the plague.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TJChaWB1.rtf
Dante's "Inferno": A Father's Irritation and Joy
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A 5 page paper which examines
how Virgil is often frustrated and irritated with Dante as he attempts to teach him and
guide him, much like a father teaches and guides a child. The paper discusses this level of
irritation with Dante's mistakes, as well as discusses Virgil's pleasure with the successes
and understandings that Dante achieves. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAinferno2.wps
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