Essays Tagged: "parallels"

False Homecomings in the Odyssey

trikingly different from what one would expect of Odysseus' real homecoming, but similar enough for parallels to be drawn between the two. Homer uses this false homecoming to foreshadow Odysseus' true ...

(3 pages) 102 1 4.6 Sep/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Speech Analysis on Henry IV, Part One - Act 3, Scene 2

ion of the kingship and itschanging role. Henry's attempts to criticize Hal inadvertently draw many parallels between him;his son, and his predecessor, Richard II, and while he intends to reveal Hal's ...

(6 pages) 73 0 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Tragedy

Certain parallels can be drawn between William Shakespeare's plays, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', and 'Romeo ... awn between William Shakespeare's plays, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', and 'Romeo and Juliet'. These parallels concern themes and prototypical Shakespearian character types. Both plays have a distinct ...

(4 pages) 92 1 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

Richard III

In William Shakespeare's Richard III, we see Shakespeare's interpretation ofdespot rule and the parallels that stem from this interpretation. The character type ofRichard has been examined and mar ...

(3 pages) 94 1 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Old Testament

e their individual influence upon the final work. It is no surprise, then, that there exist certain parallels between the Enuma Elish, the cosmogony of the Babylonians, and the Book of Genesis, the fi ... s man. 9On the surface, it looks and sounds nothing like Genesis. However, we can begin to draw our parallels as we go into more detail. For example, Babylonian poetry has no rhyme, but it has meter a ...

(8 pages) 174 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

"Forbidden Planet" movie Comparison to Shakespeare's The Tempest

seen to parallel many other works relating to technology, nature, or both. One of the most obvious parallels is, of course, to Shakespeare's The Tempest, the story of a man stranded on an island whic ...

(5 pages) 67 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Rodents Are Taking Over the World--an essay with proof suporting the theory.

It's the premise of every episode of "Pinky and the Brain," but did the public notice the real life parallels? The last season of "Pinky and the Brain" was in 1998, but the rodent problem continues, a ...

(4 pages) 69 0 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

1984 by George Orwell

In many ways 1984 by George Orwell, was ahead of its time---ironically, it parallels present day society in the U.S. in many ways. Yet at the same time,the novel falls short-- ...

(2 pages) 100 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Simple essay on a quote from "Sidhartha" by Herman Hesse

ed by Brahmin being separated from Siddhartha and Siddhartha being separated from his own son. This parallels the quote in three ways. Taken literally it identifies the "father-like-son" aspect of the ...

(2 pages) 54 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

"The Summer of the Falcon" by Jean Craighead George

ble conflicts, and a theme. In the novel The Summer Of the Falcon, the author Jean Craighead George parallels the maturation of the main character with the teaching of a bird to fly and take commands. ...

(3 pages) 28 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

What is piety?

to defend himself, for the prosecutors know and think highly of Euthyphro. Socrates could then draw parallels between himself and Euthyphro, who the citizens' highly respect, thus bringing him respect ...

(4 pages) 95 0 2.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Does the problem of evil disprove God's existence?

toclarify those weaknesses one can look at Steven M. Cahn's essay entitled 'Cacodaemony.' Thisessay parallels Swineburne's, but states that an omniscient, omnipotent, omnimalevolent Demoncreated the w ... looking at Steven M. Cahn's essay 'Cacodaemony,' one will see that they are not.In his essay, Cahn parallels Swinburne's situation of the problem of evil with the problem ofgoodness. Cahn states that ...

(8 pages) 264 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

The Colorado River

h a good example along mostsegments of its course. There is no continuous transportation systemthat parallels the rivers course, and settlements are clustered. Therugged terrain and entrenched river c ...

(14 pages) 152 1 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

This is a paper on the two works of sramatic literature, Much Ado about Nothing and Lysistrata

they are quite different from one another, just as relationships are different from each other now. Parallels can be drawn between present day relationships and those in this play.Claudio and Hero had ... any similarities between Lysistrata and modern entertainment. Reading this play, audiences can draw parallels to modern day "comedies," or humorous movies. For example, the general risque content and ...

(3 pages) 81 0 4.0 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Hesse's Siddhartha as it Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Several parallels can be drawn between the psychologist Abraham Maslow's theoretical hierarchy of needs and ...

(7 pages) 159 1 3.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Seven page final paper analyzing and connecting Things Fall Apart, The Stranger, and Beloved together by use of theme, characterization, setting, conflict, and point of view.

nsibility to acceptance from society, the themes of the novel are closely related. Characterization parallels itself through each of the novels - each character is shown through both direct and indire ...

(18 pages) 295 0 4.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

in the Rye by JD Salinger, Holden continually and progressively shows his good moral character with parallels and symbolic reference to Christ, developing the theme of holding on to one's beliefs thro ... in the Rye by JD Salinger, Holden continually and progressively shows his good moral character with parallels and symbolic reference to Christ, developing the theme of holding on to one's beliefs thro ...

(5 pages) 99 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Vonnegut's message about war in Slaughterhouse

e that war is inevitable, but emphasizes the fallacy in the masses preconceived notions of war with parallels and motifs, instead of just reaching a practical conclusion about the occurrence of war.Ma ... e that war is inevitable, but emphasizes the fallacy in the masses preconceived notions of war with parallels and motifs, instead of just reaching a practical conclusion about the occurrence of war.Vo ...

(5 pages) 44 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"This Is a Photograph of Me", by Margaret Atwood

Picture of DeathIn the poem "This Is a Photograph of Me", Margaret Atwood attempts to depict the parallels between a picture slowly developing and the narrators realization of her death. This poem ...

(3 pages) 84 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

In what ways is "To a Skylark" by Shelly a typical romantic poem?

is as though the poem is telling the readerthat it is not just describing a bird but many different parallels are beingshown through the image of the bird. 'spirit' may also be taken literally assomeb ...

(4 pages) 41 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers