Essays Tagged: "Soldier"

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

ittle money to support the family . Without the means for much formal education, Cervantes became a soldier. On his return to Spain he worked at a series of government jobs that involved extensive tra ...

(4 pages) 85 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Macbeth and the symbol of blood

ges throughout the play, is to follow the character changesin Macbeth. First he is a brave honoured soldier, but as theplay progresses, he becomes a treacherous person who has becomeidentified with de ... ut damned spot! Out I say! One: two: why then 'tistime to do't: hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, andafeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call outpower to account? Yet who w ...

(3 pages) 71 0 3.8 Feb/1997

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

Cassio, Roderigo, Barbantio and their functions

Roderigo and Brabantio, and their functions.First, Cassio. Cassio is an honourable lieutenant and a soldier, who isvery loyal and caring towards his commanding officer, Othello, as shownin one of many ...

(3 pages) 55 0 4.4 Nov/1995

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

What is Iago? -- as distinct from what he pretends to be -- and what are his motives?

the breakdown of Othello, a noble venetian moor, well-known by the people of Venice as a honourable soldier and a worthy leader. Othello's breakdown results in the muder of his wife Desdemona. Desdemo ...

(6 pages) 149 0 3.1 Nov/1996

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

"The Death of the Ball Turrett Gunner" by Randall Jarrell

of the turret with a hose.'The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner' by Randall Jarrell is a poem abouta soldier dying in the ball turret of a fighter plane during what was mostlikely World War II. The poe ... ret of a fighter plane during what was mostlikely World War II. The poem tells of the fear of young soldiers being sentto war and their thoughts of dying.The poem is told from the point of view of a y ...

(1 pages) 92 0 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Macbeth Essay

ges throughout the play, is to follow the character changesin Macbeth. First he is a brave honoured soldier, but as theplay progresses, he becomes a treacherous person who has becomeidentified with de ... ut damned spot! Out I say! One: two: why then 'tistime to do't: hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, andafeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call outpower to account? Yet who w ...

(3 pages) 53 0 4.1 Dec/1996

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

"The Denial of St. Peter" by Caravaggio

mportant figures in the painting and the story revolves around these two figures. The figure of the soldier seems to be relatively less important due to the fact that the apparent fireplace only illum ... apparent fireplace only illuminates the back of the armor of which he is wearing. The detail of the soldier's face is hidden in his own shadow and is only outlined by the reflective light from the fac ...

(3 pages) 163 0 4.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Morale: The Strongest Weapon In a War - This essay is about morale and (1) Why We Need It, (2) Has It Done Any Good? and (3) Techniques (4) Other Opinions

n attitude towards something, and that's exactly what it is. We need Morale during a war to get our soldiers to fight their best! Take the last two words of that sentence. "their best"... People may n ... ictory! Many people quit because they want to be good, but it just won't happen. Same thing for the soldiers. Why do they want to fight this war? What difference does this make? These pondering questi ...

(2 pages) 109 1 4.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Horrors Of War

right? Well maybe if you were the one seeing everything from the outside looking in. If you were a soldier your outlook on war may be a little different. The physical ailments of the young men are te ... ealized that after a war like this he would not be able to return to society ever again and fit in. Soldiers go home and don't know how to react to society. They have seen so much death and violence t ...

(4 pages) 69 1 4.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

"The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is a book based on a young soldier engaging in the civil war. The psychological conflict that he faces throughout the story is ... e story is both internal and external. The battles are fought in the readers face to show the young soldiers' conflict with himself, other soldiers and the battle itself. With Stephen Cranes amazing p ... f description the reader becomes engulfed in the battle at hand and feels that the conflicts of the soldiers are becoming their own.The main topic of the book is fear and how it would affect a young m ...

(5 pages) 124 0 4.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Shay's Rebellion and the Modern Militia

s shall have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American...the unlimited power of the sword is not in the hand of ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Blood as a dominating theme in "Macbeth" by Shakespeare

ges throughout the play, is to follow the character changesin Macbeth. First he is a brave honoured soldier, but as theplay progresses, he becomes a treacherous person who has becomeidentified with de ... ut damned spot! Out I say! One: two: why then 'tistime to do't: hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, andafeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call outpower to account? Yet who w ...

(3 pages) 48 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Review of Film--We Were Soldiers--written 1 week from release in theaters. I was limited to 2 pages.

On March 1, I was the first in line at the movie theatre to see the premiere of We Were Soldiers, starring Mel Gibson. Besides the fact that I am a Military History major and a soldier, I ... from the men who joined them, the Vietcong they had fought, and the surviving family members of the soldiers who fought, ended with a pact: between Moore and the photographer that the true story of Ia ... ld through the stories of those that lived it--sparing no detail. Their idea became a book, We Were Soldiers, Once and Young, and it was that book that spawned the movie.The movie was incredible, a tr ...

(2 pages) 179 3 4.4 Sep/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Gulf War Syndrome

An American Crisis: Gulf War SyndromeImagine a soldier that is willing to die for his country in the Persian Gulf region, so that Americans could p ... n the Persian Gulf region, so that Americans could pay less for petroleum products in the Gulf, the soldier serves his country, with honor, loyalty, and dignity. In an attempt to win the war, Saddam H ... attempt to win the war, Saddam Hussein launches a chemical attack on American troops, leaving some soldiers with a lot of incurable symptoms. Such symptoms include headaches, diarrhea, bleeding gums, ...

(8 pages) 156 1 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON JR. This report briefly describes his childhood and then gets in to his life in the military more in depth. Mostly focused on his contribution to the victories in WW II.

the German heartland in the Spring of 1945. Then he was also the mystic, who believed he had been a soldier in previous lives and would return as a soldier after every death. Other sides of the Genera ... e he knew the full burden of responsibility for a defeat would rest solely on him. The officers and soldiers who served in Patton's command were well aware of his faults, but they also remembered his ...

(14 pages) 85 0 4.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Isaac Rosenberg dead man's dump - critical essay

The poem "Dead Man's Dump" written by Isaac Rosenberg, a soldier in the first world war, has made a lasting impression on me.He originally enlisted in the ar ... first of April 1918.He was twenty years old.I believe that Rosenberg was trying to tell us that the soldiers that had sacrificed their lives in the name of duty were not getting the respect that they ... these men went through.I especially found this poem intriguing for the fact that it is given from a soldier's point of view, without any trace of political glorification or mindless romanticism of war ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Giuseppe Garibaldi

icipated in the war against of argentina fighting with Uruguay. Giuseppe Garibaldi was Italy's best soldier . He paricipated in the Risorgimiento, the risorgimento was a nationalistic movement that pl ...

(1 pages) 41 1 2.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Kit carson: Mountain Man,

al trapper tangled in his work, and a walking medal of bravery, the blood on the hands of a skilled soldier. Who is Kit Carson? Kit Carson was a man of many professions. Kit Carson was not only a trap ... son? Kit Carson was a man of many professions. Kit Carson was not only a trapper but he was a cook, soldier, Indian agent, scout, and last a legend of the west. Kit Carson had many people which influe ...

(4 pages) 41 1 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

An analysis of Hemingway's style in Soldier's Home.

Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" has received much attention, especially from the Vietnam-era baby boomers. Like many ... y is renowned for his description, though he is sometimes criticized for the seeming simplicity of "Soldier's Home." Upon closer examination, the story becomes not only a simple tale of a young man re ... also a WWI veteran, and faced similar problems when he returned home. He too arrived far after the soldier's welcome was over, and also lost faith in the comforting institutions of family values, tra ...

(5 pages) 212 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Life In The Franco Regime

uld never have been enabled to come to power.After all, he was a born into a particular caste, as a soldier, not a politician; he wasdoing the wrong job. That is a view, which many hold, however, hist ...

(8 pages) 93 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History