Essays Tagged: "Spear"
The Fate of Patroclus in The Iliad
liad Of Homer, the constant theme of death is inherently apparent. Each main character, either by a spear or merely a scratch from an arrow, was wounded or killed during the progression of the story. ... arrow, was wounded or killed during the progression of the story. For Zeus' son, Sarpedon, it was a spear through the heart, and for Hector, it was the bronze of the mighty Achilles through his neck w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Captians letter regarding Macbeth
where to the center of the battle and slayed MacDonwald like the dragon he truly is. MacBeth took a spear and forced MacDonwald's head onto it and rejuvenated our troops while striking fear into the h ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Tools of the trade. Speaks of Geoffrey Chaucer
re came asneaking thief that men call Death, who slays all the people in this country, and with his spear hestruck his heart in two, then went his way without saying another word.' They show there fee ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Description of several major characters in Norse (Scandanavian) Mythology, including Woden and Thor, and a brief look at the Ragnarok (end of the world).
dead, specifically the hanged, and the patron and protector of heroes. His weapon of choice is the spear and he spoke only in poetry. Odinn is also the creator god. He created the sky and earth, gave ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
"Black Elk Speaks - As told through John G. Neihard" By Nicholas Black Elk
a voice while he was lying in his tepee. He saw two men coming from the clouds both carrying a long spear from the points of these spears lightning was flashing. He followed these men. A cloud came do ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Study the arms of the medieval period. Which weapons were preferred by infantry and cavalry through the different periods of the Middle Ages?
nated this period, it is only right that there most "predominant weapon" get the first mention--the spear. The spear, although introduced in prehistoric periods and used extensively by the Roman Legio ... r Charlemagne. In 792 he issued his Capitulare missorum requiring a lance (the cavalry version of a spear) be included in the armament for all horsemen, and strengthened its use when in 802 declared t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Roman Military.
uty. Their equipment includes a helmet, body armor, limb armor, a shield, a short word, a dagger, a spear or pilum, a belt, a tunic, and boots. The helmets are a round shape to let blows to the head e ... st weapon that they carry, and it is not made mainly for fighting, but can be used in battle. Their spears where made to be used only once and then be broken so the enemy could not use them. They are ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Almost One of the Gods. "The Odyssey", by Homer. Essay explains why Odysseus is to be considered an epic hero.
Odysseus exemplifies his physical strength by putting his plan into action and ramming a monstrous spear into the Cyclops' eye. Later, when the Cyclops calls for help, he says that Noman is doing har ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Discuss the impact of the settlement of the white European settlers on the lifestyle and culture of the Aboriginal people.
which they could get meat.The Aboriginal men were skilled hunters. Their main hunting tool was the spear. Animals which they hunted included: kangaroos, emus, dingos, wombats fish and birds, as other ... ulture was their law, which they took very seriously. One of their punishments for law-breakers was spearing. We saw an example of this in the film when a white man, who was staying with the tribe, tr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Diverse Stromatolites in Washington State (Assigned out of "On Methuselah's Trail")
rs, and a short period of 600 million years of living fossils. Trilobites and brachiopods seemed to spear suddenly without any evolution, found in their complex state in their fossils, and Darwin was ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
In Everyone's Soul is there the capacity for evil? The Lord Of The Flies By William Golding
he said, ? Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I?d like to catch a pig first- He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground .The opaque mad look came into his eyes again.? This shows that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Death is Tragic: The Value of a Life A Short Story Based on the Jewish Pogroms Works Consulted Page Included!
f the Jews "Grab that," shouted Ishmael as he threw his arms into the air to try and catch a spear thrown at the Jews. Ishmael caught the spear and then crouched low as he whispered to Kohr, "L ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
The Odyssey, written by Homer
y Polyphemus. After getting the giant Cyclops drunk, Odysseus and his medn blind the monster with a spear in his one eye. The could have made an escape without misfortune but Odysseus mocked Polyphemu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Don Quixote
his brain, and nothing would satisfy him but that he must ride abroad on his old horse, armed with spear and helmet, a knight-errant, to encounter all adventures, and to redress the innumerable wrong ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Chaos on the island
how he is better by using violence and force. "I'm chief!' Viciously with full intention hurled his spear at Ralph. The point tore skin and flesh over Ralph's ribs then sheared off and fell into the w ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Ares: The God of War
ess warlike (Van Aken 18). Ares, as the god of war, has an emblem of a wild boar and a bloodstained spear. These are supposed to represent his strength and ruthless urge to fight (Graves 9). However, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Celtic warfare
that decided to move into Gaul.A Celtic warrior's basic equipment consisted of a set of one to four spears. One was a 1.8 meters long fighting spear called a "lancea" that sometimes had very large spe ... times had very large spearheads of up to 50 centimetres in length. The others were shorter throwing spears called "gaesum" with relatively small, normally shorter than 10 centimetres long spearheads. ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Significance of the Catching of the Sword in the "Hollow Hills" by Mary Stewart.
leaped, it seemed, out of his failing body, and run ahead, like the spark on the top of a fighting spear, straight to the heart of the Saxon force. This simile describes the overwhelming feeling of t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Acient Art: The Laocoon Group and The She-Wolf
the Greeks not to accept a gift of a wooden horse from the Greeks. But, after deciding to stick his spear in the hollow horse, two serpents came out and killed him and one of his sons.The She-Wolf is ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art
How does Okara in "Piano and Drums" respond to the two types of different music and instruments?
communication; "drums telegraphing". The last sentence of the first stanza; "...hunters crouch with spear poised..." Okara places himself as a hunter ready to hunt the "leopard". This illustrates the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry