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The Trojan War: Fact and/or Fiction?, 2006.
This paper examines the historical facts and archaeological findings and questions if the Trojan war in fact took place.
2,347 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The writer of this paper ponders the issue of the Trojan war and debates whether the war in fact occurred. This paper discusses the lack of writing and description of the Trojan war until Homer's "Iliad" written some 300 years after the event. This paper examines the modern archaeological excavation findings as well as discusses geographical and historical facts of the Trojan war.
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"There are some other curious literary anomalies. If the Trojan war was such an important event to the mainland Greeks, why is it that there are so few other descriptions or writings about it, until Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, some three hundred years or so, later. "Another epic, the Kypria, dealt with the events leading up to the arrival of the Greek forces at Troy at the beginning of the ten-year siege. The full text of this epic no longer survives, but a capsule summary of its contents is preserved."
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The Trojan War, 2001.
This paper discusses two different literary portrayals of the Trojan War.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the portrayal of the Trojan War in Homer's epic "The Iliad," and Shakespeare's version of the Trojan War in his drama ?Troilus and Cressida." The author discusses the different lessons that both authors felt could be drawn from this war. In Shakespeare's case, his distaste for war is reflected in his opinion that the war was fought for no reason at all and as a result of his views has always campaigned against the "myth," as he sees it, of the Trojan War. Homer on the other hand feel felt that the War was fought for justifiable reasons and its outcome is important. These two opposing views are discussed throughout the paper.
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"At the end of Shakespeare?s play, a character not present in Homer?s text named Pandarus, who has helped the young lovers of the title have an illicit tryst, leers at the audience that he will bequeath to the audience his diseases, presumably of the flesh. War does not elevate the morals of men and women; it only corrupts them and rots at them. Unlike Homer, Shakespeare stresses that rather than nobility, the reasons for even supposedly the greatest of all wars was in lust and human irrationality. Rather than praising Odysseus (or Ulysses, as Shakespeare calls him in the text), Shakespeare makes the character?s statement that the heavens are ordered and ?observe degree, priority, and place,? in war become absurd. (1.3.86)"
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"The Trojan War", 2008.
A book review of Diane P. Thompson's "The Trojan War".
720 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper relates that the strength of Thompson's "The Trojan War" is the detail to be found concerning the fall of Troy and the stories that still abound today about that fall. The paper lauds Thompson's research but notes that it is rather dry reading material. The paper posits, however, that it is a well-written book that most people interested in Troy, Sparta, Achilles or any of the colorful characters and events from that time would find invigorating and appealing.
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"Discovering a detailed account of the "extraordinary endurance and variety of Troy stories" is a wonderful and enlightening experience. The only way a reader can enjoy such an experience is by reading Diane P. Thompson's 'The Trojan War.' (1) Perusing Thompson's book can lead to a more detailed understanding of exactly what constitutes a 'Trojan story' while at the same time enhances the reader's understanding of the particular reasons why these stories have been so durable. These stories have been told for thousands of years, and convey such understandable messages that they have touched many a reader's hearts throughout the centuries since the time they were first told."
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?The Iliad?, 2002.
Discusses how this work by Homer focuses on the Trojan War.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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"The Iliad", an epic tale told by the famous Greek Homer, focuses primarily on the Trojan War between the Greeks and the Trojans. As we know from history, this war was filled with bloody battles and a massive loss of life. The paper describes how Homer uses his story-telling abilities to focus on the garish and sometimes mundane drudgery of war. Due to his removal from the actual time of these battles, his stories may be embellished or not completely accurate descriptions of what did or did not happen. The paper shows that overall, however, "The Iliad" is believed to be generally true.
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"Not only does the reader see a vulnerable Achilles, we begin to understand his pain and sorrow. The continuous battling has taken a toll on him and the reader feels this personal tragedy first-hand. The style Homer uses is quite different than any previous books (1 - 17). A large part of Homer's Iliad consists of the detailing of the wretchedness and eventual mundaness of constant war. Even though the main focus and crux of the story is in fact the trials and tribulations of the hero Achilles, the war and Homer's lucid and always new description of it make the tone very different in comparison to Book 18."
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Homer's "The Odyssey", 2005.
This paper discusses Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey", translated by Robert Fitzgerald, one of the favorite adventure stories of all times, which tells the story of Odysseus, a clever, often arrogant old soldier, who fought in and won the Trojan War.
1,225 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper relates that the plot of "The Odyssey" dealt with the question of the significance of a mortal life and the last half of the plot introduces the question of the significance of an anonymous human life. The author emphasizes that the scale and ambition of "The Odyssey" is astonishing because the absence of writing did not allow the Homeric poet any means of cross-checking his own references from other parts of the work; yet somehow, he constructed a work that ranges across all the known and unknown world. The paper stresses that Homer's use of narrative techniques, such as flashbacks, has never been seconded and his characters live and breathe to an extent rivaled only by those of Charles Dickens, Emily Bronte and Mark Twain.
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Introduction
The Plot Analysis
The Beauty of the Plot
Conclusion
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"The Odyssey is not a "novel". Had it been one, it would not be the "first novel in history", since it was predated by the Iliad, which was also not a novel. The Odyssey is a work of primary epic, such as Beowulf, Chanson de Roland and the Norse sagas. It was composed in the 8th Century B.C. before the written alphabet had been introduced in Greece. As these facts are grasped, the way is clear for a true appreciation of exactly why this writing has gone on to become the most influential work of literature in all human history."
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"The Trojan Women"--A Film Review, 2007.
A review and analysis of Michael Cacoyannis' film "Trojan Women."
917 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This film review describes the challenges of translating the medium of Euripides' ancient Greek drama "Trojan Women" into cinematic technique. The paper explores how Michael Cacoyannis did this in his 1971 adaptation of the Greek tragedy. One method Cacoyannis used was using familiar character archetypes or actors to generate immediate interest in the plot. He also chose famous actresses to star in the film. The reviewer offers his own critique of the film, concluding that rather than making Euripides more intimate, the film only created a wider divide between the great Greek tragedian's world and today's.
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"The characters endure very extreme situations, like having their child murdered by Greek soldiers or being forced to become concubines. However, the long, formal speeches that dominate the screenplay, no matter how well-delivered, do not convey a sense of reality. Even close-ups of the women's contorted wailing faces do not stimulate empathy in the heart of the viewer. The advantages of film as a medium, as opposed to the stage, might be defined as being able to convey emotion without a great deal of hysteria, as might be seen in 'real life.' However, Euripides' play did not attempt to convey a realistic portrayal of life, but show a myth on an epic scale."
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Violence in "Odyssey" and "Trojan Women", 2005.
Comprehensive analysis of how Homer's "Odyssey" and Euripides' "Trojan Women" intricate conceptions of violence and their overall meanings for Greek society.
2,014 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This essay describes how Homer and Euripides view the meaning and legitimacy of violence in their plays "Odyssey" and "Trojan Women". It presents a detailed, text-based analysis and evaluation of the two works' arguments and perspectives on the societal implications of violence.
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"The Odyssey portrays the fall of Troy and the subsequent events from the point of view of the victorious Odysseus, while Euripides' play The Trojan Women depicts the experiences of the defeated Trojans: how the Greeks enslave them, burn their city, and kill the newborn son of the fallen hero Hector. In spite of the two poems' disparate narrative perspectives, they share the same view about the legitimacy of violence: that it depends upon the underlying intentions causing the violence. While violence performed in order to fulfill egoistic aims is impermissible, in some cases, constructive ends may justify destructive means. This emphasis on the intentions involved in applying violence, rather than its actual results, helps in understanding why the two poems judge the same event, the conquest of Troy and, more specifically, the role of Odysseus during and after the war, entirely differently. Thus, it serves to explain why Odysseus is an exalted hero in one poem, but a cruel coward in the other."
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The Tragedy of the "Trojan Women", 2004.
Summarizes the play and argues that the play is a great tragedy.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper summarizes Euripedes play "The Trojan Woman", and argues that the play is a great tragedy. It looks at the drama and tragic fate of the noble women of fallen Troy. The paper also examines the suffering of the female royal characters of Hecuba, Cassandra, Andromache. It looks at Helen as the character who undergoes less suffering.
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Trojan Wars and Culture, 2004.
Comparative analysis of the characters in Homer's "Iliad" and Virgil?s "Aeneid".
1,554 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper highlights the main theme of "Iliad" and "Aeneid" and then takes two specific figures from the texts and compares and contrasts them in order to understand differences or similarities in the texts and the concept of differences and similarities in the self and others.
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"Iliad is about the war between Trojans and Greeks. However, one gets to see the concept of the Greek gods as well as the role of women and the heroism of characters like Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax and Hector. Iliad is based on a single episode of the Trojan War, which was the withdrawal of Achilles? from the fighting, and returning to kill Hector. The story revolves around the last days of a 10-year war and highlights the relationships between Achilles, Agamemnon etc as well as the Olympian gods. Achilles is the hero of the story."
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"The Iliad", 2002.
A general overview of Book 18 of "The Iliad" by Homer.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper reviews book 18 of "The Iliad", an epic tale told by the famous Greek author Homer which is focused primarily on the Trojan War between the Greeks and the Trojans. Book 18 focuses on Achilles break from battle and the importance it has on the rest of the poem. It examines how Homer uses his story-telling abilities to focus on the garish and sometimes mundane drudgery of war and how this dark interlude plays a key role in the tone, pitch and drama of the poem. It also looks at how this break from battle also serves to emphasize the literary techniques used to provide imagery for the reader as well as show the actions that Achilles takes that show the first diminution of his self-pity and pride.
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"The language describing the shield proves especially compelling and constitutes an example of the literary device ekphrasis1. This device effectively allows Homer to filter an artistic subject through two layers of imaginative rendering. In the case of Achilles' shield, the use of ekphrasis allows Homer to portray poetically not only the images
1. The Oxford Classical Dictionary, states that ekphrasis is, ?an extended and detailed literary description of any object, real or imaginary? appearing on the metal but also the effect of those images. For example, figures embossed on a shield cannot really move, of course, but Homer portrays them as dancing spiritedly. "
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"Troilus and Cressida", 2002.
A critique of human motivation within the context of William Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper examines the play, "Troilus and Cressida," as a critique on the mythology of the Trojan War and as a larger comment on the problems of human desire and self-centered actions. There are three kinds of reasoning offered by three different characters, all of which make claims to a method for judgement, a method for values and as a rationale for acting. Shakespeare then portrays each character in contradiction, acting in self-serving ways, thus prolonging the war, trapped in a cycle of unresolvable issues that are based on the conflicts of human motivation.
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"The Iliad", 2001.
This paper discusses one chapter in Homer's epic, "The Iliad."
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This is a review of some of the issues discussed in Chapter Eighteen of Homer's epic, "The Iliad." The author discusses the significance of the shield fashioned for Achilles by his mother which illustrates the conflict between the martial code of revenge and Achilles personal code of revenge. The author explains that the war, its outcome and consequences are all a result of this personal conflict, which in turn, seals the fate of those connected to the Trojan War. Some of the additional themes discussed include the bloodiness of the war, pettiness and valor and the discord in the cosmos of the gods at that time. The last symbol on the shield is positive, showing hope and restitution, with Achilles granting compassion to the King Pram of Troy, thus showing that he is not completely engulfed by the ugliness of war.
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"This shield will come to represent the fate of Achilles throughout the rest of the epic poem. It will not only protect him, but also be the weapon by which he is known. He will lend his armor to his dearest friend Patroklos. Patroklos will wear the armor into battle, briefly turn the tide of the war to the Greeks, as they think that their greatest fighter as finally returned to the field. Then Patroklos will be killed by Hector when he is both mistaken for the greater warrior and revealed not to be whom his weaponry properties him to be. In revenge for the death of his friend, Achilles will kill Hector and drag the Trojans body around the Greek camp until the old man?s father begs Achilles to stop and allow his son to have a proper burial."
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"Troy", 2006.
A comparative analysis of the movie "Troy" to the legendary story of the Trojan Horse.
1,284 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses how although Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 movie, "Troy" varied from the legendary story of the Trojan War, it did however, keep true to several facts of the saga. In particular, it looks at how a deviation of the movie is the exclusion of the gods and goddesses with an emphasis placed on the warriors instead. It also discusses how, rather than the approach as a mythological epic, the film takes on a realism as if all the characters and events are true to life.
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"Another part of the legend that the movie left out was Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess Artemis, in order to obtain favorable winds for the voyage to Troy (Judgement pp). And according to legend, the gods were basically the reason the war lasted ten years. They took great interest. Hera and Athena still resented Paris for not giving them the Apple of Discord, so in turn they helped the Greeks, while Aphrodite helped the Trojans, as did Zeus, and Eris and her brother Ares helped both sides simply because they loved war (Judgement pp). None of this was included in the movie.
Moreover, only Aeneas, the son of Aphrodite and a Trojan royal named Anchises escaped Troy (Judgement pp)."
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Virgil?s ?The Aeneid?, 2004.
This paper discusses Virgil?s ?The Aeneid?, the story of Aeneas, a great Trojan War hero who is destined to become Rome's founder.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that Virgil wrote ?The Aeneid? in response to pressure from Augustus Caesar to write about the glory of the great Roman Empire. The author points out that Aeneas's visit to the underworld is crucial to understanding the importance of fate within the ?Aeneid?. The paper contends that Aeneas's visit to the underworld helps to reinforce the theme of fate within the story itself and helps to reassert the work's underlying theme that the great Roman Empire was fated to exist.
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"Virgil's "Aeneid", despite all its amazing complexities of plot and character, has a relatively simple message about the fate of individuals and history itself. Ultimately, Virgil reveals that fate is a great driving force that ultimately results in the formation of the great Roman Empire. Fate is a religious, unalterable force that determines the course of all human life and human history. Fate is a powerful and ongoing theme in The Aeneid, and Aeneas' journey to the underworld is absolutely crucial in helping to further define this theme. Aeneas' journeys are preordained, and even his great sufferings and wanderings at sea only serve to delay this fate. Even the interference of lesser Gods can do little to change the fate of Aeneas the individual, or the fate of history itself."
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