Meaning, Function & Significance of Greek Mythology
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A 10 page paper which examines Greek mythology by considering three or more myths to determine meaning, function and significance. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Medea: Passion And Reason
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14 pages in length. Medea represents everything the typical mythological female was not; her defiance, passion, reason and intestinal fortitude combined together with her ability to balance the most important elements of her life: love for homeland and love for Jason. The event that upset this symmetry, however, sets off a downward spiral of lost reason, hysterical passion and a complete and utter demise of sanity. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Myth Of Sisyphus And Suicide
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A 3 page paper that discusses Albert Camus' thought on suicide as expressed in the Myth of Sisyphus. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Mythical Monsters Of The Odyssey
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5 pages in length. Ever since man began telling tales, incredible accounts of freakish, monster-like animals have captivated and horrified entire communities. The basis for these extraordinary fabrications was the inability of early writers to distinguish between truth and fantasy. As the stories were passed down through generations, they eventually became accepted as the legends known today. However, Greek mythology goes just a bit further than conventional monsters, in that examples of mythical monsters like those found in Homer's The Iliad clearly speak to a preponderance of human imperfections to which the author attributes some of literature's most memorable beasts. Tracing Odysseus' evolution and fundamental importance through Homer's The Odyssey provides the student with a significantly better understanding of mortal limitations, truth, honesty and the desire to achieve and uphold one's righteousness, which are clearly illustrated through characterization of mythical monsters. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Mythical Origins of Rome
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A 5 page essay that examines the origins of Rome, which are represented in two famous myths – the saga of Aeneas and the story of Romulus and Remus. The writer first summarizes these two legends and then examines the purposes that they fulfilled in Roman culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Mythology/Explaining the Unexplainable
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A 5 page research paper that examines the functions that mythology has performed in human societies. The writer mainly focuses on Greek myths, and other creation stories in explaining how early people turned to mythology for explanations of natural phenomenon. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Narcissism
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In six pages this paper examines the concept of narcissism and how it is influenced by experiences and socialization and how it, in turn, influences choices and love relationships. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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Odysseus: Evolution And Fundamental Importance
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5 pages in length. The authors of the student's class texts have varied in chronological time as well as and historical, political and religious perspective. They all, in some meaningful way, endeavor to define for their reader the nature of man. Despite the diversity of time and circumstance, each of the texts seems to illustrate some of the base characteristics of human nature. Tracing Odysseus' evolution and fundamental importance through The Odyssey provides for a significantly better understanding of mortal limitations, truth, honesty and the desire to achieve and uphold one's righteousness. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Oedipus And Antigone: Significance Of Teiresias
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3 pages in length. Teiresias' significance in Oedipus and Antigone speaks to the importance of prophecy as it exists in Greek mythology. Teiresias, a famous Thebian prophet, gained his special powers as a trade-off for the blindness Athena cast upon him for accidentally seeing her bathing. Now bestowed with the ability to prognosticate, Teiresias's foretelling becomes an instrumental component in many characters' lives, not the least of which were found in Oedipus and Antigone. The messages Teiresias deliver are not always what the recipients wanted to hear; however, the truth that resides in his disclosures often seeks to alter a given character's entire existence for the better, which establishes Teiresias' most significant contribution to each play. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCTeiresias.rtf