Heroes
Essays

Looking at the recipients for the major film and television awards for 2006 reveals distinct trends. In fact, history has clarified many of the trends that help determine which actors and which films win awards.

Rasputin's murder is one of the more interesting and controversial elements in Russian history. One of the reasons that the murder is so intriguing is that Rasputin had survived an earlier assassination attempt, which…

Before Kurtz went insane, he was not only the best ivory agent the never-named trading company of Heart of Darkness ever produced; he was considered "the emissary of pity and science and progress, and the devil knows…

This is a three page paper that is based on the book Sleuthing the Alamo by James Crisp. The material in the book is controversial because it questions the prevailing legends of Davy Crockett and the Alamo. The evidence in the book suggests that there was a lot of racism that was motivating the strategies and decisions during the war in Texas. Historian bias is the theme of the paper.

Many of the ideas put forward in George Orwell's 1984 have relevance in today's society. Any strong government regulation brings comparisons to "Big Brother," and many regulatory measures are deemed "Orwellian." One…

In "Showdown at Sorrow Cave: Bat Medicine and the Spirit of Resistance in Mean Spirit," Andrea Musher analyzes a critical scene in Linda Hogan's novel Mean Spirit. The scene is momentous, even though Musher admits it is…

The music in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operatic odyssey is nothing short of miraculous, as is the plot. From the melodic "folk songs of the two young men who are the heroes of the opera, who save their ladies from a…

Of all of Shakespeare's plays, Othello: The Moor of Venice, may be the one most driven by character development. All of the play's major characters exhibit very extreme traits and weaknesses, and all of these traits are…

Homer's The Iliad proves to be insightful reading because even today, it represents the nature of man through the Achilles and Hektor. Both of these men are heroes but they have very different characters and it is…

This paper is an exegesis on Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 12, verses 1-10. The paper examines the context of Paul's letter in this chapter and verses and their surface and deeper meanings to the Corinthian people. Using Paul's previous letter to the Corinthians as a starting point and examples from older Biblical heroes of the Old Testament, the true meaning behind Paul's letter is revealed.