i need you to not only describe how ancient greek tradedgy handles all three themes, but i need you to also please add independent thought/analysis regarding the points made within in the essay. Please use good critical judgement of both primary sources and secondary literature.
Category: Ancient Literature
Assignment: write a 500-word paper comparing and contrasting “The Last Tournament” to “The Lay of Sir Launfal”
To be effective, a comparison-contrast paper needs to be focused on particular methods, characters, and themes. Below are examples of how to focus your argument in a compare-and-contrast writing assignment:
Short Fiction: “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Although “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” rely on two notably different types of narrator (the first a mad murderer with a long memory, the second an outside observer who serves as the reader’s surrogate), both of these stories by Edgar Allan Poe rely on similar devices to create their effects of suspense and horror. (The author would then go on to compare and contrast the story-telling methods employed in the two tales, with particular attention to point of view, setting, and diction.)
Short Fiction: “The Lottery” and “The Summer People”
Although the same fundamental conflict of tradition versus change underlies both “The Lottery” and “The Summer People,” these two stories by Shirley Jackson offer some notably different observations about human weaknesses and fears. (The author would then go on to compare and contrast the two stories, with particular attention to the ways Jackson dramatizes different themes in each, including some discussion of the importance of setting, point of view, and character in each story.)
Poetry: “To the Virgins” and “To His Coy Mistress”
The Latin phrase carpe diem is popularly translated as “seize the day.” (The author would then go on to compare and contrast these two well-known poems written in the carpe diem tradition: Robert Herrick’s “To the Virgins” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress.” Focus on the argumentative strategies and specific figurative devices – for example, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification – employed by each speaker).
Nordquist, Richard. “Writing About Literature: Ten Sample Topics for Comparison & Contrast Essays.” ThoughtCo, Oct. 29, 2020, thoughtco.com/writing-about-literature-1692444.
The Lay of Sir Launfal link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11417/11417-h/11417-h.htm#VI
Last Tournament link: https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/tennyson-last-tournament
With The Lusiads, we have at once the first great work of world literature that takes a “global perspective” and a first “national epic.” It may be interesting to think about how this work informs the concept of “nation.” What is “national” about The Lusiads and inside The Lusiads? This week’s reading is an opportunity to think about the links between literature and politics in the modern world.
Please select a literary device, a character, an expression, a passage, or even a whole chapter from Candide, ou l’Optimisme, which encapsulates Voltaire’s satirical style: What does the author criticize? How does he proceed? What do you think about it?
Gilgamesh is a hero on a journey. He evolves throughout the epic. Are the heroes of the Bible like Gilgamesh? Yes or no? Prove your point – discuss at least two Biblical Heroes.Gilgamesh is a hero on a journey. He evolves throughout the epic. Are the heroes of the Bible like Gilgamesh? Yes or no? Prove your point – discuss at least two Biblical Heroes.
This needs to be a 5 page essay on the roles gods, oracles, and dreams play in the life of Croesus in Herodotus’ “Histories” with the version “The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Landmark Series) Paperback – June 2, 2009”. The instructions are pretty clear and precise so make sure to use them please.
1. Discuss whether or not Odysseus was his own antagonist (whether he was working against himself). Were his struggles the result of his own shortcomings or was he the unwilling victim of the gods’ power? Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• The paper should be between 750-1500 words and you will turn it in on turnitin.com.
• Please cite quotes: For epics, cite book number and line number: (Odyssey 5.222-244).
• Include a Works Cited page (it should only have one entry which should be similar to this): Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore, Perennial Classics, 1999.
1. Discuss whether or not Odysseus was his own antagonist (whether he was working against himself). Were his struggles the result of his own shortcomings or was he the unwilling victim of the gods’ power? Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• The paper should be between 750-1500 words and you will turn it in on turnitin.com.
• Please cite quotes: For epics, cite book number and line number: (Odyssey 5.222-244).
• Include a Works Cited page (it should only have one entry which should be similar to this): Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore, Perennial Classics, 1999.
1. Discuss whether or not Odysseus was his own antagonist (whether he was working against himself). Were his struggles the result of his own shortcomings or was he the unwilling victim of the gods’ power? Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• The paper should be between 750-1500 words and you will turn it in on turnitin.com.
• Please cite quotes: For epics, cite book number and line number: (Odyssey 5.222-244).
• Include a Works Cited page (it should only have one entry which should be similar to this): Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore, Perennial Classics, 1999.
1. Discuss whether or not Odysseus was his own antagonist (whether he was working against himself). Were his struggles the result of his own shortcomings or was he the unwilling victim of the gods’ power? Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• Choose only ONE position to argue (that means not both) and use specific examples and direct quotes from the text.
• The paper should be between 750-1500 words and you will turn it in on turnitin.com.
• Please cite quotes: For epics, cite book number and line number: (Odyssey 5.222-244).
• Include a Works Cited page (it should only have one entry which should be similar to this): Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore, Perennial Classics, 1999.
Write a 3-5 paragraph response to EACH of the prompts below. Include specific references to relevant texts from our syllabus and make sure you support whatever you claim. You do not need citations or a Works Cited page:
2.Though it’s a little reductive and doesn’t work in every way, use the video to discuss how Gilgamesh satisfies most of Campbell’s characteristics for a classic hero in Western culture. Also, discuss how Gilgamesh does not fully represent Campbell’s description of a classic hero. Refer to the video as you need to but don’t worry about direct quotes or citations or a Works Cited page. Just refer to it freely.
3). Explain how Oedipus the King could be read as Sophocles’ response to the Sophists.
4). Choose Medea and/or Odysseus and think of how each of them could be criticized for “bad behavior” by modern readers. Then, explain how an understanding of some of the ancient world’s obsessions (ideas, beliefs, etc.) help lessen some of the criticisms a modern reader might have toward one or both of these characters?
I have a final paper , a seminar, in American literature, a book called Moby Dick by Hermon melville I did it all though I get a review from my teacher, he claims that the introduction and the conclusion doesn’t match and the historical review is too long and it includes many information that are not needed in addition he thinks the literature review needs more work. Please work more on the content rather than on the sources it is ok
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