Compare and Contrast The Writings of Confucius, Hammurabi, and The Book of the DeadThree of the most famous writings from ancient civilizations are the writings of Confucius, Hammurabi's code of laws, and Egypt's Book of the Dead. At first, they seem very different, they're from different times, re...

Compare and Contrast Essay "To be, or not to be," Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Is life worth living, or is it better just to give up and leave the living behind. This was the theme of Shakespeare's play as well as in "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. Alth...

Compare/Contrast Old/Young There are many similarities as well as differences between elderly people and young adults. Older people seem to be more set in their ways. They also seem to know much more in general about most everything. Young adults, on the other hand seem to have a much broader outloo...

In this paper you have asked us to look at four readings, to compare and contrast the visions or attitudes towards death and the afterlife. The four readings that we were asked to look at where the Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad, Plato's Apology, and finally the Martyrdom of Polycarp. T...

Death and immortality are some of the principal concerns of the poetry of Emily Dickinson. In contrast to the conventional interpretations of death, Dickinson views death as a courteous gentleman. In her poem "Because I could not stop for Death," she compares dying to a ride in a horse-drawn carriag...

Compare/Contrast Old/Young There are many similarities as well as differences between elderly people and young adults. Older people seem to be more set in their ways. They also seem to know much more in general about most everything. Young adults, on the other hand seem to have a much broader outloo...

civilazation is defined as "a state that binds people together to transcend tides of family, clanio, tribe, and village." (Woolf, H.B., 1974, p.141) By using this definition, one can compare and contrast the many different traits that the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations had. Both The Epic of...

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Throughout history many authors have been concerned with uncertainties about the afterlife. Life after death is known through mostly through faith, therefore the imagination must make up for what lies beyond. Many poets express their beliefs about death through their literary works. The authors' ...

Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" reflects the contrasts of youth and age. The characterizations and the symbolism illustrate that is not uncommon to become lonely and feel isolated with age. This is exemplified by the contrasts revealed between the two older men and...

¡®Anthem for Doomed Youth¡¯ written by Wilfred Owen is a poem about a war. It is like a series of comparisons that show the difference between death on the battle filed in wartime and death at ¡°home¡± in peacetime. Reading this poem, I could feel the sorrow of sentimental lonelines...

The thesis of Donne's' "Meditation 17" and Orwell's "A Hanging" have both similarities and differences. Though both theses suggest the idea of mankind as a whole, and the fact that we are forced to examine our life when we witness one's death, there are still ...

Emily Dickinson's poem, and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died," revolve around one central theme, death. it has a message about what is to come after death. By discussing both of the poems and interpreting their meanings, the reader can gain a fuller understanding of the message Dickinson is tr...

Perceptions of DeathTrying to understand a poem when first reading it is very difficult. One must read the poem several times to understand the author's point. It is important to concentrate on grammatical structures and rhyme schemes. This essay will compare the work of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go ...

In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller focuses on four characters. Miller uses scenes and flashbacks to compare and contrast the differences or similarities of his characters\' personalities and actions. These scenes show how closely Biff and his father resemble each other at times or completely di...

Comparison: "Hamlet" versus "Last Breath" One of the most difficult things any young person will have to face in life is seeing the death of an older parent or grandparent, and being unable to do anything about it. However, both the protagonists of Shakespeare's dramatic...

Letter Both Hester and Dimmesdale, are characters in the Scarlet Letter. They suffer with the guilt of the sin of adultery that they committed. At the time, the Puritans looked down on this type of sin. Hester and Dimmesdale can be compared and contrast in the way they handled their scarlet let...

Chief Seattle created the speech "This Sacred Soil" to explain several facts about theIndians to Isaac Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory. He expressed his animositytowards the white man before signing a treaty which redistibuted his land to white settlers. Chief Seattle compares the decease...

Sylvia Plath reveals herself in her confessional poem Daddy. She uses strong imagery and powerful speech to show her attitudes towards her late father, Otto Plath and her husband, Ted Hughes, who also hurt her in the end. Her tone implies a strong hatred and disgust for the relationships with both m...

Sylvia Plath=s Confessional Poem, ADaddy@ Sylvia Plath reveals herself in her confessional poem ADaddy@. She uses strong imagery and powerful speech to show her attitudes towards her late father, Otto Plath and her husband, Ted Hughes, who also hurt her in the end. Her tone implies a strong...

Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and William Faulkner's "A Rosefor Emily" both characterize the nature of marriage and womanhood bydelving into the psyches of their female protagonists. Also, althoughChopin makes no clear reference to geographic locale in "The Story of anHour," both author...

Six feet underAncient Egyptian and Ancient Greek practices of preparing the dead for the next cradle of humanity are very intriguing. These two cultures differ in a number of ways yet similarities can be noted in the aspect of funerary services. In the Egyptian afterlife, The book of the Dead can pr...

REDWarm lips are red, blood drops are too, Abe Lincoln was shot, the nation was blue. In the poem" O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman, the color red is used as a symbol for many objects. Red symbolizes blood shed, life, happiness and it also associates with love, life, and vitality. Other thing...

Many sonnets written by William Shakespeare deal with tragedy, love and death, in sonnet seventy-three he focuses on death along with the signs of aging. Whether or not he is the topic of the sonnet or an observer, he expresses everything as if he were the topic. Shakespeare was at an age in his l...

In the poem "Grass," by Carl Sandburg, the author references, expounds upon, and attempts to bring about emotional feelings in the reader in relation to, in his opinion, the cold and continuous cycle of insurmountable deaths instigated by the atrocity of wars fought, won, and lost, for a cause an...