Essays about: "Heroic Ideals"

Found 2 essays containing the words Heroic Ideals.

1. 1. Unraveling the Female Nakedness : The Examination of Gender Inequality Manifested in Female Sculptures during the Classical Period, and it's Relevance

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linda Persson; [2022]
   Keywords : The Female Body; Female Nakedness; Classical Sculpture; Female Inferiority; Gender Manifestation; Graeco-Roman Perceptions; Manifestation of Gender Inequality.;

   Abstract : This research examines the manifestation of gender inequality represented in female sculptures during the Classical period and the relevance of such evidence. To achieve the purpose, the female figures and their sculptural developments are compared to their male counterparts, and their differences are examined and interpreted. READ MORE

3. 2. Brothers and Arms: How Two Brothers Reflect the Abandonment of Past Heroic Ideals and the Development of Future ones in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Estrid Ericson Borggren; [2019]
   Keywords : Heroic Ideals; Tolkien; Victorian Medievalism; Boromir; Faramir; The Lord of the Rings; Heroicism; Post-war Literature; The Great War; Beowulf; Past; Future; Brothers; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The literary heroic ideal changed with the Great War, as the Victorian hero ideal was no longer plausible in a post-war world. The new ideal was pacifist and non-heroic but not everyone who had been through the Great War agreed that there was no heroicism. READ MORE