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The Influence Of Greek Tragedy On Milton's "Samson Agonistes", Camille F. Keelan

Bachelors’ Theses

My purpose in writing this thesis is to discover whether Milton's tragedy "Samson Agonistes" contains any elements of structure or form which are characteristic of ancient Greek tragedy. My method of procedure is to determine, through the study of the works of Aeschylus and Sophocles, the essential elements in Greek tragedy, and through an analysis of "Samson Agonistes" to determine whether there are any evidences contained therein that indicate that Milton was influenced by the writers of Greek tragedy.

Comparison Of The Gods And Goddesses Of The Iliad And The Aenid, Viola G. Strunk

Bachelors’ Theses

Anyone who studies classical literature must have a knowledge of mythology. Without this it is almost impossible to read and understand the ancient Greek and Latin authors. Many books have been written on the mythology of the ancients, but in my research work I have never found one that has been entirely devoted to a comparison of the mythology of the Iliad and the Aeneid. It is to offset this that I have undertaken to write this thesis. To claim, though, that this is the only work of its kind would be presumptuous. In this thesis, I have used as …

Ua68/7/2/1 Minute Book 1, Wku Fsg Classical Club

Student Organizations

Minute book of the FCG Classical Club. FCG is an abbreviation of Fides, Concordia, Gratia (Fidelity, Harmony, Goodwill) and is also the initials of Finley C. Grise, the club’s first sponsor.

This minute book records activities of the club members such as presentations given by students and faculty, Roman banquets (with particular mention of Dr. Grise presiding as Virgil on one occasion), plays, picnics, chapel programs, and Roman games.

Members and others mentioned in the book include:

• Adams, Otho
• Adsit, Geraldine
• Ashcraft, Eva
• Batson, Cecil
• Berry, Mildred
• Blewette, Emma
• Bunch, Wendell
• Campbell, Allie
• Chick, Mrs. C.G.
• Clark, Cicely
• Cooper, Myrtle …

Cicero On The Immortality Of The Human Soul, Frank Lemanowicz

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis will be to demonstrate a non¬ Christians observations and conclusions concerning the immortality of the human soul. Cicero, the famed Roman philosopher, and statesman, is the man whose ideas concerning the immortality of the soul we will attempt to examine.

In this day and generation when diverse theories and hypotheses are prevalent concerning the soul’s immortality, we will attempt to see whether Cicero contributed anything of real value to the philosophy of his era and our time in regard to the immortality of the human soul.

In our discussion we will then consider Cicero's personal …

The Character Of Aeneas, Esther Kemp

Bachelors’ Theses

Throughout his life Vergil’s one great ambition was to write a poem for the glorification of the Roman nation; a poem that would narrate Rome’s glory and grandeur, her power and majesty, the virtues of her leaders and citizens. Vergil, during the last eleven years of his life, fulfilled his ambition and contributed to the literature of the world the Roman epic, the Aeneid.

The Aeneid A National Epic, Gretchen Mary Schmidt

Bachelors’ Theses

The epic has always held a foremost place in the literature of the worlds It does, indeed, date hack to the early days of Greece when Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. Thereafter, from century to century, a writer of some country would produce such a poem as the people would not willingly let die, and as a result, they would accept it as a representative poem of that country. And so it is today, that the epic of Spain is The Cid; of France, Chanson de Roland; of Germany, The Nibelungen- 1ied; of England, Paradise Lost. And so …

Samuel Johnson's Conception Of A Critic, Helen F. Giese

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of this thesis to develop the function of a critic as conceived by Samuel Johnson; to develop his theory of literary criticism as discernible from the facts of his life, the Rambler Essays, Rasselas, The Lives of the Poets; and to show those things which most influenced him in choosing the standards which were to be the basis for his system of criticism.

Christian Spirit In Horace's Odes, Gertrude E. Stangler

Bachelors’ Theses

To point out the Christian spirit in Horace’s odes seems an almost impracticable, impossible problem upon first thought, For how can a person possess the spirit of a religion or system of philosophy of which there is no knowledge, in fact, whose very existence has not yet become a reality? Therein lies the problem! For, Horace was, as we know, a pagan--perhaps one of the most pagan writers of the ages and yet we say he possessed a Christian spirit. And so he did. But, is it necessary to adopt a certain religion or certain forms of worship in order …

Phantastes Chapter 6: The Demon Lady, William Motherwell

German Romantic and Other Influences

From the poem “The Demon Lady” (1830), first published in The Edinburgh Literary Journal. William Motherwell (1797-1835) was a Scottish journalist and poet, as well as a collector of local Scottish ballads.

The Identification Of Jocelyn, Mary L. Mccormick

Graduate Thesis Collection

Who was Jocelyn? Did Lamartine's hero have a human counterpart? The question has tantalized readers ever since the kindly priest first crept into their hearts. The vivid reality of his life suggests the possibility of having dwelt in a world of actualities as well as in a realm of make-believe.

The Problem Of Extra-Curricular Activities In A Modern High School, Goldie Vivian Bril

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Shakespeare’S Debt To Elizabethan Playwrights, Elsbeth Ruth Wilmot

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to find out to what extent William Shakespeare, as a writer of comedy, was influenced by his immediate predecessors. In this survey of Elizabethan comedy I shall attempt to substantiate the purpose by giving the efforts other men have offered in this matter and my own conclusions resulting from the investigation. It has been generally accented that Elizabethan drama arose out of Miracle and 1ystery ulays . The Church has al ays been acknowledged as the 1 "mother of the English drama". Soon it passed from the tutelage of the Church into the court-yard …

The Romantic Movement Of The Nineteenth Century In Its Relation To The French Spirit, Clarence R. Wilkinson

Bachelors’ Theses

Recently some prominent German stated that our literature of to-day is cheapened, because of the vast quantities of it now printed. Ever since the invention of the printing-press made possible a wider and less expensive circulation of reading material, there has been an ever-increasing supply of printed matter. Owing to the continually-growing circle of readers, whose demands vary, there have been found writers who would cater to the lower tastes which are lurking in the nature of every man, but which the well-balanced individual crushes with the heel of his will-power. Coupled with the productions of other authors, those of …

Type And Technique Of The Illustrative Story In Seneca's Moral Essays, Mary Vincentia Brown

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Some Social Forces In The Drama Of John Galsworthy, Richard Paul Loftus

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the singular custom of that modern playwright to feel most keenly the social problems of the society in which he lives. Truly the drama is a representation of life, but as we have come to know the great models that have survived the criticism of years, we notice that it has dealt most primarily with a representation of character that is a universal and living representation of life rather than with the problems of the political and social scientist. Yet we are aware that the stage of the present day is not that of a Sophocles or a …

The Relative Insignificance Of The Child In Roman Literature As Compared With Greek, Francis Joseph Lukes

Bachelors’ Theses

The pity which certain tragic characters inspire in the breasts of the audience has its source not only in the situations in which the poet places them, and in the sentiments which they express; often it results also from their sex and from their age. A woman who is the victim of cruel circumstance or who has fallen prey to some moral frailty will. arouse far more pity on the stage than would a man in a similar condition; and this is true simply because she is a woman. A child which is threatened by some great danger or is …

Divine Justice In Aeschylean Tragedy, Anton C. Pegis

Bachelors’ Theses

Briefly, then, I intend to give an exposition of the seven extant plays from the point of view of the conflict between divine justice and moral freedom, with an attempt of reconstructing, in the light of criticism, the Aeschylean solution to the problems involved in the investigation. Maurice Croiset has said of Aeschylus that his dramas were revelations on the stage of the divine will; the Aeschylean meditative genius searched for causes, and thus each trilogy " divine l'expose dramatique d'une grande destinee, et, ainsi concue, elle eveilla desormais autant de peosee que d'emotion."

Vittorino Da Feltre: The Model Educator, Aimee Rossi

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Cicero's Contribution To The Roman State, Robert Emmet Tehan

Bachelors’ Theses

No Roman, perhaps no historical personage, has been more extravagantly praised or more unjustly assailed and belittled than Cicero. The eulogies of Middleton and Trollope and the slanders of Drumann and Mommsen are equally unreasonable; but both the praise and the censure are testimony to Cicero's importance in his own day and to his position of influence in modern times. He was, as Ferrero says, in Roman history and in the history of that European civilization which began with Rome, the first statesman belonging to the intellectual class.

Catullus And The Alexandrian Movement In Latin Verse, Dalton Victor Rourk

Bachelors’ Theses

Catullus has been called- the most enigmatical of the great poets, and the reason is evident at once upon any attempt to arrive at definite information concerning his life. (1) According to Jerome (2), he was born in 87 B.C. and died in 57 B.C. Since Ovid says (3) "Juvenilia cinctus- tempora....docte Catulle,'' and from other sources it is known that he died young, Jerome (or rather Suetonius), is at least consistent. Opposed to this date for his death is his reference (4) to the consulship of Vatinius, who did not become consul until the end of 47 B.C. But …

The Relation Of Painting To Poetry With Reference To The Works Of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Helen Marie Friar

Bachelors’ Theses

Art may be defined as the adequate and harmonious expression of some phase of man's life in true relation to the whole. Architecture, sculpture, painting, music and poetry are the five principal five arts. Each of these fulfills its own function and in addition is united with the others in a common bond through the pleasure which is their aim.

The Neo Classic Interpretation Of Nature, William Eugene Brennan

Bachelors’ Theses

Few subjects there are indeed, which have not been at some time or other, the seed from which some poetic fruit was borne. Nature in poetry is a old as poetry itself. Little wonder that it is, when we consider how many of our thoughts concern themselves with the things, which nature has so abundantly supplied us. In an age abounding in a spirit of "naturalism," there is much to be considered in the poetic treatment of nature, as dealt with in the past. An attempt to analyze the treatment of nature, in all of the poetic epochs, would be …

A Study Of The Influences Of Lucretius And Epicurean Philosophy On Vergil, Paul Fink

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

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The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1922 -- All Star Number, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.

Review Of O.E. Payne's Book On "Psallo", M. C. Kurfees

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Roman Law In Modern Life And Education, Joseph H. Drake

Articles

"This discussion might be entitled, an experiment in classical education and how it failed... It is in a way an Apologia pro Mea Vita Paedagogica. The excess of ego dixi et meus filius respondit in it may, therefore, perhaps be pardoned by a confession at the outset that it is an account of failure on the part of the speaker to solve a troublesome pedagogical question and a very satisfactory solution of the same problem by one of his colleagues in the Latin Department."

The Supernatural In The Tragedies Of Euripides As Illustrated In Prayers, Curses, Oaths, Oracles, Prophecies, Dreams, And Visions, Ernest Heinrich Klotsche

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

The spirit of the Greek drama is preeminently religious. Not only in its beginnings, hut throughout the most flourishing period of its history, it was in intimate connection with the supernatural which entered into its very heart, and constituted one of its essential elements. The theatrical representations at Athens, even in the days of Euripides and Aristophanes, were constituent parts of a great religious celebration. The presence of the supernatural element in Greek tragedy involved a definite attitude toward it on the part of each individual dramatist. The strength of personality which AEschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides possessed made them voice …

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1917 -- Vol. 39, No. 01, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.

Phantastes Chapter 5: Pygmalion, Thomas Lovell Beddoes

German Romantic and Other Influences

Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849) was a Romantic poet intensely focused on death. His poem “Pygmalion” (1825) recounts the myth of the Cypriot sculptor who fell in love with the statue he carved. In this chapter, MacDonald echoes this myth.

Die Geldgeschäfte Bei Cicero, Alois Früchtl

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.