Comparison and contrast of literary devices is used to show how ironic tone, graphic imagery, and heroism can create great compositions such as "War is Kind" and "A Mystery of Heroism". ... The effort of Fred Collins in "A Mystery of Heroism" is splashed out with a surprise element of situational irony. ... Also with his short story "A Mystery of Heroism" Crane uses the imagery to help depict his ideas. ... The only difference is that in "A Mystery of Heroism," there is only one scene to speak of, and in "War is Kind," there are a few more to describe. ... "A Mystery of Heroism" beholds ...

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He shows heroism by defeating the beast Humbaba, killing the Bull of Heaven, and also by discovering the plant of eternal life. Gilgamesh shows heroism when he defeats Humbaba. ... Utnapishtim is willing to give him something for his journey back home, which is a "mystery and secret of the gods" (195). ... The people in the story have a very strong belief system in heroism because they look forward to Gilgamesh saving them from the evil things. ... They valued things like heroism in which they had a king that would protect them and in return for protection they gave their loyalty. ...

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Stephen Crane's "Mystery of Heroism" is a story about war. There are a lot of stories about war, but this one is quite unlike most. And unlike a lot of war stories, this is not a story about the glory of war, or how everything turns out okay against all odds, but a story about the bleakness of war. ...

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Literary Analysis of "A Mystery of Herosim" The theme of "A Mystery of Herosim" is the foolishness and pointlessness of war. ... He also contemplates heroism, and contemplates that as his motive. ... The desires of thousands of men at war to be heros and their confusion about wether or not they actually are heros, is represented by Collins consideration of heroism. ...

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It contains a revelation of an age-old mystery of man (existence of universe and God). ... It takes pure heroism to change your life just based on a spiritual gut feeling, that there is something else out there, which is more important and divine than any of us. ...

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Speaking about the mystery of death, Socrates came to the conclusion that there is no point in fearing death if you don't know what its like (pg. 41, 40d-e). ... I believe that the quote, "if you kill the sort of man I say I am, you will not harm me more than yourselves", vividly describes the heroism of Socrates (pg. 33,30c-d). ...

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