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Heroic Literary Symbolism

In six pages an analysis of the heroic symbolism in the epics 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' 'Beowulf,' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...

3 Short Stories by Poe Analyzed

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

Short Story Analysis of Tillie Olsen's 'I Stand Here Ironing'

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

Analyzing Bleak House by Charles Dickens

society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...

Symbolism and Theme in Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native

supreme being. This attribution was fatalistic in that it meant that there was little hope for mankind overall, however. Man was...

Good v. Evil in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

The conflict between good and evil and how it is represented through characters and symbolism are considered in this analysis of U...

Cinema and Gun Symbolism

take a life in just moments. A student writing on this subject may want to consider the gun as an appendage of the bodies of Travi...

Carmen Laforet's Nada

that a woman can only be truly understood within the context of a relationship with another woman?whether thats within the origin...

An Analysis of the Film, Ulee's Gold

time keeping them at arms reach. While he approaches the hives surely and unhesitantly, braving the stings as he may receive them...

Critical Analysis of 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1791, he was exposed to radical "democratic" beliefs which diverted him from his studies (Hill 3). He left Cambridge in 1794 with...

Objects and Forms in The Republic by Plato

seen, but somewhat obscured by the appearance of shadows. The dialogue commences further with Socrates discussion of the divisi...

William Shakespeare's Sonnets 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' and 'My Mistress' Eyes'

In three pages these sonnets are examined in an analysis of such criteria as tone, verse, symbolism, and theme. There is no bibli...

The Enormous Radio by John Cheever

the author created characters that were both believable and fully developed, which is a feat not easily accomplished in such parti...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and its Themes

faded by the slow-turning sunlight" (Gilman PG). Obviously, the wallpaper is not soothing and so the wallpaper, its color, and its...

Themes of The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper discusses what is meant by flight symbolism in this thematic analysis of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. T...

A Dream Analysis

both secrets and answers for those doing the dreaming. Dreaming can be thought of as a passive event, a phenomenon that people reg...

Dave Saunders in 'The Man Who Was Almost A Man' by Richard Wright

all, it appears that the author addresses social stratification by putting the protagonist in this particular setting. What the p...

An Analysis of Bridging by Marge Piercy

A 5 page analysis of symbolism and structure in this interesting poem. An exploration of inner conflict, fluctuation and inconsis...

A Symbolic Look at Baby Cat-Face

The color red is highlighted in this six page analysis of Barry Gifford's work Baby Cat Face. Symbolism is discussed in this novel...

The use of symbolism in the novel Jane Eyre

This paper analyses color symbolism in Charlotte Bronte's novel with particular reference to the relationship between red and fire...

Names and Their Importance in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

In five pages this paper discusses the proper names and their symbolism in this analysis of The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pyncho...

The American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

on The Great Gatsby, "As Puritan values gave way to an unrestrained craving for money, power, and other forms of gratification, th...

White Symbolism in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...

Overview and Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...

Detailed Analysis of Kate Chopin’s Short Story, ‘Desiree’s Baby’

of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...

Achilles and Socrates

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Supplication in "The Iliad"

its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...

The Relationship of Thetis and Achilles in “The Iliad”

Achilles is well aware that he is mortal and that his life will be brief, and Thetis recognition of his mortality "contrasts sharp...

Women in Ancient Literature and Now

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...