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Symbolism and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

In three pages this novel first published in 1937 is analyzed regarding the author's use of symbolism....

Sonnet 138 by William Shakespeare

In four pages this paper examines the symbolism in terms of how a couple's aging love is represented in the sonnet....

Achilles' Shield in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages the importance and symbolism of the shield of Achilles is considered in this examination of Homer's epic....

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' Explicated

in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...

Analyzing the 1863 Poem 'My Life Had Stood - A Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages the symbolism of master and slave is applied to the destructive marital relationship described in the poem....

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

conscious mind. * _ The kinds of wishes that are fulfilled in dreams and why they are forbidden in consciousness. * _ Dreams and d...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Significance of Poison

that he will do anything to avenge his death and bring the now King Claudius to justice. He understands that it will not be easy ...

Water and Taoism

Appreciating the goodness of life in all senses -- mentally, physically, spiritually -- is what Taoism strives to achieve. These ...

Animal Symbolism in Dante's 'Inferno' and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In 7 pages this paper examines what the animal symbolism represents in a comparative analysis of these two literary works. There ...

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...

'Rape' by Marge Piercy

In four pages this poem is analyzed in terms of such literary elements as symbolism, rhythm, and technique with the author's inten...

Sexual Symbolism in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

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...

Artistry in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In eight pages the literary artistry of James Joyce is examined in a consideration of this novel's dramatic form, language, and sy...

Literary Analysis of Amy Tan's 'Two Kinds'

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

Literary Analysis of William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

with the ideas of the era have made her a prime target for heartache, as her suitor, not as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out ...

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula's Guest' Analyzed

he decides to proceed anyway. Clearly, the dark, cold, unforgiving surroundings that encapsulate the guest as his driver leaves h...

Emily Dickinson's 'I Dwell in Possibility'

say in their prose pieces. "Of Chambers as the Cedars/Impregnable of Eye And for an Everlasting Roof/The Gambrels of the S...

John's Gospel 10, Verses 22 to 40

a point (Born, 1988). For instance, in verse 24, the Jews ask Jesus "how long" He will keep them "in suspense" - "If you are the C...

Guillien de Catro y Bellvis' La Mocedades del Cid

DIEGO: ...excesivamente honrado,...

Analyzing 'The Train' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

that if they go to Florida, where it has been rumored that there is an escaped murderer loose, they will all be killed. The family...

Questions and Answers on New York Authors

respectively. He did perhaps change his ideology over time and student writing on this subject might say that he had softened his ...

A Review of the Poem Burbank with a Baedeker Bleistein with a Cigar by T.S. Eliot

"The rats are underneath the piles," (Eliot 22) in combination with things such as "Money in furs. The boatman smiles" (Eliot 24) ...

A Critique of Harriet Jacob's Novel, Incidents From the Life of a Slave Girl.

ways, black women had to endure two types of prejudice. They had the stigmatism of being slaves, and then, as if the issue of race...

Jean de la Fontaine's Fables

outward recognition. Why do Fontaines epic fable poems work? Primarily, one could state that they work because they embody unive...

Symbolism as it Appears in A Tale of Two Cities

This Dickens work is discussed in respect to the role that symbolism plays. This literary technique is highlighted in the context ...

Interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's Writings

In eleven pages Poe's writings are interpreted in terms of its representation of conflict as well as pastoral with such works as '...

Poetic Analysis of 'When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out' by Ouologuem Yambo

In five pages the literary aspects of subject, form, image, interpretation, symbolism, and rhythm are analyzed in terms of how the...

Literary Functioning of Symbolism and Setting

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

Water Natural Symbolism in The Seaside Houses and Goodbye, My Brother by John Cheever

In seven pages the power of the water symbolism employed by John Cheever in these two literary works is analyzed. There are no ot...