Essays 421 - 450
In 5 pages this paper discusses how literature can be both educational as well as entertaining within the precepts of Horace the p...
In eight pages this research paper examines children's role in Medieval society in a consideration to their portrayal in The Cante...
In five pages the flood and creation tales are among the similarities discussed in a consideration of these three great works of l...
In five pages this paper discusses plot and theme in an analysis of this tale by James Fenimore Cooper. There are no other source...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how Poe develops these themes in his short stories 'Fall of the House of Usher' an...
combination that seemed to be excluded was "gothic romances." According to Alexander (1971), the reasons why Poe should be cons...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these early tales of American history The Unredeemed Captive by Demos and Black Ha...
This paper discusses the parodying of courtly love in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale' in five pages. One source is cited i...
Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...
point out that the subject of death and dying has taken on new meaning in recent times. There is now recognition of similar events...
In four pages this report considers the universal truths that lead to Faustus's tragedy and Marlowe's objectives in this tale. Th...
In a comparative analysis of five pages John Updike retells Joyce's classic tale in a contemporary way with distinctions made betw...
In 4 pages this paper examines the storytelling lessons on construction that can be learned from this amusing tale by Mark Twain. ...
A 5 page paper that frames the argument that this is more of an autobiographical exorcism of the author's demons as well as a tale...
In five pages this adventure tale from the 19th century is reviewed in terms of the plot serving as a basis for much contemporary ...
In seven pages topics of general intent, good, evil, and heroism are related to the epic tales of 'Beowulf' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...
In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the roles played by oracles and fate in the mythological tales of Achilles, Oedipus, ...
This paper analyzes several of Hawthorne's books, including The Scarlet Letter, Mosses From an Old Manse, The House of the Seven G...
These German authors are considered in five pages in a comparative analysis of The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass and Deutschland, A Win...
In five pages this tale is examined in terms of how the feminist theme is conveyed through symbolism, tone, and language literary ...
The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...
In five pages this paper discusses the complexities of the fairytales Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella, which makes them far mor...
In five pages this paper discusses storytelling within the context of this work by Jon Scieszka along with The Classic Fairy Tales...
around Myrrhas sexual obsession with her father, a situation that was no less unacceptable in Ovids day than it is in contemporary...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses the little known tales of California's gold rush as told by women. Six sources are cited in...
In 7 pages this paper examines how the 'double' or Doppelganger theme is featured in the Edgar Allan Poe stories William Wilson, '...
that anyone had truly doubted his mortality any time prior - and renders him just as vulnerable as any other man. Indeed, this pa...
In twelve pages this paper examines the alleged Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo's tale that includes his victims, confession, his ...
interesting view of the historical factors which made slavery an accepted part of white society. He takes tradition one step furt...
not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...