Essays 361 - 390
at times the exact opposite of what is being said. The once well-known short stories of O. Henry are masterpieces of irony: in one...
the inherent flexibility of a non-sequential narrative, because things get too confusing. Tarantino apparently decided to let it b...
remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...
to illustrate important themes. This paper considers how an authors use of death, chaos and villainy bring other aspects of the wo...
ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...
for teaching: Today there is a substantial movement toward "student-centered" education. The theory is that students rather than t...
year of close observation. The young women allowed Finders to read their notes and listen to their conversations, an amazing displ...
while Pushkin was certainly not ashamed of his African heritage, he was of the mindset that that heritage went hand-in-hand with s...
novels are superior to plays, lets take a well-known play and consider how much more it could have done if it were a novel. Since ...
which has a definable beginning, a middle, and an end" (Forrest). Not only that, but the initial scene of the book sets reveals ...
In five pages this paper examines the Holy Bible's Old and New Testaments, 'The Odyssey' of Homer, and William Shakespeare's Hamle...
In five pages the authors' different approach to similar female intentions are considered in this comparative analysis of Djebar's...
In six pages this paper examines how to define drama as a literary genre. There are many sources cited in the bibliography....
-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...
and mother. This relegation of women to one sphere and men to another is reflected in his stories and novels as well. In "Arab...
This paper addresses Kate Chopin's Nineteenth-Century novel, The Awakening. The author contends that the literary techniques util...
In this paper consisting of six pages the realistic depiction of abuses in regards to imperialism are in Voltaire's Candide, Remar...
This paper offers a discussion that answers the question of whether or not a caste system that is racist in nature can be perpetur...
pictured as giving them a chance to live as equals with everyone-no upper classes-everyone doing as he or she pleased. Sinclair...
(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...
This ten page paper explores the criticism Greek writers and philosophers such as Euripedes, Socrates, and Aeschylus had for the A...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the evolution of characters the Underground Man in Notes from the Underground, Gre...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the authors' styles of writing in these two novels. Six sources are cited in the ...
The tale of a hero becoming an adult is a staple of literature. This essay compares heroes Han Solo and Odysseus, Luke Skywalker a...
In eighteen pages this paper supports Jane Tompkins' suggestions that literature instruction should address the students' minds an...
353). Symbols present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Who or what is "Young Goodman Brown" t...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses how cultural changes from The Crusades were reflected in art and literature. Ten sources ar...
more than half dozen truly powerful families. They quickly became allied to the crown through blood relations and shared in royal ...
This paper examines how Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet compare and critique 'The Second Coming' of W.B. Yeats and 'A Good Man is Har...
In five pages this paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a consideration of how despite his lone critical success The Great...