Essays 121 - 150
In six pages the play and its meaning are discussed within a contrasting context of what it meant to 1950s audiences and what it m...
In an essay consisting of five pages John Proctor's self sacrifice and the inspiration it represents in love's power to withstand ...
when Americans were accusing each other of Pro-Communist beliefs. Many of Millers friends were being attacked as communists and i...
tension in the play, which is by changing historical detail to create greater dramatic tension. The historical Abigail Williams, w...
there seems to be an appeal to false authority. The fact that officials in the town deem someone a witch, and that they determine ...
In eleven pages this paper compares each work in terms of the social divisions and corruptions they represent. There are various ...
In five pages this paper discusses how this play is not a commentary on 17th century religious issues but deals instead with compl...
In five pages these books are discussed in terms of the representation of republicanism in each. There is no bibliography include...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the 1950s' play with the 1990s' film version with McCarthyism among the topics of ...
This 5 page paper reacts to chapters 5 through the end of the book. Both a professional and personal reaction is provided for this...
have adopted something of a double standard. They have expected her to behave in the modest and subservient way which is usual for...
was irreparable. In I, Tituba, the Black Witch of Salem, the protagonist is the misunderstood Tituba, a real-life woman who had b...
who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...
Jean Piaget and also on the philosophy of American educator John Dewey (Barger). This model of moral development pictures children...
way down the social ladder. The Shipman, i.e., the "sailor," is placed between Chaucers description of the Cook and the "Doctor of...
panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...
her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...
her thumb. The character description of Tom tells us that is "A poet with a job in a warehouse. His nature is not remorseless, but...
friendship that endures, but had been weak and strong at different times in the lives, largely due to circumstance. Prior to the n...
work on a road gang, where his frail health will ultimately doom him, the girl is raised by her aunt and uncle, and it is this aun...
leaves, but in Hedda, both Eilert and Hedda die. In his introduction to The Feast at Solhoug, which came in for its share of cri...
She has attempted to find a place in herself wherein she can survive and go on despite her actions. It is a very cloudy place that...
their slaves to do so; they decide to sell Uncle Tom, who is middle-aged at the time, and a young boy named Harry, who is the son ...
much loved by a young baronet, Sir James Chettam, she marries instead the Reverend Edward Casaubon, who is much older than she is,...
Green Knight is without fear, and without any weakness it would seem. He has simply come to dare any man to show that they are rea...
draws a moments air independent on the bounty of his mistress. There is not so impudent a thing in nature as the saucy look of an...
harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...
how socially shocking they might be. Lucys mother always has the best intentions and willing to share openly her thoughts and fe...
We learn that he forced his partner, Mr. Rogers, out of the business just as it was becoming successful; Lapham and his wife run i...
the end, of her heart and a possible "condition" and so the reader may well dismiss this fact in a first reading. But, at the same...