Essays 1981 - 2010
the Japanese woman is "framed" by a pond that features water lilies, reeds and bamboo, as well as two figures in a boat, two frogs...
of smoking and the issues surrounding the health impacts of secondary smoke. Such is not always the case, however, when it comes ...
character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...
black people were considered to be outsiders in the most profound sense of this word as they were associated in the public mind wi...
to think about such things, yet memories continue to crop up in bits and pieces, in a haphazard fashion. He will start stories a...
newspaper correspondents (Molloy 317). One letter writer to a newspaper at the time voiced an opinion that the book was a "wallow ...
in American culture, despite her pro-immigration sentiments, which were directly opposed to the anti-immigration public feeling of...
writer, personal experience is simply the staring point, as they combine lived experience with created characters in order to pres...
the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...
by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...
have been no time called too early" (Wilson 9). This statement indicates the major theme of the play, which is Troys rage at the i...
and possibly guilty over Luxs reaction to her initiation to sex. Lux is extremely young and a strictly raised and sheltered Cathol...
was shot on location at Big Bear Lake and Yosemite Valley in California (Magills-1920). In an interview with film historian Kevin ...
age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...
to see if they had a certain picture book, the librarian informed her that the book was in their collection, but was not suitable ...
however, this relationship can also be shown by examining three representative poems: specifically, "The Wind begun to knead the ...
and Hollander 161). Dante comments to Virgil that the mosques inside the city can clearly be seen. The translators also comment th...
kinds of adaptations can you make for students with special needs? You may select the special needs group, such as special educati...
it seemed to be the only way open to me" (Celestial 63). Mary wishes to avoid the "single narrow path" outlined by her parents liv...
houses are representative of two "different modes of human experience--the rough the genteel" (Caesar 149). The environments for c...
points out that "communal Italy" is "historians shorthand for the high urbanized areas of Lombardy and Tuscany between the twelfth...
audience to make a list of all their relationships and think about what sort of person they are becoming because of this relations...
the issue of homosexual rights has been handled in the state as a whole and how she became interested in how "discussions of homos...
interests them the most, on the not unrealistic expectation that they might pursue a career later in the same field that interests...
legal perspective provides an "imaginary frame that seems/seeks to establish narrative truth on the side of verisimilitude" (Cohen...
from the traditional customs of her village and adopt more modern, urban ideas. For example, in her village, wives addressed their...
anywhere else. We are all, if we already knew it, already there" (Huxley 35) displays a sharp Taoist influence. Looking at Huxle...
reflecting New York Citys position as the welcome station for many of the worlds emigrants over the years. These other groups rep...
and withdrawn, hiding behind a curtain of hair and afraid to speak to boys. Dash, who is around 10, is in constant trouble at scho...
bound and determined to remain at the top of the monetary mountain; Tucker had little means to battle such inequitable market stru...